Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 14 Aug 2026, 11:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Energy Management Solutions Dynamic Market

Authority: The Bolton Impact Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: Dukefield Energy Limited

Dynamic marketGoodsAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£1,200,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Market period 10 yrsends 14 Oct 2036 · starts 15 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Essex is looking to establish a Dynamic Market under the Procurement Act 2023 for the provision of utility supplies, net zero, energy management and infrastructure solutions across the United Kingdom. The Dynamic Market will provide eligible contracting authorities and their agents, and any other organisation permitted by the Contracting Authority (hereafter known as Participating Bodies) with a flexible and compliant route to procure such supplies, services and works.

The Contracting Authority is conducting a pre-market engagement exercise to consider the scope, structure and specification of the dynamic market, including but not limited to the following categories:

  1. Electricity and Gas Supply, Procurement and Contract Management, including licensed supply, procurement support, contract management and import and export arrangements.
  2. Utility Infrastructure and Connections, including electricity, gas, water and multi-utility connections, ICP and IDNO services, DNO liaison, project management and technical advice.
  3. Metering and Data Services, including MOP, DC, DA, AMR and smart metering, meter asset management, data platforms, portfolio data services and metering consultancy.
  4. Energy Compliance, Auditing and Assurance, including ESOS, TM44 and SECR support, energy auditing, bill validation, compliance services and technical assurance.
  5. Net Zero, Carbon Management and ESG Consultancy, including decarbonisation strategies, carbon accounting, emissions reporting, ESG support, funding advice and delivery planning.
  6. Renewable and Low Carbon Technologies, including the design, funding, installation, operation and maintenance of solar PV, battery storage, heat pumps and associated technologies.
  7. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, including feasibility and fleet advice, ChargePoint supply and installation, ChargePoint operation, maintenance and back-office platforms.
  8. Flexibility, Storage and Demand Side Response, including aggregation, battery optimisation, demand-side response, flexibility market participation, asset management and supporting software.
  9. Water and Wastewater Supply, including licensed water and sewerage retail services for eligible non-household customers.
  10. Water and Wastewater Services, including auditing, leak detection, metering, efficiency services, surveys, wastewater advice and associated technical support.
  11. Heat Networks, District Energy and Thermal Infrastructure Services, including feasibility, design, funding, delivery, operation, billing, maintenance and technical advisory services.
  12. Smart Buildings, Energy Optimisation and Specialist Technical Advisory Services, including building energy management systems, controls, monitoring and analytics, commissioning, optimisation and specialist consultancy.

Suppliers are invited to review and respond to the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire detailing their input into the process. The Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire is available via the Delta e-sourcing system on the link below:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6MH8PRFSFZ ↗

Once established the Dynamic Market will remain open to applications throughout its term. Admission does not guarantee the award of any contract. Participating Bodies will define their individual requirements, specifications, evaluation criteria, commercial arrangements and contract terms through subsequent competitive procurements conducted under the Dynamic Market.

The University of Essex has engaged Dukefield Energy Limited to undertake the Dynamic Market Pre-Market Engagement exercise on its behalf and thereafter the dynamic market establishment process and provide ongoing management of the Dynamic Market throughout its term.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Colche… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6MH8PRFSFZ ↗

CPV: Automation system · Batteries · Battery packs · Chargers · Construction work for electricity power lines · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines · Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Data analysis services · District heating · District-heating mains construction work · Electric vehicles · Electrical engineering installation works · +31 more

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
10 yrs from 15 Oct 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Energy Management Solutions Dynamic Market” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Competition for Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up

The Bolton Impact Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

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Assess each lot
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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 7131120 monthsPublished estimate£1.2bn
Expected competition
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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. The bar shows 311 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet3% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 311 similar lots
1 bid3%
8 of 311 similar past lots received 1 bid (3%).
2–310%
30 of 311 similar past lots received 2–3 (10%).
4–625%
77 of 311 similar past lots received 4–6 (25%).
7+63%
196 of 311 similar past lots received 7+ (63%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 9 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Aug 2026, 11:22 BST
Last source update
14 Aug 2026, 11:22 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077597
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Automation systemBatteriesBattery packsChargersConstruction work for electricity power linesConstruction work for pipelines, communication and power linesConsulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for constructionData analysis servicesDistrict heatingDistrict-heating mains construction work
+33 moreElectric vehiclesElectrical engineering installation works
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e470 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
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Timeline

14 Aug 2026 → 15 Oct 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published69 days ago
    14 Aug 2026, 11:22 BST
  2. Market engagement49 days ago
    3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    Please read the description of requirements for this Dynamic Market, then download the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire, complete and return the completed questionnaire via the Delta platform by 3rd September 2026.

  3. Tender notice expected37 days ago
    15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts8 days ago
    15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Aug 2026, 11:22 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Essex

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYLY-4964-TXGH Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, East of England, CO4 3SQContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • Dukefield Energy LimitedProcuring entityManaging Agent on behalf of University of EssexGB-PPON: PCVN-5356-QMCJ Bolton, North WestContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure