Official UK procurement notice
Utilities Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis process is a new tendered area to the CPC’s portfolio of agreements. The need/opportunity for this DPS arose from the current CPC framework for Utilities Supplies & Services, of which Sustainable Energy First (SE First) are the sole supplier. The implementation of the DPS will allow a full-service provision within the Utilities/energy sector for members. CPC are the Contracting Authority for this agreement, working in partnership with SE First.
CPV: Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Energy and related services · Other sources of energy supplies and distribution · Public utilities · Solar energy
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This process is open to utilities suppliers who will offer additional benefits through…Published value£1,000,000,000
This process is open to utilities suppliers who will offer additional benefits through collaborative and innovative partnerships with CPC members. The DPS will be for the supply of utility and metering services to be purchased in varying quantities during the DPS length.
The scope of the agreement will provide Fixed, Flex and Portfolio procurement options for Gas and Electricity, Fixed and Portfolio Water procurement, and MOP DC/DA and AMR metering contracting options:
Energy
- Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Gas
- Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Electricity
- Fixed Price offering, Gas
- Fixed Price offering, Electricity
- Portfolio offering, Gas
- Portfolio offering, Electricity
Water
- Fixed Price offering, Water
- Portfolio offering, Water
Metering Services
- Meter Operator Services (MOP)
- Data Collection and Data Aggregation (DC/DA)
- AMR/SMETS meter installation and data provision
The purpose of this DPS is to give CPC members a compliant route to ma
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).
- “Utilities Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Feb 2025, 11:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2025, 11:30 GMT
- Authority reference
CA15344 - CPC/KO/01/2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-006121- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4c4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 27 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Feb 2025 → 27 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Feb 2025, 11:30 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- EducationContracting authority
- Public SectorContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Crescent Purchasing ConsortiaMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria