Published date: 24 February 2022

Last edited date: 19 April 2022

This notice was replaced on 22 July 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 22 July 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy - 09300000

  • Electricity - 09310000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£960,000,000

Procurement reference

ESPO001-DN573980-74671947

Published date

24 February 2022

Closing date

29 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

ESPO wish to create a four-year single supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of wholesale electricity supplies, with ESPO acting as an intermediary to buy electricity in the wholesale market on behalf of central government, local authorities, public and third sector organisations within England, Wales and Scotland.

Supplier must hold and maintain an Electricity Supply Licence granted by OFGEM throughout the duration of the Framework Agreement.

Upon award of contract, the successful Suppliers rating, as determined by use of a recognised credit rating agency, will be sampled and used as a baseline for contract monitoring. This rating will be monitored for variance against the baseline at least every month. In the case of any negative variances against the baseline, this will be investigated by ESPO accordingly.

The successful Supplier must agree and adhere to a number of Mandatory Requirements, Service Levels and Key Performance Indicators which are provided in the tender documentation.

ESPO will impose on economic operators requirements aimed at protecting the confidential nature of information made available throughout the procurement procedure (as permitted by Regulation 21(3)) and, before receiving that information, economic operators will be required to complete and return a Confidentiality Agreement, which will be available once economic operators have expressed an interest in the tender opportunity.

To express an interest: (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '191_24' (via "View Opportunities from the 'EastMidsTenders' Portal); d) Express an interest.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

191_24 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered Supply)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 February 2022

Links

Additional text

As a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Framework Agreement is open for use by Public Bodies (defined at https://www.espo.org/amfile/file/download/file/9608/) that also fall into one of the following classifications of user throughout all administrative regions of the UK: Local Authorities; Educational Establishments (including Academies); Central Government Departments and Agencies; Police, Fire & Rescue and Coastguard Emergency Services; NHS and HSC Bodies, including Ambulance Services; Registered Charities; Registered Social Landlords; The Corporate Office of the House of Lords, The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons; or any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament. Details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas are available at: https://www.espo.org/legal.

ESPO has established a commercial trading company, ESPO Trading Limited, whose target clients are third sector organisations such as national and local charities, public sector mutual organisations and other organisations involved in the delivery of services to or for the public sector. The successful Supplier may be asked to enter into an additional separate framework agreement (the Second Framework) with ESPO Trading Limited on materially similar terms to that found in the tender pack to be entered into by ESPO itself.

Any Second Framework agreement will be a purely commercial agreement and will, for the avoidance of doubt, not be governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. ESPO Trading Limited may enter into the second framework agreement with the successful supplier and make it available to third sector clients who themselves are not required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or other public procurement legislation. Accordingly, this is provided for bidders information only.

About the buyer

Contact name

Energy Procurement Team

Address

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park
Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1ES
United Kingdom

Email

tenders@espo.org

Website

http://www.espo.org/