Official UK procurement notice
191_24 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered Supply)
Authority: ESPO
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionESPO wish to create a four-year single supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of wholesale electricity supplies, with ESPO acting as an intermediary to buy electricity in the wholesale market on behalf of central government, local authorities, public and third sector organisations within England, Wales and Scotland.
CPV: Electricity · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2024
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£576,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality Method Statements: 55%
- price: 35%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality Method Statements: 55
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 35
- Suitability
Suppliers must hold, and maintain for the duration of the Framework Agreement, an Electricity Supply Licence granted by OFGEM.
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “191_24 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Oct 2021, 11:06 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2022, 10:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Apr 2022 – …
- Authority reference
191_24 (ProContract internal Ref. DN573980)- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019982- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eacdFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Supplier must hold and maintain an Electricity Supply Licence granted by OFGEM throughout the duration of the Framework Agreement.
Upon award of contract, the successful Suppliers rating, as determined by use of a recognised credit rating agency, will be sampled and used as a baseline for contract monitoring. This rating will be monitored for variance against the baseline at least every month. In the case of any negative variances against the baseline, this will be investigated by ESPO accordingly.
The successful Supplier must agree and adhere to a number of Mandatory Requirements, Service Levels and Key Performance Indicators which are provided in the tender documentation.
- Review procedure
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal. ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself. Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
1 Feb 2022 → 1 Oct 2024 · 5 dates- Next notice expected1 Feb 2022
- Bids opened22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published22 Jul 2022, 10:19 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Feb 2022- Published value updated to £960,000,00024 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMTwas £576,000,000
- Status changed to active24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
- Deadline published: 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
- Deadline moved to 29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST19 Apr 2022, 16:26 BST+7 days · was 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Jul 2022, 10:19 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate (Date) · IV.2.2 | 22 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders (Date) · IV.2.7 | 22 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-10: 1 release · 12 Oct 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
191_24 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered Supply)
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2022
- Value
- £960,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- TotalEnergies Gas and Power LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria