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Published 12 Oct 2021, 11:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

191_24 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered Supply)

Official notice

Authority: ESPO

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£960,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 Apr 2022awarded 19 Jul 2022
Next notice expected 1 Feb 2022
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ESPO 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 published
Lot #1Awarded 4 yrsPublished value£576,000,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sept 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 35%Social value: 10%
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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Suppliers must hold, and maintain for the duration of the Framework Agreement, an Electricity Supply Licence granted by OFGEM.

What this means for your bid
  • 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)
ElectricityElectricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eacd Find a Tender
Contract terms
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 and risk notes
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
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Feb 2022 → 1 Oct 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Feb 2022
  2. Bids opened
    22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    22 Jul 2022, 10:19 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Feb 2022
  1. Published value updated to £960,000,000
    24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
    was £576,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
    24 Feb 2022, 11:56 GMT
  5. Deadline moved to 29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
    19 Apr 2022, 16:26 BST
    +7 days · was 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    22 Jul 2022, 10:19 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate (Date) · IV.2.222 Apr 202229 Apr 2022+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders (Date) · IV.2.722 Apr 202229 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 forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jul 2022

1 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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ESPO

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityLocal Authority Services Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, East Midlands, LE19 1ESContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria