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title: "Collective Energy Switching Scheme - Market Engagement"
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# Collective Energy Switching Scheme - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/collective-energy-switching-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-040b4c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Collective Energy Switching Scheme - Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Energy and related services, Energy meters, Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040b4c`

## 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/collective-energy-switching-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-040b4c#tl-md)

## Description
ECC seeks to support residents to access affordable and clean energy. Collective switching helps residents to access competitive and renewable energy tariffs and facilitates the process of switching.
ECC has previously successfully provided a collective energy switching service. The previous service which was promoted as the “Essex Energy Switch” between 2013 and 2021, resulted in over 15,700 households switching energy providers and saving on average £257 pa per household.
Ahead of publishing this opportunity in January 2024, the Council is looking to assess the interest and capability of the market to provide and deliver the requirement as set out in the Description of Procurement Section and would like to invite interested parties to register their interest and respond to the market engagement questionnaire that can be obtained via ProContract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 38551000, 71314000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The aim of the collective energy switching scheme is to enable residents to access competitive energy tariffs. Essex County Council (ECC) is therefore looking to engage a collective energy switching contractor to operate this service and deliver savi...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030076-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-12T10:13:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T03:42:28.439Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040b4c