Published date: 6 September 2016

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: 18 October 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mains gas - 09121200

  • Electricity - 09310000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£7,300,000 to £200,000,000

Procurement reference

BRISTOLCC001-DN108673-85015208

Published date

6 September 2016

Closing date

18 October 2016

Contract start date

24 October 2016

Contract end date

23 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Supply of Electricity and Gas - Dynamic Purchasing System. Bristol City Authority (BCC) is seeking to establish a DPS which is open nationally for the use of UK public sector bodies and non-profit making organisation(s), subject to an access agreement between BCC and Authorised Purchaser(s). BCC may use the DPS to tender for supply contracts for its own metered sites and Highway unmetered supply installations, to schools for which it is LEA, and to Clients for whom it offers energy services. There is no guarantee of any contracts being awarded from this DPS. The award criteria for Call For Competition tenders may be on the basis of price or price and quality at the Purchasing Authority's discretion. Variant bids will not be accepted in any application to be admitted to the DPS. However, variant bids might be allowed in call for competition tenders, subject to requirements of the Purchasing Authority, for example, pricing for renewable and/or conventionally sourced electricity. To be eligible for a place on this proposed DPS applicants must hold an electricity supply licence issued by the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) for Categories (Lots) 1 HH Electricity, 2 NHH Electricity and 3 UMS Electricity and / or a gas supply licence issued by Ofgem for Category (Lot) 4 Gas. To be appointed to any Category of the DPS, Applicants must demonstrate their eligibility with regards to invoicing and payment allocation. To be appointed to any or all Categories 1, 2 and 4 of the DPS applicants must demonstrate that they meet the requirements with regards to appointment of metering and data agents -refer to the tender documents for further details.
Applicants must commit to £10 Million (GBP) Employers Liability and £5 Million (GBP) Public Liability Insurance.


More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Polly Brand

Address

Energy Services, Parkview
PO Box 3176
Bristol
BS3 9FS
UK

Telephone

+44 1179224437

Email

polly.brand@bristol.gov.uk

Website

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