Official UK procurement notice
SUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO SAFFRON HOUSING TRUST X 169 NHH METERS APRIL 2027
Authority: Saffron Housing Trust (Charity / VCSE)·On behalf of: INDIGO SWAN LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO SAFFRON HOUSING TRUST X 169 NHH METERS APRIL 2027
CONTRACT START DATE 01/04/27
TOTAL ESTIMATED VOLUME 0.9 GWH PER ANNUM
CONTRACTS CONSIDERED FOR 12 MONTHS
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 29 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST.
How the procedure runs: Due to the nature of the energy markets changing quickly and dramatically we will use the State of Urgency timescales, in order to avoid unnecessary exposure to potential price increases. With this in mind, the Expressions of Interest shall be a minimum of 10 days from the publication of this Notice. Following the selection of energy more…
suppliers based of meeting requirements outlined in this Notice, a minimum of 10 days will be given to return the contract offers for analysis and negotiation, prior to Contract Award.
CPV: Electricity
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£255,688
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).
- Total price to provide the energy contract — Preference will be given to the lowest fixed charges for all rates and standing charges for the duration of the contract period.
- Economic & financial standingAll suppliers must be registered with Ofgem and hold the relevant supply licence. Any supplier found guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing information may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with the procurement process.
- Technical & professional abilitySuppliers must note and confirm: Credit Checked approval for the contracting party. 28 days DD Consolidated Billing Brown and / or Green pricing options will be considered. Able to provide an Excel billing file.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Saffron Housing Trust buys Electricity (CPV 0931) — and who usually turns up
Saffron Housing Trust’s own published record, next to the East of England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Electricity (CPV 0931) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Saffron Housing Trust
contract notices in 36 months: 8 in CPV 0931 · 12 in division 09 · 12 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 4 lots. All 4 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 4 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 9 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 8 notices.
East of England · Electricity (CPV 0931)
contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 47 in CPV 0931 (37 competed, 5 route not published) · 129 in division 09 (98 competed, 20 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 17 lots. 2 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 14) and 15 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 17 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 7 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 09), last 36 months: 21 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 0931), last 36 months: 27 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on the East of England market’s usual movement over 7 lots (CPV 0931), applied to the £255,688 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for expressions of interest
- 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
- Yes · next expected 29 Sept 2027
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cb9Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- 28 days DD
- How it runs
Due to the nature of the energy markets changing quickly and dramatically we will use the State of Urgency timescales, in order to avoid unnecessary exposure to potential price increases. With this in mind, the Expressions of Interest shall be a minimum of 10 days from the publication of this Notice. Following the selection of energy suppliers based of meeting requirements outlined in this Notice, a minimum of 10 more…
days will be given to return the contract offers for analysis and negotiation, prior to Contract Award.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed29 Sept 2026, 15:11 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 13 days12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 13 days12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 23 days22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 183 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Sept 2026, 15:11 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- INDIGO SWAN LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityTENDERING
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: The tender document will be issued by Indigo Swan following the receipt of an Expression of Interest within the defined timescale.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender