Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Power Purchase Agreements
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn Open Framework for the procurement of Corporate Power Purchase Agreements for in front of the meter electricity. This is inclusive of different contract structures (such as physical and virtual), asset attributes (such as existing, new build, differing technologies) and scale (sub 5MW up to over 50MW of installed capacity, differing organisation types).
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CPV: Cogeneration plant construction work · Electric motors, generators and transformers · Electricity · Electricity supplies · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Generator units · Generators · Other sources of energy supplies and distribution · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy · Solar energy · Solar installation · +9 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 8 yrs · up to 8 yrs 11 mo from 14 Dec 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 13 Dec 2034
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
0.10% of call-off value · A Framework Fee of 0.1% is payable by Suppliers in respect of each Call-off Contract awarded through the Framework. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the estimated value of the relevant Call-off Contract.
Participating Authorities may also be charged a Service Fee for Framework management services. Where applicable, Suppliers will collect this fee on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Details of any Service Fee will be clearly set out in the Framework documentation and agreed with Participating Authorities prior to the commencement of any Call-off award process.
Who may buy through it
Any UK public body may access this Framework with the agreement of the Contracting Authority through LASER. Eligible organisations include:
a) Local authorities (county, unitary, district, borough, metropolitan, parish, and community councils)
b) Police, Fire, and Ambulance services
c) NHS Trusts and health bodies
d) Central government departments and agencies
e) Educational establishments (schools, academies, colleges, universities)
f) Registered social landlords and housing associations
g) Charities and third sector organisations
h) Publicly owned companies
i) Utilities as defined within Schedule 4 of the Procurement Act 2023
Published description of the framework
The Framework is for Corporate Power Purchase Agreements and is not divided into lots. It covers a range of Corporate PPA structures, including physical and virtual arrangements. Suppliers are required to complete selection questions and submit quality and social value responses. Admission to the Framework is based on suppliers satisfying the applicable selection requirements and achieving the required minimum standards in the quality and social value assessments.
Suppliers may submit prices for none, some or all of the predefined pricing scenarios. Each submitted scenario price will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, with submission of a compliant price constituting a Pass. Pricing scenarios are not numerically scored and do not contribute to the supplier’s overall Framework evaluation score. A Pass establishes that a Framework-stage price is available for potential direct award under that scenario. A Fail does not prevent appointment to the Framework or participation in a mini-competition, but the supplier will not be eligible for direct award under that scenario.
Direct award will be available only for the PPA types and pricing scenarios specified in the Framework. A Participating Authority will use an Expression of Interest to identify suppliers that meet its stated objective requirements, which may include the required PPA structure, technology, volume, generation profile, contract tenor, commercial characteristics, risk allocation and additional project features. Where more than one supplier meets those requirements, the supplier may be selected using the highest overall Framework evaluation score or the highest score achieved for specified Framework questions or sections relevant to the requirement. The applicable selection method will be identified in the Expression of Interest.
Any direct award must use the applicable Framework-stage scenario price as a maximum price, subject only to the permitted CPI adjustment from the 2026 base year. The final direct award price must therefore be at or below the relevant submitted and adjusted price. Limited clarifications may be undertaken to confirm alignment, deliverability and pricing, but must not materially modify the Framework terms or distort competition.
Suppliers will also submit a pricing methodology statement for information only. It will not be scored, weighted or used to rank suppliers at Framework award stage, but may be referred to at Call-off stage to support clarification, due diligence, value-for-money assessment and the procurement audit trail where proposed pricing appears inconsistent with the supplier’s stated approach.
Contracts awarded through mini-competition will use project-specific pricing and the requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology specified by the Participating Authority. Mini-competitions may include an initial Expression of Interest, single or multi-stage evaluation, shortlisting, clarification, dialogue or negotiation, provided that the process is set out in advance and applied transparently and consistently.
As an Open Framework, the Framework will be reopened periodically, allowing new suppliers to apply and existing suppliers to update or resubmit their responses, including pricing.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,500,000,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Social Value
- “Corporate Power Purchase Agreements” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Kent County Council buys Electricity (CPV 0931), and who usually turns up
Kent County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Electricity (CPV 0931) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid2%
2–314%
4–621%
7+63%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 0931Published estimate£1.5bn
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–361%
4–615%
7+14%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £50m50 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 20 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 27% below n=6 | |
| £4.9m22 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £6.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 | |
| £17m5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 5 live · £8.3bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
SEFE Energy LimitedLarge | £252m32 awards in 36m · last this month | 7 live · £2.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 |
| £34m7 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Any UK public body may access this Framework with the agreement of the Contracting Authority through LASER. Eligible organisations include: a) Local authorities (county, unitary, district, borough, metropolitan, parish, and community councils) b) Police, Fire, and Ambulance services c) NHS Trusts and health bodies d) Central government departments and agencies e) Educational establishments (schools, academies, colleges, universities) f) Registered social landlords and housing associations g) Charities and third sector organisations h) Publicly owned companies i) Utilities as defined within Schedule 4 of the Procurement Act 2023 · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092777- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b8f7Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment terms for individual Call-off Contracts will be specified within the relevant Call-off documentation and agreed between the Participating Authority and the Supplier.
A Framework Fee of 0.1% of the estimated Call-off Contract value is payable by the Supplier in respect of each Call-off Contract awarded through the Framework. Details of the invoicing and payment process for the Framework Fee will be specified within the Framework documentation.
Suppliers may also be required to collect a Service Fee from Participating Authorities on behalf of the Contracting Authority for Framework management services. Any such Service Fee will be clearly identified in the Framework documentation and agreed with the Participating Authority before the commencement of any Call-off award process.
- Risks
Risks to contract performance may include material changes in market, commercial, technical, operational, regulatory, legal or financial circumstances that impact the delivery of Corporate Power Purchase Agreements, including changes to electricity market arrangements, industry codes, government policy, subsidy regimes, network charging arrangements, generation asset performance, generation output, counterparty creditworthiness, force majeure events and other circumstances beyond a party's reasonable control.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 0.10% of call-off value · A Framework Fee of 0.1% is payable by Suppliers in respect of each Call-off Contract awarded through the Framework. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the estimated value of the relevant Call-off Contract.
Participating Authorities may also be charged a Service Fee for Framework management services. Where applicable, Suppliers will collect this fee on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Details of any Service Fee will be clearly set out in the Framework documentation and agreed with Participating Authorities prior to the commencement of any Call-off award process.
Timeline
19 Jun 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published125 days ago19 Jun 2026, 12:18 BST
- Market engagement82 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
LASER will produce a pre-recorded presentation which will be available to receive and view to download. Please get in contact if you wish to receive this. Potential suppliers are able to request a meeting to discuss the upcoming procedure. We would be keen to hear of any thoughts, particularly of accessibility to submit and join the Open Framework.
- Next notice expected79 days ago3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 4 days26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 18 days · period end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 41 days1 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 53 days14 Dec 2026
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Jun 2026, 12:18 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jul 2026, 14:36 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT1 Oct 2026, 11:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender