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Gas Supplies Services

The Royal Household

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

19 Aug 2026 at 16:55

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

26 Jun 2026 at 10:40

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

25 Jun 2026 at 08:57

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Buckingham Palace procured mains gas supplies for the sites listed in its requirements. The requirement covers arranging gas supply, using automatic meter reading (AMR) or manual meter readings for billing, working with third parties to improve AMR provision, and providing the agreed tariff structure. Suppliers were required to provide consolidated monthly electronic bills for all participating entities, with site-by-site copy bills, and to agree billing and payment arrangements with individual entities. The service also includes reporting and mutually agreed service levels. This is a utilities goods requirement for sites in London and the wider South East of England. The relevant classification is CPV 09121000, coal gas, mains gas or similar gases, including CPV 09121200 for mains gas.

The procurement is complete and has reached award stage. It used a one-stage competitive flexible procedure under an open process, with electronic submission allowed in English. Eleven bids were received and five reached the final stage. One lot was awarded separately for £1.5 million gross. SEFE Energy Limited was selected on 19 August 2026, subject to a standstill period ending on 28 August 2026. The awarded contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 30 September 2029. Lot 1 was evaluated using a pass/fail pre-selection questionnaire, then 70% quality information and 30% pricing. The tender also described a separate Lot 2 weighting of 60% quality and 40% price, but the recorded award relates to Lot 1. The planned signature date was 1 September 2026.

This award shows demand from Buckingham Palace for a sizeable, multi-site mains gas supply with structured account management rather than commodity supply alone. A credible future competitor would need to source and manage gas reliably, support both AMR and manual meter-reading arrangements, and work constructively with third parties to improve automated metering. Operational capability should include consolidated electronic billing, site-level billing records, reporting, and flexible agreement of payment arrangements with different entities. Suppliers should also be able to define and deliver service levels with the buyer. The requirement was suitable for SMEs, although none of the five final-stage bidders were SMEs, indicating that finalists were able to demonstrate established scale, systems and delivery capacity. Quality assurance carried more weight than price for the awarded lot.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Gas Supplies Services

Notice Description

*Scope of Supply -- Provision of gas to the supplies listed in the site list. *Metering Requirements -- To utilise meter reads from AMR or manual reads for billing purposes. To work with any third parties to improve AMR provision. *Tariff Structure -- Either Lot 1- Supplier fixed fees, commodity traded flexibly, non-commodity costs passed through and VAT Or Lot 2- Fully fixed pence per kWh rate and pence per day standing charge, CCL and VAT *Billing & Reporting -- Provision of monthly bills for all entities on a consolidated e bill with copy bills on a site-by-site basis and agreement with individual entities on billing and payment requirements. *Service Levels -- Requirement for supplier to mutually agree Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The Contracting Authority will determine which Lot, if any, it intends to pursue before making any award decision. Each Lot will be evaluated separately and independently in accordance with the evaluation criteria applicable to that Lot. Tenderers are not obligated to submit a response to both lots only one. The evaluation score achieved by a tenderer in one Lot will not influence, determine or otherwise affect the award decision for the other Lot.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bcac
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079203-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

CPV Codes

09121000 - Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases

09121200 - Mains gas

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
20 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Aug 20264 weeks ago
Contract Period
2 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Royal Household
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 1AA
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London, TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Gazprom Energy

Further Information

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