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title: "Renewable Electricity"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02ec09"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# Renewable Electricity

Buyer: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02ec09

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025756-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Oct 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Oct 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £32,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | IPSWICH |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich |
| Local authority | Ipswich |
| Electoral ward | Gipping |
| Westminster constituency | Ipswich |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EDF ENERGY CUSTOMERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 65 - Public utilities

### Codes

- 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
- 65310000 - Electricity distribution

## Release History

- 14 Oct 2021 at 16:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025756-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.suffolk.gov.uk

## Provenance

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