Published date: 7 April 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 May 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy - 09000000

  • Public utilities - 65000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£3,000,000

Procurement reference

BRISTOLCC001-DN605977-61434961

Published date

7 April 2022

Closing date

9 May 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

31 May 2023

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

Bristol City Council (BCC, the Council) is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide 'sleeving' services to enable BCC's own and other locally generated renewable electricity to be virtually supplied to nominated BCC and other sites. This will include the sale and export of surplus electricity to the grid, import of additional electricity from the grid to make up for shortfalls in generation versus demand, and managing non-commodity charges and grid balancing obligations.


The core requirement is to sleeve power from the Council's own generation to nominated Council premises, including managing the generation/demand imbalance. Bidders must also be able to provide the option to accommodate further non-Council generation in to this arrangement, and to provide power to additional groups of Council nominated premises.


It should be noted that some of both Council and Third Party generation is expected to be exempt from the requirement to hold a Supply Licence provided for under Article 3(1) and Schedule 4 of The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001. The Bidder is expected to support Exempt Supply arrangements under this exemption, especially in relation to the exemption from non-commodity costs relating to this exemption.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jane Keeley

Address

Bristol City Council
City Hall, College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
England

Email

Jane.Keeley@v4services.com

Website

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/