UK Infrastructure Bank's Expert Advice Dynamic Purchasing System

Description

The UK Infrastructure Bank ('UKIB') is the new, UK government-owned policy bank, focused on increasing infrastructure investment across the United Kingdom. UKIB will partner with the private sector and local government to finance a green industrial revolution and drive growth across the country. UKIB seeks to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System ('DPS') for the provision of expert advice. Lot 1: The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to alert potential suppliers to an opportunity in relation to the establishment of a DPS. The purpose of the DPS is to provide UKIB with access to expert advice on complex technical high value transactions. This expert advice may cover matters including, but not limited to, the investment into companies relating to green transport, critical minerals, clean energy and grid, water waste, carbon capture and storage, battery storage and gigafactories and digital infrastructure, amongst other sectors. The DPS will provide an efficient contracting route, through further competition, for the appointment of suitably qualified suppliers for Call-Off Contracts requiring expert advice under one or more of the following Service Categories: - Financial - Tax/Accounting - Market / Commercial Assessment - Valuation - Model Audit - Insurance - Environmental - Technical Sub-Categories, e.g. Energy, Transport, Waste, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), Mining, Storage, New Technology and Water). Suppliers will be appointed to one or more of the above Service Categories/Sub-Categories. A detailed definition of the services to be delivered within each DPS category will be provided in the procurement documents when published together with the relevant contract notice. The Technical Sub-Categories may be expanded upon during the DPS term to reflect emerging markets of interest to UKIB. Any new Sub-Categories added to the DPS will be brought to the attention of the market and to existing DPS Suppliers through a formal amendment/variation to the Contract Notice. All existing DPS Suppliers will be given the opportunity to apply to join any new Sub-Category. It is anticipated that the Contract Notice will be published in mid-January 2024, with initial applications to join the DPS to be submitted by mid-February 2024. Thereafter, the DPS will be open for new applications from its anticipated launch in mid-March 2024. The procurement process will be undertaken using the UKIB Atamis portal. Interested potential suppliers will be required to register on the UKIB Supplier Portal at the following link, to access the Application Pack on publication: Welcome (site.com) also available at: https://atamis-3929.my.site.com/s/Welcome Potential suppliers are encouraged to register in advance and if they have any problems with the Portal, they should contact the helpdesk on 029 2279 0052 or support@atamis.co.uk The helpline is open Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm, excluding public and bank holidays. Please note that this PIN is not intended to constitute a call for competition and no responses are required from interested suppliers at this time. The purpose of publishing this PIN is to bring this forthcoming opportunity to the attention of those who may be interested in applying for a place on the DPS, as and when the procurement process commences. The publication of this PIN does not bind UKIB to conducting any procurement process as described herein and therefore UKIB reserves the right to vary the structure of the process or to not proceed at all with such process, at its sole discretion. Additional information: Due to the limitations of this portal there are additional CPV categories to the ones detailed above so please see all the relevant CPV Categories as detailed below: 66171000 - Financial consultancy services 66519310 - Insurance consultancy services 71292000 - Auditing services 71310000 - Civil engineering consultancy services 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services 71318000 - Advisory and consultative engineering services 71530000 - Construction consultancy services 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services 73210000 - Research consultancy services 79221000 - Tax consultancy services 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services 90713100 - Consulting services for water-supply and waste-waste other than for construction 90714000 - Environmental auditing