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Published 23 Oct 2026, 09:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Quantum Multi Academy Trust - Gas Flex Tender

Authority: Quantum Multi Academy Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: Zenergi Limited

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableAccelerated
Published estimate£403,298≈ £134k / year · £403,298 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 4 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 11d 23h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Nov 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2030 · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The physical supply of Gas to all Authority sites via a flexible arrangement along with associated invoicing and query management services.

CPV: Mains gas

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 yrsSMEPublished value£403,298
Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 – 30 Sept 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £403,298 exc. VAT · £403,298 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£268,620/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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
How bids are scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30%
  • Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Technical

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £268,620 (twice the annual value).

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Quantum Multi Academy Trust buys Gaseous fuels (CPV 0912), and who usually turns up

Quantum Multi Academy Trust has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Gaseous fuels (CPV 0912) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerQuantum Multi Academy Trust · this authority
The marketGaseous fuels (CPV 0912) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 0912 · UK-wide, n=47
—2%

Across this market, small firms won 2% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 0912 · UK-wide, n=33
—36%

Across this market, 36% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 0912 · UK-wide, n=23
—9 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 9 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 0912 · UK-wide, n=60
—22%

Across this market, at least 22% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo bid counts published
The market34 lots with bid counts · CPV 0912 · UK-wide
3% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid3%
Market: 1 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
2–350%
Market: 17 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
4–644%
Market: 15 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
7+3%
Market: 1 of 34 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market30 lots with estimate and award · CPV 0912 · UK-wide
50% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50%
Market: 15 of 30 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%33%
Market: 10 of 30 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Market: 5 of 30 lots with an estimate and award.
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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

Our matching links this notice to “Quantum Multi Academy Trust - Dynamic Market 2026” of this authority, but none of the 13 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1CPV 091236 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£403k
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 34 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet3% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 34 similar lots
1 bid3%
1 of 34 similar past lots received 1 bid (3%).
2–350%
17 of 34 similar past lots received 2–3 (50%).
4–644%
15 of 34 similar past lots received 4–6 (44%).
7+3%
1 of 34 similar past lots received 7+ (3%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £403k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

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?
i

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.

What this replaces
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

45% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (45% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Quantum Multi Academy Trust - Dynamic Market 2026, winner not published; no contract end date published.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Oct 2026, 09:33 BST
Last source update
23 Oct 2026, 09:33 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 4 Nov 2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100253
Accelerated
State of urgency
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Mains gas
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078e78 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £403,298 excludes VAT (£403,298 including VAT).

Timeline

23 Oct 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    23 Oct 2026, 09:33 BST
  2. Today
    23 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 10 days
    2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 12 days
    4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 12 days
    4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 342 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Oct 2026, 09:33 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
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

Quantum Multi Academy Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNCP-2394-VYNJ Great Baddow High School,, Duffield Road,, Chelmsford, East of England, CM2 9RZContact email

Other public bodies

  • Zenergi LimitedProcuring entityUtility Procurement AdvisorGB-PPON: PZZD-3348-RHWV Southampton, South EastContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender