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Published 29 Jul 2021, 14:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Renewable Electricity · Suffolk County Council (Jul 2021)

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Public utilities (65) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£32,000,000≈ £11m / year
Submissions closed 3 Sept 2021
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We require a flexible risk managed renewable electricity contract on a rolling basis for 3 years, for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2025. Operating as an aggregated portfolio of renewable electricity consumption for Half Hourly metered (HH), and non-Half Hourly metered (NHH) supplies forming part of a combined portfolio. The portfolio must also contain Unmetered Supplies (UMS) which are both NHH and HH. Our anticipated consumption is expected as followsHH Gwh 58,975,055NHH Gwh 17,454,729We will operate a rolling three year (36 month) purchasing strategy for multiple customers, where renewable electricity will be purchased and sold on the traded wholesale energy market via OFGEM licenced suppliers. The portfolio may at Vertas or its adviser’s direction be split into purchasing in advance of year and purchasing within year. Renewable electricity is to be priced to the customers on a fixed cost basis for a fixed term period which will have been purchased in advance of deli

  • Recurrence: 2024

CPV: Electricity distribution · Electricity distribution and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK · Suffolk is the main place of performance but the contract is available to the whole of the UK
Extensions: Any future requirement will be advertised once the scope and requirement are knownVariant bids: not allowed

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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documentation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · 2024
First published
29 Jul 2021, 14:29 BST
Last source update
29 Jul 2021, 14:29 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
CD1335
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-018093
Classification (CPV)
Electricity distributionElectricity distribution and related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documentation

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly.

Publisher note: Suffolk County Council reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without a further call for competition pursuant to Regulation 32 of the public contracts Regulations 2015.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST

Timeline

29 Jul 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 5 dates
  1. Notice published
    29 Jul 2021, 14:29 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    3 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Mar 2022, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Endeavour House, Russell Road, IPSWICH, East of England, IP1 2BXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria