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# City of London Energy Supply Contract 2025 - Soft Market Testing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/city-of-london-energy-supply-contract-2025-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-04a414). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** City of London: "City of London Energy Supply Contract 2025 - Soft Market Testing". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £528,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [City of London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £528,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Energy and related services, Human resources management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04a414`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/city-of-london-energy-supply-contract-2025-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-04a414#tl-md)

## Description
The soft market testing (SMT), in this case is where City Corporation, at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity.  
This exercise will provide an opportunity for City Corporation to obtain insight into how participants might approach the delivery of the service in question. It also gives useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from that market.  
Invited participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the soft market testing or failure to attend any follow up face-to-face interviews that may be arranged.  
Participants must also note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that City Corporation may conduct, nor that City Corporation will procure any such supply and services or accepts any proposals offered. Any procurement of the supply and services by City Corporation will be carried out strictly in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. 
City Corporation has developed a questionnaire (attached at the end of this document) that they would like interested parties to complete; interested participants MAY then be invited to meet with the project team to discuss in more detail the options. 
As stated above, the outcome of the SMT exercise will inform our procurement options appraisal with recommendations.  
Further detailed reports will be prepared as appropriate in accordance with the City Corporation’s tender and approval procedures, and in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79414000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Soft Market Testing exercise in relation to the upcoming procurement exercise for the City of London Energy Supply contract.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031151-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-30T10:36:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:55:01.704Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04a414