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plannedFind a Tender · planning
BuyerLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£1
Published26 Mar 2026

What is being bought

ESPO is seeking to engage with electricity suppliers to help shape its new electricity supply framework, scheduled to go live in 2028. Suppliers should note that only organisations holding a valid electricity supply licence issued by Ofgem will be eligible to submit a bid once the procurement process begins. ESPO therefore welcomes engagement exclusively from licensed electricity suppliers or suppliers actively progressing through the Ofgem licensing process. Please note this is not a call for competition, the tender documentation is not yet available.

Delivery location

UKF, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB · UKG, GB · UKE, GB · UKL, GB · UKM, GB

Categories

Electricity 09310000Electricity distribution and related services 65300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2028 to 30 Sept 2032

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Electricity, Electricity distribution and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 09. The category anchor is Electricity (09310000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 098423 median · 34.1 average (263 of 842 with a bid count)4.9 average (301 of 842 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKF523 median · 29.8 average (20 of 52 with a bid count)10.4 average (21 of 52 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
ESPO is seeking to engage with electricity suppliers to help shape its new electricity supply framework. ESPO are inviting market feedback on areas including flexible purchasing products, Smart Export Guarantees, renewable energies and social value. Engagement is being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire hosted on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org). The deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 17 April 2026. Suppliers wishing to participate in the RFI MUST first express an interest as follows: (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for opportunity '191_28' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest. Suppliers can access and respond to the RFI questionnaire in the Messages section of the eProcurement Portal (via the Activity dashboard once an expression of interest has been registered). Any questions or clarifications should similarly be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal. Following review of completed RFIs, ESPO may undertake virtual 1-2-1 preliminary market engagement sessions with suppliers. ESPO will be seeking further information on points raised within the Suppliers RFI responses within these meetings.engagement29 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0522a1
Latest release ID027663-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 26 2026 09:22:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Mar 2026planning027663-2026
23 May 2025planning026358-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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23 May 2025 · 026358-2025 · planning
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