Official UK procurement notice
SUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE X 1 HH METER OCT 2027
Authority: WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE LIMITED (Public body)·On behalf of: INDIGO SWAN LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE X 1 HH METER OCT 2027
CONTRACT START DATE 01/10/27
TOTAL ESTIMATED VOLUME 0.15 GWH PER ANNUM
CONTRACTS CONSIDERED FOR 12, 24 AND 36 MONTHS
100% Green Electricity.
28 Days DD payment.
Portal access to invoices and data.
CPV: Electricity
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£137,224
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).
Lot awarding rule: Suppliers must be registered with Ofgem and hold the relevant supply licence. The contract will be awarded primarily based on price, but other considerations may include, billing requirements, customer service, account management and added value services.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £91,399 (twice the annual value).
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 WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE LIMITED buys Electricity (CPV 0931), and who usually turns up
WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE LIMITED has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Electricity (CPV 0931) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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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.
Half of these awards have an award date within 15 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
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.
1 bid1%
2–331%
4–662%
7+6%
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.
Below estimate40%
Within ±2%36%
Above estimate25%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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
Lot #1CPV 0931Published estimate£137k
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–36%
4–687%
7+6%
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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.
Based on 12 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£103k–£137k
Estimate£137k
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDF Energy Customers LimitedLive contract | SUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE X 1 HH METER 2024runs to Sept 2027 | — | £111k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| SEFE Energy LimitedWorked for this buyer | SUPPLY OF MAINS GAS TO WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE X 2 GAS METERS 2026notice published Mar 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £50m50 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 27% below n=6 | |
SEFE Energy LimitedLarge | £253m33 awards in 36m · last this month | 7 live · £2.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 |
| £50m50 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 27% below n=6 | |
| £21m12 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £459k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £252m8 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £278k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 17% above n=2 |
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 i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
91% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
91% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (91% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
SUPPLY OF MAINS ELECTRICITY TO WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE X 1 HH METER 2024 — held by EDF Energy Customers Limited; the published contract ends 30 Sept 2027.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Oct 2026, 11:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 11:55 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101463- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079109Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
Requests for the document should be sent to the following address before the deadline:
Enquiries can also be raised to the following contact before the deadline:
Louise Arnold 01603 724896
Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 3 dates- Tender notice published3h ago27 Oct 2026, 11:55 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 22 days19 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 338 days1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Oct 2026, 11:55 GMTUK4
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 noticeOther public bodies
- INDIGO SWAN LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityTendering
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender