Operation and Maintenance of Biomass Boiler at Port Glasgow Community Campus

Operation and maintenance of the Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler at the Port Glasgow Community Campus.

The Port Glasgow Community Campus comprises three schools; two secondary schools and one assisted special needs school. The primary heating system for the school is biomass through a Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler.

This contract is for a Service Provider to maintain the Biomass Equipment under a planned service regime and supply enough suitable biomass fuel to meet a defined renewable heat target, delivering metered heat.

The Service Provider shall design and install remote monitoring equipment suitable to monitor the Biomass Equipment and its role in providing renewable heat.

The Service Provider will provide a reactive call out service - undertaking repairs to the Biomass Equipment.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Bidders must be registered under the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Biomass Suppliers List or equivalent in order for the biomass heating system to comply with the sustainability requirements under the RHI. The bidder must provide their BSL approved registration number and BSL fuel authorisation number and date or equivalent.

Bidders will be required to return with their submission a completed Data Protection Certificate, FOI Certificate, No Collusion Certificate, S1 Equalities Questionnaire, S2 Equalities Declaration, Prompt Payment Certificate and Tender Declaration Certificate.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26927. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders will be asked to detail the Social Value Outcomes they will deliver if they are successful in this contract opportunity. It will be a requirement of the contract that the Social Value Outcomes offered are delivered.