Clarifications

137. Would the Authority please advise if it intends on extending the HELGA DPS beyond the 13 November 2023 end date.

136. With regards to RM3824 - Heat Networks and Electricity Generation Assets DPS, would the Authority please clarify that all contracts will be awarded using the Call for Competition procedure set out in paragraphs 1-5 of Schedule 5, and that paragraph 6 of that schedule is a confirmation process for the award under paragraphs 1-5 and does not itself constitute a direct award system.

135. Would the Authority please advise if it intends on extending the HELGA DPS beyond the 13 November 2023 end date.

134. With regards to RM3824 - Heat Networks and Electricity Generation Assets DPS, would the Authority please clarify that all contracts will be awarded using the Call for Competition procedure set out in paragraphs 1-5 of Schedule 5, and that paragraph 6 of that schedule is a confirmation process for the award under paragraphs 1-5 and does not itself constitute a direct award system.

132. With regard to Q: 129. Do you meet the minimum level of economic and financial standing and/or minimum financial threshold specified within the evaluation criteria for this procurement? Please can you clarify where in the evaluation criteria there is information on what the 'minimum financial threshold' is?

131. Dear CCS Team, We have been accepted on the VCIS DPS where we submitted evidence for the SQ (1633556124 Ref: SQ-26N7SSG). We have since tried to apply for the HELGA DPS, where we have filled out another SQ (1646305017 Ref: SQ-F5Q2GQP). It has asked us to submit evidence for this SQ - we have already submitted this evidence for the VCIS and wanted to re-use this evidence for the HELGA DPS. Is this possible? Thanks,

130. Is Cyber Essentials required for this Framework?

129. Hi, we have recently registered on the VCIS DPS framework (1633556124 Ref: SQ-26N7SSG). We are trying to register to HELGA and it is now requesting for supporting evidence for our SQ (1646305017 Ref: SQ-F5Q2GQP). We have supplied the evidence requested such as financial accounts, liabilities and parent company details. Could you please advise on whether we have to submit this evidence again?

128. Hello CCS, My name is Nicholas Georgiou from GridBeyond, (Used to be known as Endeco Technologies) we used to be a registered member on the CCS Framework RM3792 from 2017-2020 specifically related to our field of expertise in Demand Side Response. I have now been advised that the frameworks have all changed now and that we should apply to the Helga Portal to enter the RM3824 framework. I have gone on the portal and downloaded the main questionnaire we need to fill out. I have read the various questions and I would like some help and clarification on a few of the questions I have outlined below. Your help and clarification on this will be much appreciated. Starting from Question 22., there are many many pages and questions regarding sub-contractors and so can you please clarify exactly what a sub-contractor is and what a sub contractor isn't, that would be very helpful. I would assume that because so much of the questionnaire is devoted to sub-contractors that you would expect most companies filing out this questionnaire to list them extensively or in other words to ebb on the side of caution and to list ones you are unsure about? But anyway, an exact clarification of how you view the exact definition of a sub-contractor for the purposes of this form. Another question we would like clarification on is Question 133 on pg 133 which talks of example contracts saying can we provide details of an example contract, and there is just a small details box there, so what details exactly would you like to know and how long does it have to be, is it just a brief description? And how many of these example contracts would you want us to provide? Must it be three as there are three questions relating to example contracts? Regarding Questions 155 and 156. On Cyber Essentials Certification and Question 162 on the CESG certifications. We used to have such certifications prior to the pandemic but in the initial outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 we lost our office space in the UK and our UK team have been working from home since then and so we no longer have such certifications but we plan to re-instate them once we acqire a new office in the UK once there is further stability on covid restrictions etc. However, our Head Office in Ireland has stayed open through much of the pandemic and as that is where many of our staff work, they have the Irish equivalents of such cyber security certifications. Shall we therefore leave this question blank on the questionnaire, will it suffice that we will get these certifications back again when we get our new office in the UK and that we have the equivalent certifications in our Dublin office?

126. For clarification to DPS agreement - Clause 20 - Management Levy - How is the management Levy calculated and payment frequency? Is it a percentage of the awarded contract value (charges made by supplier to the contract authority) divided by the number of remaining months or is it the percentage of the awarded contract value paid per month for the duration of the DPS. Please clarify and confirm.

125. Please can you urgently advise on our clarification sent last week regarding the selection options of the CPV codes in relation to the HELGA supplier questionnaire (Lot 5), thank you.

124. Please confirm if you wish for us to select all additional CPV Codes listed on OJEU for Lots 1 & 5 or simply select the main CPV Code 09300000 as stated in 1.2 of the OJEU Notice? Because if we select sub-codes it won't let us unselect/deselect the ones we wish to use - this means we are unable to provide the exact list of CPV Codes (listed section II.2.2).

122. There is a clarification that details evidences 177-180 are not mandatory and do not need to be included within our submission, can you please confirm this is accurate? And if so how we then submit our application (given that a mandatory attachment must be provided on the portal questionairre). Thank you.

121. Please can you provide examples of what evidence you expect to see for this question? 180. Upload documentary evidence for a certificate for each principal contract for goods and/or services provided in the last three years.

120. In regards to the Product Liability Insurance, this is not applicable to all types of businesses. Can this be looked at and removed where it is not applicable to a business?

119. We have now been appointed to this DPS. Thank you. We would like to evangelise its benefits to potential customers and with this in mind, are you able to provide me with: a) A brochure that explains the benefits of this DPS? b) a buyers guide explaining the process that potential buyers must follow? Many thanks.

118. Good Morning, Can I check with of the following services can be sold via this DPS: • Energy consultancy, • Energy Brokerage, • utilities procurement, • carbon solutions including carbon compliance services. • bureau services/ bill checking • and energy solutions including , Meter Operator (MOP) and Automatic Meter Readers (AMR) contracts to assist with data collection

117. "Could you please clarify if my interpretation on the Management Levy is correct. Clause 20, page 18: This means that the supplier only pays a levy of 1% / month currently where they have had business that month and not a rolling 12 month levy payment. "Management Levy" means the sum payable by the Supplier to the Authority being an amount equal to (1%) of all Charges for the Goods and/or Services invoiced to the Contracting Authorities by the Supplier (net of VAT) in each Month throughout the Dynamic Purchasing System Period and thereafter until the expiry or earlier termination of all Contracts entered pursuant to this Dynamic Purchasing System Agreement;"

114. We are looking to access the Helga DPS. On registering through the SRS and completing our SQ, can you please advise how we associate the SQ to the DPS? We have attempted to watch the supporting video but there is no sound.

113. When it comes to providing evidence can we use this from proposed subcontractors if they will be the ones completing the works?