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0942 – Supply of Electricity and Gas utilities to Essex County Council

Electricity
Gaseous fuels
Petroleum products
+2 more
East of England (UKH3)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published2
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Tenderline Synopsis: Essex County Council: "0942 – Supply of Electricity and Gas utilities to Essex County Council". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityEssex County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Essex County Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Essex County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.8Bids / Report
13.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 284 active published awards; 282 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityEssex County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
Last source update8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationElectricity, Gaseous fuels, Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-031f9e
What is being bought
Essex County Council is responsible for procuring energy for its core estate and infrastructure – this includes circa 250 operational buildings (including offices, libraries, children’s centres, youth and respite centres, country parks), highways, street lighting and other infrastructure. The number of operational buildings is expected to reduce as the Council’s estate rationalisation programme progresses. The Council has a mix of electricity (half hourly and non-half hourly) and gas meters for its sites and infrastructure. The Council has procured flexible supply contracts for 2 lots – Lot 1 Electricity and Lot 2 Gas and via an Open procedure procurement exercise. Each Lot was awarded to a single supplier for the contract duration. Each contract will be for an initial term of 3 years (commencing 1st October 2022), with an option to extend for up to a further 3 years, at the Council’s discretion. Bidders are Ofgem licensed energy suppliers and offer flexible supply contracts, which encompasses the ability to forward purchase the commodity element via a trading desk using OTC (Over the counter) after the contract has been completed. In addition, bidders for Lot 1 Electricity must: (i) be able to provide sleeving arrangements under which any renewable electricity sourced from off-site renewable generators can potentially be included at an additional cost in the electricity supply contract should the Council choose to do so at a later date; and (ii) provide REGO (Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin) backed renewable energy across the electricity portfolio.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
  5. Published value updated to £50,400,000
    9 Mar 2022, 09:26 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    9 Mar 2022, 09:26 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    9 Mar 2022, 09:26 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 8 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
    9 Mar 2022, 09:26 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    9 Mar 2022, 09:26 GMT
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Electricity supply contract - flexible Purchase, combined non hourly and half hourly
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Key selection criteria, in addition to the Selection Questionnaire, included the product specification, fixed costs, REGO, commission, basic trading requirement, default position, day ahead functionality, reforecasting, payment and process service, account management structure (including supplier meetings), site additions/removals, commodity and non-commodity invoicing, adherence to service level agreements, power purchase agreement requirements, electronic billing, pricing submission, T&Cs, web portal access, billing and volume variation. Bids were assessed on a 60:40 basis for price:quality (of which 5% of the quality score assessed social value) in accordance with the evaluation and award criteria set out in the tender documents. Tenders were awarded on a most economically advantageous tender basis. All evaluation and award criteria are set out in the tender documents. Pricing was broken down into half hourly and non-half hourly rates for the commodity (the cost of the energy itself including production, supply and supplier’s margin) and non- commodity charges (including government levies and tax, and transportation and distribution charges). Quality questions will cover such topics as volume and risk management, invoicing, account management, renewable energy (REGO), environmental sustainability and social value. Successful suppliers will comply with a service level agreement (which will be included in the tender pack) for the contract duration, which is incorporated into the flexible supply contracts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Gas supply contract - flexible Purchase
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Key selection criteria, in addition to the Selection Questionnaire, included the product specification, pricing submission, T&Cs, fixed costs, commission, basic trading requirement, default position, day ahead functionality, reforecasting, payment and process service, account management structure (including supplier meetings), site additions/removals, commodity and non-commodity invoicing, adherence to SLAs, electronic billing and web portal access, billing and volume variation. Bids were assessed on a 60:40 basis for price:quality (of which 5% of the quality score assessed social value) in accordance with the evaluation and award criteria set out in the tender documents. Tenders were awarded on a most economically advantageous tender basis. Pricing was broken down into appropriate commodity rates for the Supplier (the cost of the energy itself including production, supply and supplier’s margin) and non-commodity charges (including government levies and tax, and transportation and distribution charges), as per the pricing schedule. Quality questions covered topics such as volume and risk management, invoicing, account management, environmental sustainability and social value. Successful suppliers will comply with a service level agreement (which will be included in the tender pack) for the contract duration, which is incorporated into the flexible supply contracts.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    8 Aug 2022, 15:02 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 7 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST · £46,567,626
  5. Contract active
    Signed 26 May 2022, 00:00 BST · £5,431,242
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
DRAX ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
SSE ENERGY SUPPLY LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Electricity supply contract - flexible Purchase, combined non hourly and half hourly
£46,567,626 · signed 7 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Gas supply contract - flexible Purchase
£5,431,242 · signed 26 May 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
bids: 1 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Essex County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-4622
View buyer profile

  • Essex County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, UKH3, CM1 1QH
    Natasha.I-Goldsmith2@essex.gov.uk

  • DRAX ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    supplier

    Selby, UK, YO8 8PH

  • High Court
    mediationBody
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

  • SSE ENERGY SUPPLY LIMITED
    supplier

    Reading, UK, RG1 3JH
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