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["Instructions"]
["Introduction"]
["The Authority intends to award a contract(s) for supply, install and commission of WTGs at Yellow River Wind Farm (Lot 1) and Tangy Wind Farm (Lot 2).  As the proposed sourcing event is cross jurisdictional procurement is subject to the European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016 and the procurement procedure being used is the Negotiated Procedure with Prior Call for Competition."]
["Intention"]
["The Authority will use the information provided in response to this Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) to make an assessment of the Supplier’s economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability in order to decide who will be invited to tender for the Works. The Authority’s intention is to arrive at a Short List of  Suppliers who’ve achieved a minimum overall score of 60%, completed all mandatory questions, and passed all ‘PASS/FAIL’ questions. Any questions that are scored 'Fail' will result in an automatic failure for the Applicant irrespective of the scores achieved across the other criteria. Short Listed Suppliers will then be invited to tender for the Sourcing Event."]
["Requirement"]
["The nature of the Works are set out in the Requirement sheet of this PQQ."]
["Timetable"]
["The proposed procurement timetable is for issue of PQQ on 3rd June 2020 on completion of the OJEU Contract Notice period and is due for submission by no later than  17th June 2020.  Upon conclusion of PQQ evaluation suppliers will be notified of the outcome of the evaluation with successful Potential Providers issued with ITT documentation before the end of June 2020.  Late PQQ submissions will not be accepted."]
["Queries"]
["Any queries and/or requests for clarification in respect of this PQQ should be sent to Cally.Amos@sse.com"]
["How To Complete and Respond to this PQQ"]
["Suppliers are invited to complete the Questionnaire sheet and submit it to the Authority at Cally.Amos@sse.com on or before the Last Day for PQQ Submission as specified in the Timetable section above. Supplier should ensure that they complete the Declaration sheet."]
["Definitions"]
["In this PQQ, ‘Authority’ or 'we' means SSE Renewables , or anyone acting on its behalf, that is seeking to invite suitable Suppliers to participate in this procurement process. ‘Supplier’ or 'you' means the organisation that is completing this PQQ."]
["Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Rights"]
["Suppliers shall not disclose any information in relation to either this PQQ, their PQQ response or subsequent queries and correspondence in whole or in part to any third party prior to either the award of a resultant Contract by the Authority or if permission is received in writing from a duly authorised representative. Suppliers are responsible for identifying any information of a proprietary or confidential nature within their response in order that it may be handled properly. \n\nSuppliers are to restrict circulation and distribution of this PQQ to their suppliers and subcontractors on a \"need to know\" basis and then only for the purposes for which it has been supplied and when the supplier and/or subcontractor are bound by the same terms of confidentiality stated herein.  \n\nIf you, as representative of your company, are not in agreement with this 'Confidentiality Notice' or you elect not to respond to this PQQ, please inform the Authority and delete all associated documents and correspondence, at all times treating the information contained herein as confidential. Otherwise, these confidentiality provisions are deemed accepted.\n\nThis PQQ and all associated documentation remain the property of the Authority. The Authority provides a license to the Supplier to use the information for the sole purpose of responding to this PQQ.\n\nThe Supplier grants the Authority a non exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence to copy, reproduce and use any intellectual property contained within its PQQ response for the purposes of carrying out the evaluation of the PQQ response and for entering into any resultant Contract (where applicable).\n"]
["Other Information"]
[" No information contained in this PQQ, or in any communication made between the Authority and any Supplier in connection with this PQQ shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be offered in accordance with this PQQ. Under no circumstances shall the Authority incur any liability in respect of this PQQ or any supporting documentation. In the event that none of the PQQ responses are deemed satisfactory, the Authority reserves the right to discontinue the process. Suppliers shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by them in the preparation and submission of their PQQ response. You must complete the PQQ response in the English language. Suppliers must complete all parts of the questionnaire fully - if you fail to do so your application may be disqualified."]

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["Score","Guidance"]
[100,"Exceptional response – fully meets the specification, demonstrates added value with no errors, weaknesses or omissions. "]
[80,"Superior response – Some minor errors, risks, weaknesses or omissions from the specification which may be acceptable as offered. Demonstrates some added value."]
[60,"Good response – Some errors, risks, weaknesses or omissions from the specification, which can be corrected / overcome with minimum effort."]
[40,"Adequate response – Some errors, risks, weaknesses or omissions from the specification which whilst possible to correct or overcome, provide cause for concern. "]
[20,"Poor response – Existence of numerous errors, risks, weaknesses or omissions from the specification, which are difficult to correct, overcome and make acceptable."]
[0,"No response"]
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["Score","Guidance"]
["Pass","Response meets or exceeds the mark of what was requested."]
["Fail","Response fails to meet the mark of what was requested."]
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["Explanation of Selection Criteria"]
["It is intended to prequalify Applicants on the basis of information provided in response to this questionnaire.\nThe scoring frame shown above defines how question responses will be scored. The Authority’s intention is to arrive at a Short List of  Suppliers who’ve achieved a minimum overall score of 60%, completed all mandatory questions, and passed all ‘PASS/FAIL’ questions. Any questions that are scored 'Fail' will result in an automatic failure for the Applicant irrespective of the scores achieved across the other criteria. Short Listed Suppliers will then be invited to tender for the Sourcing Event."]

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["Requirement"]
["The Authority is seeking Potential Providers to Tender for the supply, installation and commissioning services for wind turbine generators (WTG) at Yellow River (Lot 1) and Tangy (Lot 2) Wind Farms, which will include but not be limited to the following:\n•\tcomplete manufacture and supply of entire WTG system;\n•\ttransport and delivery of the same (including to site and on-site movements) including any specialist lifting equipment;\n•\tdesign of foundation loadings;\n•\tinstallation of WTG, commissioning of WTG;\n•\tpotential post-completion operations and maintenance services.\n\nThe tenderer should be capable and experienced to supply all management, technical support, competent labour,\nsupervision, equipment, tools, materials, consumables, temporary works and each and all other resources necessary\nfor the manufacturing, handling, transportation, installation, commissioning, maintenance and quality assurance necessary to satisfy the scope of supply.\n\nLot 1 / Site 1: Yellow River Wind Farm\nYellow River wind farm, comprising of 29 no. WTG. The wind farm site (the Site) is located within County Offaly, Republic of Ireland. \nConsented WTG Parameters*: Tip Height up to 156m (11 turbines) and 166m (18 turbines), Rotor diameter up to 113m, Hub Height up to 110metres\nGrid capacity minimum / maximum: A grid offer via the ECP2.1 allocation process is anticipated in Q4 2020 and the size of this will match the configuration which delivers the greatest LCOE for the project\n*Supplementary note to consented WTG Parameters: At the time of issue of this Contract Notice, the Authority is in the process of making an application for non-material change to increase the rotor diameter up to 126m. Tenderers will be requested to provide pricing for both the consented rotor diameter and for an option for potential increase to the rotor diameter, up to 126m. It is important to note that a decision on the aforementioned application is not expected to be received prior to the issue of the tender.\n\nLot 2 / Site 2: Tangy Wind Farm\nTangy wind farm, comprising of 16 no. WTG. The wind farm site (the Site) is located within Argyll & Bute, Scotland. \nConsented WTG parameters: Up to 149.9m Tip Height, 130m Rotor diameter, 91.5m Hub height\nGrid capacity minimum / maximum:  60MW maximum\n"]

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["Date","Activity"]
["03.06.2020","PQQ Issue Date"]
["17.06.2020","Last Day for PQQ Submission"]
["19.06.2020","PQQ Evaluations Completed"]
["w/c 22.06.2020","Invitations to Tender Issued"]
["Q4 2020","Last Day for Tender Submission"]
["Q2 2021","Tender Evaluations Completed"]
["Q3 2021","10 day Standstill Period Commences"]
["Q3 2021","Contract Awarded"]

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["Declaration"]
["I declare that to the best of my knowledge the information I have submitted in this PQQ is correct. I understand that the information will be used in the selection process to assess my organisation’s suitability to be invited to participate further in this procurement, and I am responding on behalf of the Supplier. I understand that the Authority may reject my submission if there is a failure to answer all relevant questions fully or if I provide false/misleading information. I also declare that there is no conflict of interest in relation to the Authority’s requirement."]
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["PQQ Completed By"]
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["Role"]
["Date"]

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["Number","Question","Type of Response Required","Mandatory?","Available Score","Question Weighting","Supplier Response (Answer)","Section Weighting","Score given by Authority"]
["1. Pre-requisites"]
[{"$f":"1","v":1},"The Supplier confirms that its direct employees, or employees of any contractors or subcontractors who would be utilised to perform any contract resulting from this competitive process and who will be on a SSE Group company site for more than two hours a week, for eight consecutive weeks or more, will be paid at least the Living Wage rate (excluding apprentices and interns).","Yes/No","Yes","Yes = Pass\nNo = Fail","Pass/Fail",null,0]
[{"$f":"A3+1","v":2},"Has the Supplier been convicted under:\nSection 57 of the Ireland Statutory Instrument No. 284/2016, as prescribed as allowed for under the European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016; and/or \nSection 58 Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, as prescribed as allowed for under the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.\n\nIf yes, the applicant shall provide a statement confirming the details and evidence of self cleaning where applicable.","Yes/No + Information","Yes","No = Pass\nYes but sufficient evidence of reform = Pass\nYes but nil evidence of reform = Fail","Pass/Fail"]
[{"$f":"A3+2","v":3},"Please confirm your annual turnover exceeds 30 Million Euros average per year over the previous three years and provide back up in the form of your company accounts.","Yes/No + Information","Yes","Yes = Pass\nNo but sufficient evidence of mitigating circumstances = Pass\nNo = Fail","Pass/Fail"]
[{"$f":"A4+2","v":4},"Please confirm you have the following insurances at the required levels in place, providing a statement of insurance as back up:\n- Public Liability Insurance: 10,000,000 EURO any one occurrence\n- Professional Indemnity Insurance: 10,000,000 EURO any one occurrence\n- Employers Liability Insurance: 10,000,000 EURO any one occurrence ","Yes/No + Information","Yes","Yes = Pass\nNo but statement of intention provided = Pass\nNo = Fail","Pass/Fail"]
["2. Supplier Details"]
[5,"Supplier Name","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A",null,0]
[6,"Supplier Address (include Registered address, if different)","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[7,"Total number of employees","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[8,"Single point of contact details for ITT","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[9,"Telephone / mobile contact number for ITT Contact","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[10,"Email address for ITT if successful through Pre-Qualification","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
["3. Experience and Knowledge"]
[11,"Please provide examples of your current WTG offerings that fit within the planning constraints stated for LOTs 1 & 2. ","Information","Yes","0-100",0.4,null,0.7]
[12,"Please provide details of installed and commissioned onshore WTGs in Republic of Ireland & Great Britain over the last 5 years. \n\nFor each project/ site please provide the following information:-\n\na) Site Name / Location / Size / Turbine Model\nb) Brief description of the services you provided for the site, including whether they were 1) Supply and Install 2) Service & Maintainance","Information","Yes","0-100",0.4]
[13,"Please detail your capabilities in relation to the Renewable UK wind turbine safety rules version 3.(WTSRs). Are you either: \n(1) currently compliant with the WTSRs;\n(2) willing to work to achieve compliance;\n(3) not willing to work to achieve compliance.","Yes/No + Information","Yes","(1) - 100%\n(2) - 60%\n(3) - 0%",0.2]
["5. Health & Safety"]
[14,"Please provide Health and Safety statistics for the last five years for your company - or for all parties within your joint venture /collaborations - including Total Recordable injury rate (TRIR). If TRIR is unavailable or not relevant to your organisation then please provide equivalent H&S statistics.","Information","Yes","0/100",0.6,null,0.2]
[15,"Please specify if you have had any safety enforcement notices, prohibition notices or prosecutions occurred within your company - or for all parties within your joint venture/collaboration - in the past 3 years.  If you answered Yes, please provide details of safety enforcement notices, prohibition notices or prosecutions occurred within your company - or for all parties within your joint venture/collaboration - in the past 3 years. Please add relevant attachments.","Yes/No + Information","Yes","No = Pass\nYes but sufficient evidence of reform = Pass\nYes but nil evidence of reform = Fail","Pass/Fail"]
[16,"Please supply a copy of your health and safety policy statement.","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[17,"All potential Applicants should be registered with the appropriate system based on the LOTs they wish to tender for (this becomes a requirement for the successful Applicant(s) at contract award). If interested in tendering for LOT 1 situated in the Republic of Ireland, potential Applicants should be registered on Supply-Line. If interested in tendering for LOT 2 situated in Great Britain, potential applicants should be registered with SSE's Supplier Registration System (SRS) and UVDB. If interested in tendering for LOTs 1 & 2, potential Applicants should be registered on Supply-Line, SRS and UVDB. Please confirm which of the following applies:\nA. Currently registered on Supply-Line.\nB. Currently registered on SRS and/ or UVDB.\nC. Currently registered on Supply-Line and SRS/ UVDB.\nD. Not currently registered with Supply-Line or SRS/ UVDB but intend to register.\nE. Not registered with Supply-Line or SRS/UVDB and have no plans to do so.","Information","Yes","0/100",0.4]
["6. Environmental"]
[18,"Has your organisation been subject to any environmental enforcement notices, prohibitions, prosecutions or has been in breach of conditions that have occurred within your group or company during the last five years? If yes, the candidate shall provide a statement confirming the details and evidence of 'self cleaning/lessons learned' where applicable","Yes/No + Information","Yes","No = Pass\nYes but sufficient evidence of reform = Pass\nYes but nil evidence of reform = Fail","Pass/Fail",null,0]
[19,"Please supply a copy of your environmental policy statement.","Information","Yes","N/A","N/A"]
[20,"Do you have a third party accreditation to ISO14001-2015 Environmental Management System or equivalent other. Please provide relevant certification.","Yes/No + Information","Yes","Yes = Pass\nNo but sufficient evidence of alternative = Pass\nNo = Fail","Pass/Fail"]
["8. Information Security"]
[21,"Please indicate the information security standards that your organisation meets. Any response must be applicable to the specific part(s) of the organisation that would supply the services proposed under this PQQ.","Information","Yes","0/100",0.5,null,0.1]
[22,"Do you currently have the following governance functions?\nA. There is a corporate information security policy.\nB. There is a corporate information security management system.\nC. There are information security functions/roles.\nD. There are information owners for critical and sensitive data. \nE. There is a corporate information risk management process.\nF. Business continuity is assured for critical information functions.","Information","Yes","0/100",0.5]
[25,"Do you have a Data Privacy policy? If yes please provide a copy","Yes/No + Information","Yes","0/100",0.1,null,0.05]
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