Notice Information
Notice Title
Leigh Academies Trust - Supply of Natural Gas
Notice Description
Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) is inviting tenders for the supply of standard natural gas to its estate, covering 65 gas supply points across multiple educational sites. The Trust has a combined annual consumption of approximately 14.8 million kWh. The appointed supplier will be required to provide 100% fully fixed pricing for the full contract duration, with contract commencement on 1st October 2025. LAT is a multi-academy trust operating a number of primary, secondary and special academies across the South East of England. The Trust is committed to ensuring energy procurement delivers value for money, budget certainty, and high standards of service to support its operational needs. To support this procurement and manage the ongoing contract, LAT has engaged E3 Energy Ltd as its energy consultant. E3 Energy will act on the Trust's behalf for day-to-day contract management, data handling (including Automated Meter Reading), invoice validation and supplier liaison. In addition to gas supply, the successful supplier will be expected to provide portfolio management support (including the timely addition or removal of sites), clear and accurate billing, dedicated account management, and the provision of validated energy data to support LAT's digital and reporting requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051b95
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041709-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
65 - Public utilities
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
09123000 - Natural gas
65200000 - Gas distribution and related services
71314000 - Energy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £3,600,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Oct 2025 - 1 Oct 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-05-21
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEIGH ACADAMIES TRUST
- Contact Name
- Joey Barron
- Contact Email
- joey@echelonconsultancy.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1707339800
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ROCHESTER
- Postcode
- ME2 2SX
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ41 Medway
- Delivery Location
- TLJ4 Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Medway
- Electoral Ward
- Strood West
- Westminster Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041709-2025
21st July 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038382-2025
8th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024159-2025
21st May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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