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title: "Vacant property utility supply"
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# Vacant property utility supply

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vacant-property-utility-supply-ocds-h6vhtk-0671aa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield City Council: "Vacant property utility supply". Published status: complete. Contract Value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-city-council-ons-e08000039)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** £700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Professional services for the gas industry, Residential property services, Services related to the oil and gas industry
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,720,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vacant-property-utility-supply-ocds-h6vhtk-0671aa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0671aa`

## 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/vacant-property-utility-supply-ocds-h6vhtk-0671aa#tl-md)

## Description
It is Sheffield City Councils intention to award a contract of up to four years to British Gas Trading Limited.
The contract will see British Gas Trading manage and supply utilities to vacant residential properties. Sheffield City Council requires a direct relationship with the utility supplier and wants to avoid the additional layer of supplier dependency created by the use of a third-party intermediary. The Council would not have a direct contractual or operational relationship with the energy provider, resulting in reduced control, longer communication routes, potential delays in resolving billing and account issues, and less visibility over property and account data. Given the scale and complexity of Sheffield's void property portfolio, a direct relationship with the utility provider is considered essential to enable timely account management, efficient debt resolution, dispute management and operational responsiveness.
A Preliminary market engagement notice was published via YORtender on the 1st April 2026, the notice was published to the Find a Tender Service with the Council not receiving any submissions or responses.
As a result, British Gas Trading is believed to be the only company able to fulfil these requirements and therefore, the Council intends to proceed with the award unless valid objection is made during the standstill period.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 70331000, 76000000, 76100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2026 to 31/10/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Vacant Property Utilities Supply (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:03078711`
  - Value: £1,720,000 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078476-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-18T10:47:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:06:09.126Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0671aa