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# Consultant Negotiator Supporting Voluntary Bilateral Contract For Difference

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9fac3548-e0b2-4e03-9a19-f7687db26c84

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## Summary

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has awarded a contract to GETF Services for the provision of expert senior commercial advice and acting as the senior commercial negotiator in discussions with energy generators. The contract falls under the financial consultancy services category and has a value of £45,000. This direct procurement process was a single tender action below threshold, with the tender period ending on 16th September 2022 and the contract period running from 19th September 2022 to 30th November 2022. The location of the procurement is in London, and the main procurement category is services.

This contract presents an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the financial consultancy sector to participate. SMEs with experience in providing senior commercial advice and negotiating with energy sector companies may find this tender particularly suitable. The urgency of the work and the specific expertise required make it an ideal opportunity for SMEs with a background in energy policy and commercial negotiation to contribute to government objectives in the context of the current energy crisis and price fluctuations in the market.

## Notice

Contract award notice between BEIS and GETF Services to provide: expert senior commercial advice and act as the senior commercial negotiator in discussions with energy generators. This input will significantly strengthen the credibility and commercial expertise of the government's negotiating team in discussions with energy generators, and play a core role in devising and delivering the government's negotiating strategy. This expert senior commercial advice will also help inform the policy design and structure of the CfD agreement - to ensure the best VFM outcome for consumers/taxpayers. Additional information: The government is faced with an energy crisis due to global gas prices increasingly massively, in large part because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and subsequent reduction in gas output. This increased gas price is flowing through to the electricity market and non-gas fired generators are now benefiting from extraordinarily high electricity prices when their cost of operation is unchanged. Under the direction of Ministers, officials have been instructed to seek to negotiate revised contracts for difference with renewables obligations generators to sever the link between electricity and gas prices to reduce consumer bills as soon as possible. This needs to be undertaken at great pace to mitigate costs this winter, meaning negotiations are already under way. This will require deep policy development and analysis to bring together policies that can deliver on government's objectives. However, it will also require deep commercial energy expertise and commercial negotiation experience. Whilst officials under the direction of Ministers will oversee and direct negotiations this individual will bring his decades of commercial experience in the energy sector to bear in negotiations to challenge senior energy company executives (CEO level), sell the benefits of the government proposal and set out the commercial realities of a failure to accept. He will also play a key role in shaping negotiating strategy ahead of such sessions. This individual is exceptionally well placed to do this having consulted across and negotiated with the commercial energy sector for decades and has previous experience of supporting government policy development at the highest levels. He also has strong existing relationships with the analytical teams being utilised to support the policy development. Given the urgency and specificity of the work we were justified in awarding under regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/28b0deea-7e42-4614-ab50-6b33b186fce9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Single tender action (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | 18 Sep 2022 - 30 Nov 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £45,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £45,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GETF SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

## Release History

- 11 Oct 2022 at 15:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/28b0deea-7e42-4614-ab50-6b33b186fce9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/28b0deea-7e42-4614-ab50-6b33b186fce9
  11th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1f5bf2f7-dae1-4f49-81e4-fb8db24bf32d
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