Official UK procurement notice
Gas Supplies Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Buckingham Palace (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement description•Scope of Supply — Provision of gas to the supplies listed in the site list.
•Metering Requirements — To utilise meter reads from AMR or manual reads for billing purposes. To work with any third parties to improve AMR provision.
•Tariff Structure —
Either Lot 1- Supplier fixed fees, commodity traded flexibly, non-commodity costs passed through and VAT
Or Lot 2- Fully fixed pence per kWh rate and pence per day standing charge, CCL and VAT
•Billing & Reporting — Provision of monthly bills for all entities on a consolidated e bill with copy bills on a site-by-site basis and agreement with individual entities on billing and payment requirements.
•Service Levels — Requirement for supplier to mutually agree Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
The Contracting Authority will determine which Lot, if any, it intends to pursue before making any award decision. Each Lot will be evaluated separately and independently in accordance with the evaluation criteria applicable to that Lot. Tenderers are not obligated to submit a response to both lots only one. The evaluation score achieved by a tenderer in one Lot will not influence, determine or otherwise affect the award decision for the other Lot.
- How the procedure runs: One Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure
CPV: Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases · Mains gas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
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).
- Pricing Submission: Lot 1 and Lot 2
- Quality Information: Lot 1 and Lot 2
- PSQ: Pre Selection Questi
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2026, 08:57 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
PPTO/0063- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059654- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bcacFind a Tender
- How it runs
One Stage Competitive Flexible Procedure
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Jun 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published118 days ago25 Jun 2026, 08:57 BST
- Clarification questions by105 days ago8 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline93 days ago20 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Award decision expected by70 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent64 days ago19 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends54 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published30 days ago21 Sept 2026, 13:29 BST
- Contract starts21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2026- Tender notice published25 Jun 2026, 08:57 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published26 Jun 2026, 10:40 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Aug 2026, 16:55 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Aug 2026, 16:55 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published21 Sept 2026, 13:29 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Added CPV Code for Main Gas 09121200
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 25 Jun 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEFE Energy Limited2 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 | £1,500,000 inc. VAT | 19 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SEFE Energy Limited
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £1,500,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 2 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SEFE Energy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender