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# Provision of an Energy Bureau and Invoice Validation Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-energy-bureau-and-invoice-validation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: "Provision of an Energy Bureau and Invoice Validation Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £150,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 May 2025, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rh5)
- **Published Value:** £150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 May 2025 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Energy-management services, Internal audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £28,900 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-energy-bureau-and-invoice-validation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca`

## 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/provision-of-an-energy-bureau-and-invoice-validation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-energy-bureau-and-invoice-validation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca#participate

## Description
The Trust is seeking a specialist contractor to provide an Energy Bureau and Invoice Validation Service. The Service will cover two acute sites – Musgrove Park Hospital and Yeovil District Hospital, 13 Community Hospital, 4 Acute Mental Health Hospital sites and numerous smaller clinical and office facilities. The Invoice Validation Service will ensure that Trust utility bills are accurate and paid on time. The Energy Bureau Service will be used to store and analyse energy consumption data. Including but not limited to gas, water, electricity, heat and steam. It will have an online portal that Trust staff can use to run energy reports and analysis.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71314200, 79212200
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £150,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Energy bureau and invoice validation service (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Stark Software International Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-127343`
  - Value: £28,900 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 03/07/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Stark Software International**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-127343`
  - Value: £28,900 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of an Energy Bureau and Invoice Validation Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £28,900
  - Signed Date: 17/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016704-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-21T08:44:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:24:03.283Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0506ca