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Published 21 Aug 2025, 12:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Electricity · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published estimate£10,525,500≈ £8.4m / year · £10,525,500 inc. VAT · 1 value update17.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 29 Sept 2025awarded 27 Nov 2025
Awarded to POWER NI ENERGY LIMITED
Contract term 1 yr 3 moends 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ulster University is appointing a Supplier for the provision of Electricity across all 4 campuses in Northern Ireland:

  • Belfast
  • Jordanstown
  • Coleraine
  • Derry~Londonderry

The supplies are a mixture of half hour interval metred sites and non-half hour interval metered sites across 21 Meter Point Connections (MPRNs)

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Electricity

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yr 3 moPublished value£10,525,500
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 3 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensionsValue: £10,525,500 exc. VAT · £10,525,500 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: 15 months initial period with options to extend by up to a further 12 months
09310000 Electricity

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: 10%Price: 90%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Questions QS-09 and QS-10: 10%
  • Commercial Submission: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Questions QS-09 and QS-10
  • Commercial Submission
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Jan 2027
First published
21 Aug 2025, 12:27 BST
Last source update
7 Jan 2026, 12:12 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 3 Dec 2025
Authority reference
6011379
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050824
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Electricity
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c10 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
29 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadline
15 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

21 Aug 2025 → 7 Jan 2026 · 10 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 12:27 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  3. Next notice expected
    22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    15 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline391 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
  6. Assessment summaries sent333 days ago
    27 Nov 2025
  7. Award decision expected by326 days ago
    3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Standstill ends320 days ago
    9 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  9. Contract starts298 days ago
    1 Jan 2026
  10. Latest notice published291 days ago
    7 Jan 2026, 12:12 GMT

Notice history

11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 12:27 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 15:39 BST
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
    UK4
  4. Published value updated
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  5. Status changed to active
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  6. Procurement method changed
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  7. Deadline published: 29 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
    22 Aug 2025, 11:38 BST
  8. Contract award notice published
    27 Nov 2025, 15:41 GMT
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    27 Nov 2025, 15:41 GMT
  10. Contract signature expected
    10 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  11. Contract details notice published
    7 Jan 2026, 12:12 GMT
    UK7
Published amendments (1)

Update of contact information

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-08: 2 releases · 21 Aug 2025, 21 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,203,6511 award exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Named bidders 2published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
POWER NI ENERGY LIMITED1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028Extensions: The contract is a 15 month initial term with the University having options to extend by up to a further 12 months.£7,203,65127 Nov 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Electricity · POWER NI ENERGY LIMITED

    Signed
    19 Dec 2025
    Value
    £7,203,651
    Period
    1 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The contract is a 15 month initial term with the University having options to extend by up to a further 12 months.
    3 agreed KPIs: Availability of Contract Manager · Rectification of Billing Errors · First Contact Resolution Rate
    • Availability of Contract Manager
    • Rectification of Billing Errors
    • First Contact Resolution Rate

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ulster University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: RC000726 · GB-PPON: PDLT-6268-MWZV Finance Office, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure