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# The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-of-natural-gas-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Suffolk County Council: "The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £12,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 May 2023, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Suffolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029)
- **Published Value:** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 May 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Gas, Natural gas
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £14,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-of-natural-gas-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdf`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-of-natural-gas-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdf#tl-md)

## Description
We 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09123000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 cont...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2023 to 30/09/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services (active)
  - Award id: `013553-2024-CD1283-2-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SEFE Energy Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-3904624`
  - Value: £14,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** The Supply of Natural Gas and Associated Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £14,000,000
  - Signed Date: 06/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013553-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-26T09:39:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:52:01.234Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03bcdf