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title: "Direct Award"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03763b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"
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# Direct Award

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03763b

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## Summary

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has completed a tender process for the procurement of an auction platform to facilitate the auctioning of UK Emissions Trading Scheme allowances. The procurement falls under the services category within the IT industry. The auction is planned to take place on or after 4 January 2023 and aims to provide value for money auctioning services to His Majesty's Government (HMG). This tender was awarded through a direct award method without prior publication of a contract notice.

This procurement opportunity presents a chance for businesses specializing in IT services, particularly in consulting, software development, and online support, to engage in auction platform provision. Companies with expertise in auction services and experience in compliance with legislative frameworks related to emissions trading would find this tender well-suited for growth opportunities. Interested businesses should be prepared to ensure secure, reliable, and user-friendly auctioning services to meet the stringent requirements set by BEIS for the successful delivery of this project.

## Notice

BEIS is procuring an auction platform to provide value for money auctioning of UK Emissions Trading Scheme allowances. This will also include related services (which includes processing admissions to bid; clearing and settlement; high quality customer service; monitoring; and reporting) to His Majesty's Government (HMG). The first auction under the terms of the appointment will be on a specified date (to be agreed) on or after 4 January 2023.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contracting Authority (BEIS) is looking for an auction platform to provide value for money auctioning of UK Emissions Trading Scheme allowances. This will also include related services (which includes processing admissions to bid; clearing and settlement; high quality customer service; monitoring; and reporting) to His Majesty's Government (HMG). The first auction under the terms of the appointment will be on a specified date (to be agreed) on or after 4 January 2023. Auctioning on the UK platform must be secure, reliable, user-friendly and fully compliant with the requirements of UK legislation on the auctioning of UK ETS emissions allowances on a definitive auction platform. The auction platform must also maximise and facilitate participation in the auctions, including for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Contractor must ensure that the performance of the contract complies with the applicable legislative framework. This includes, but is not limited to, the relevant elements of the following legislation, including any amendments: * The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 * The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021 (the "Auctioning Regulations") * The Recognised Auction Platforms Regulations 2011 * The UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, as it has effect in domestic law) * The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 * The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Prayer) Regulations 2017 * The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2 (MiFID 2). The Contractor must have the legal, technical and organisational capacity to perform the services referred to in regulation 25 of the Auctioning Regulations. This includes provision of the necessary IT infrastructure, which must be secure, reliable and user friendly and ensure the smooth functioning of the auctions. The Contractor must ensure it has a full back-up system in place, which should be able to cope seamlessly with a technical failure in the main data centre supporting the auction platform, ensuring a minimum service uptime of 99.999%. The back-up system should be capable of restoring the main system at transaction level in the event of a failure, to ensure no data is lost. Any proposed backup system (including its data centre) should be located at a site other than that where the main system is located and must be secure, reliable and not lead to discrimination between bidders. The services are to be performed in accordance with the objectives and requirements of this specification, the Auctioning Regulations, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 and other relevant legislation. The award of contract will take account of the overarching appointment requirements in regulation 25(5) of the Auctioning Regulations. Additional information: Please note there were no price considerations in the awarding of this contract

### Procurement Information

A prior information notice was undertaken to evaluate the current supplier landscape and whether there are any suppliers who hold the required accreditation (In order to deliver against this requirement, suppliers must hold UK RIE and RAP status (FCA accredited) and be fully operational on the secondary and energy markets). From undertaking this exercise, it was apparent that only one supplier held the required accreditation status. BEIS are therefore direct awarding ICE Futures and ICE Clearing to deliver this service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029149-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £540,606 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ICE FUTURES EUROPE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79342400 - Auction services

## Release History

- 17 Oct 2022 at 11:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029149-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy

## Provenance

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