Award

Energy Buying Partnership

GRAND UNION HOUSING GROUP

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

17 Jan 2023 at 11:41

Award

30 Nov 2022 at 16:50

Summary of the contracting process

The Grand Union Housing Group has awarded a service concession contract titled "Energy Buying Partnership" for gas and electricity procurement consultancy services. The procurement stage was completed on 30th November 2022. The contract was awarded to Trident Utilities Limited, with a value of £3,500,000 GBP. The contracting process was performed through a limited procurement method using an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The location of delivery is in the United Kingdom within the services category.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for firms in the procurement consultancy services sector that can offer energy supply expertise. Companies with experience in forming energy buying partnerships and managing gas/electricity agreements with public sector organisations would be well-suited to compete. The Grand Union Housing Group's renewal of this partnership aims to streamline gas and electricity procurement processes for Contracting Authorities under a Framework Agreement, fostering efficiency and service delivery improvements within the public sector.

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Notice Title

Energy Buying Partnership

Notice Description

An award of a service concession contract to appoint an energy buying partner with a pre-established portfolio of public sector organisations to act as an agent to arrange gas and electricity agreements for Contracting Authorities calling off under a Framework Agreement for the supply of gas and electricity. The Framework Agreement will be advertised on Find a tender later in the year. This is a renewal of an existing relationship established in 2014.

Lot Information

Lot 1

An award of a service concession contract to appoint an energy buying partner with a pre-established portfolio of public sector organisations to act as an agent to arrange gas and electricity agreements for Contracting Authorities calling off under a Framework Agreement for the supply of gas and electricity. The Framework Agreement will be advertised on find a tender later in the year. This is a renewal of an existing relationship established in 2014.

Procurement Information

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: This is a notice to directly award a service concession contract to Trident Utilities Limited to establish an energy buying partnership arrangement. This is properly categorised as a 'services concession contract' (as defined in the Regulations) because: (i) the consideration to be received by the energy partner will be the right to exploit their service (which the energy partner will do by collecting a management fee in the form of a rebate from the successful gas/electricity supplier in relation to each Customer Call-off); and (ii) the demand-side risk in respect of the arrangement is transferred to the energy partner. The value of this service concession contract is below the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 threshold, and therefore the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 do not apply. This notice is being published for transparency. This notice does not relate to the procurement of the actual provision of gas/electricity Framework Agreement. The resultant Framework Agreement will be procured in accordance with the Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which will be subject to further notices in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0389ab
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001380-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
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

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,500,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jan 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Nov 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active, Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
GRAND UNION HOUSING GROUP
Contact Name
Richard Pearce
Contact Email
richard.pearce@guhg.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
MILTON KEYNES
Postcode
MK7 6BZ
Post Town
Milton Keynes
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ12 Milton Keynes
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Milton Keynes
Electoral Ward
Monkston
Westminster Constituency
Milton Keynes Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TRIDENT UTILITIES

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