Official UK procurement notice
The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe require a flexible risk managed natural gas contract for 2 years with the option to extend for up to a further two years, for the initial period 1.10.2023 to 30.9.2025. Operating as an aggregated portfolio of natural gas consumption for daily metered (DM), metered and non-daily metered meters (NDM) forming part of a combined portfolio. We will operate a rolling two year purchasing strategy for multiple customers, where gas will be purchased and sold on the traded wholesale energy market via OFGEM licenced suppliers. The portfolio may be split into purchasing in advance of year and purchasing within year. Natural gas 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 delivery and may be greater than 1 year and as short as 1 month. The supplier will execute trades via a shared set strategy and customers will be aligned to a common contract start date.
- Recurrence: Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The Council will consider if to re-procure the contract in October 2024. If the contract is extended the consideration will be made in October 2025 and/or October 2026 if the decision is made to not extend additional notices will likely be published at these times
CPV: Gas · Natural gas
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This procurement exercise is being carried out by Suffolk County Council and the…AwardedRenewal
This procurement exercise is being carried out by Suffolk County Council and the resulting contract will be in Suffolk County Council's name. Suffolk County Council has appointed Vertas Group Ltd to undertake the tender evaluation and subsequent contract management as part of their duties to Suffolk County Council. Vertas is a limited company wholly owned by Suffolk County Council. The contract portfolio has around 500 sites with an annual consumption of 79 GWh.
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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).
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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).
- Price
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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 · Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The Council will consider if to re-procure the contract in October 2024. If the contract is extended the consideration will be made in October 2025 and/or October 2026 if the decision is made to not extend additional notices will likely be published at these times
- First published
- 5 Apr 2023, 15:08 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Apr 2024, 10:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 5 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CD1283-2- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013553- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdfFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- 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: The contract may be extended for up to a further two (2) years giving a maximum end date of 30th September 2027.In the event that the Council only receives one tender submission or following the Assessment of the Minimum Standards and/or the Technical Quality Evaluation only one acceptable Tenderer remains the Council may proceed to award without carrying out the eAuction event, so long as the Council is content with the prices submitted initially and are fully transparent and inline with market expectations.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
- 5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
5 May 2023 → 26 Apr 2024 · 5 dates- Submission deadline5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 Apr 2024, 10:39 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Apr 2024, 10:39 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEFE Energy Limited | £14,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services · SEFE Energy Limited
- Signed
- 7 Sept 2023
- Value
- £14,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SEFE Energy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria