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title: "GSS24785 - Auction Platform services for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gss24785-auction-platform-services-for-the-uk-emissions-trading-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b524"
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# GSS24785 - Auction Platform services for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gss24785-auction-platform-services-for-the-uk-emissions-trading-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b524). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: "GSS24785 - Auction Platform services for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Energy Security & Net Zero](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-energy-security-net-zero-gov-d1380)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auction software development services, Electronic auction services, Financial markets administration services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b524`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gss24785-auction-platform-services-for-the-uk-emissions-trading-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04b524#tl-md)

## Description
The Contracting Authority (DESNZ) intends to run a procurement exercise to obtain an auction platform provision contract to provide value for money auctioning of UK Emissions Trading Scheme allowances. This will also include related services (which include processing admissions to bid; clearing and settlement; high quality customer service; monitoring; and reporting) to Her Majesty's Government (HMG). Further details on UK ETS legislation can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participating-in-the-uk-ets/participating-in-the-uk-ets
The first auction under the terms of the appointment will be on a specified date (to be agreed) on or after 1st January 2026.
The Contracting Authority is utilising this PIN as a market engagement exercise to:
(a) make the market aware of the upcoming requirement
(b) to better understand the market landscape of suppliers who would be able to deliver this requirement
and (c) request that any interested suppliers confirm their interest in bidding by Friday 22nd November 2024.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 66150000, 72212470
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was established on 1 January 2021, replacing the UK's participation in the EU ETS. It is run by the UK ETS Authority, which is constituted of DESNZ, HM Treasury, the Department for Transport and the Devolved Administra...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036385-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-11T11:52:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:10:33.599Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b524