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Published 29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Electricity Supplier — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£4,080,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Octopus Energy Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires an integrated electricity arrangement incorporating:

1. supply of electricity to the Council’s corporate estate;

2. export of electricity generated from Council-owned renewable energy assets;

3. P442 matching between the Council’s import and generation portfolios;

4. optimisation of matching using additional eligible import and export volumes where Council generation and consumption do not coincide;

5. transparent identification and allocation of the resulting matching benefits; and

6. the capability to extend the arrangement to eligible domestic and commercial customers through a Community Power Club, with supply to those customers undertaken by a licensed electricity supplier.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
09310000 Electricity65300000 Electricity distribution and related services65310000 Electricity distribution65400000 Other sources of energy supplies and distribution71314200 Energy-management services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cac
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
Market Engagement undertaken by officers has not identified another supplier capable of delivering these requirements as a single integrated end to end arrangement. This satisfies the requirements of Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023, namely that due to an absence of competition for technical reasons only a particular supplier can supply the services required and that there are no reasonable alternatives.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £4,080,0001 award inc. VAT — no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Octopus Energy Limited1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2029£4,080,000 inc. VAT—Standstill

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Contract signature expected
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
  2. Transparency notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BSTUK5

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lancaster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTQG-8236-WVNZ Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster, North West, LA1 1PJ +44 1524852000

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender