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Renewable Electricity

Suffolk County Council

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14 Oct 2021 at 17:05

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for a renewable electricity contract has been completed by Suffolk County Council, a regional authority based in Ipswich, UK. The contract, titled "Renewable Electricity," falls under the services category of electricity distribution and related services. It covers a period from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2025, with the potential for a two-year extension. The procurement method utilised was a limited negotiation procedure without prior publication, allowing for the selection of EDF Energy Customers Ltd after an unsuccessful bidding process earlier in 2021. The total value of the awarded contract is £32 million.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the renewable energy sector, particularly those specialising in flexible electricity supply solutions and risk management services. Companies capable of providing UK Clean Electricity, supported by REGO certification, would be well-suited to engage with such contracts. Given the scale of the project and the council's focus on aggregated renewable energy consumption, firms with experience in managing both Half Hourly (HH) and non-Half Hourly (NHH) metered supplies are encouraged to explore future procurement opportunities in this expanding market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Renewable Electricity

Notice Description

We require a flexible risk managed renewable electricity contract on a rolling basis for 3 years, for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2025. The renewable electricity is to be UK Clean Electricity supported with a REGO certification. Operating as an aggregated portfolio of renewable electricity consumption for Half Hourly metered (HH), and non-Half Hourly metered (NHH) supplies forming part of a combined portfolio. The portfolio must also contain Unmetered Supplies (UMS) which are both NHH and HH. Our anticipated consumption is expected as follows: HH Gwh 58,975,055NHH Gwh 17,454,729. We will operate a rolling three year (36 month) purchasing strategy for multiple customers, where renewable electricity will be purchased and sold on the traded wholesale energy market via OFGEM licenced suppliers. The portfolio may at Vertas or its adviser's direction be split into purchasing in advance of year and purchasing within year. Renewable electricity is to be priced to the customers on a fixed cost basis for a fixed term period which will have been purchased in advance

Lot Information

Lot 1

We require a flexible risk managed renewable electricity contract on a rolling basis for 3 years, for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2025 with the option to extend for a further 2 years for the provision of UK Clean Electricity supported with a REGO certification

Options: The agreement may be extended for a period of 2 years

Procurement Information

The original procurement Publication reference: 2021/S 000-018093 Publication date: 29 July 2021 received one bid from EDF Energy Customers Ltd. We were unable to award the procurement as we were unable to meet our obligations of Regulation 67 in so far that we were unable to award to the most economically advantageous tender due to the procurement including an e-auction for the price element. The Council meets the requirements of Regulation 32 negotiated procedure without prior publication of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 General Grounds (2) (a) where no suitable requests which would allow us to comply with Regulation 67 were received.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ec09
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025756-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

65 - Public utilities

CPV Codes

65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services

65310000 - Electricity distribution

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£32,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Oct 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Oct 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Suffolk County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
IPSWICH
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Postcode Area
Ipswich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

EDF Energy Customers Ltd

Further Information

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