---
title: "Electricity Supplier"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077cac"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Lancaster City Council"
published: "2026-10-06"
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# Electricity Supplier

Buyer: Lancaster City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077cac

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## Summary

Lancaster City Council is procuring an integrated electricity supply and energy-management arrangement for its corporate estate. The supplier must provide electricity to Council sites, handle exports from Council-owned renewable energy assets and match electricity imports with generation under the P442 arrangements. The service also covers optimising that matching with other eligible import and export volumes when Council generation and consumption do not coincide, and transparently identifying and allocating the resulting benefits. The arrangement is intended to be capable of extending to eligible domestic and commercial customers through a Community Power Club, with a licensed supplier responsible for their electricity supply. The work is for the Council’s estate and eligible customers in Lancaster City Council’s area.

The procurement is complete and Octopus Energy Limited was selected through a direct award. The Council’s stated reason was that its market engagement found no other supplier able to deliver the requirements as one integrated end-to-end service, and that there were no reasonable alternatives for technical reasons. The award value is £3.4 million excluding VAT (£4.08 million including VAT). The award was made on 29 September 2026. The contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029. The procurement comprised one lot. The recorded evaluation basis is the technical absence of competition described in the direct-award rationale; no separate scored award criteria are set out.

For suppliers assessing comparable future work from Lancaster City Council, this award shows demand for a single provider able to combine electricity supply with renewable-generation export and portfolio matching, rather than supplying electricity alone. A credible competitor would need to manage Council import and generation portfolios under P442, optimise matching with additional eligible volumes, and provide clear accounting and allocation of matching benefits. The scope also favours a supplier able to support expansion to eligible household and business customers through a Community Power Club, including delivery by a licensed electricity supplier. The Council selected Octopus Energy on the stated basis that no alternative provider could deliver the integrated arrangement for technical reasons, so demonstrating the ability to deliver the full end-to-end service would be central to competing for this requirement again.

## Notice

The Council requires an integrated electricity arrangement incorporating: 1. supply of electricity to the Council's corporate estate; 2. export of electricity generated from Council-owned renewable energy assets; 3. P442 matching between the Council's import and generation portfolios; 4. optimisation of matching using additional eligible import and export volumes where Council generation and consumption do not coincide; 5. transparent identification and allocation of the resulting matching benefits; and 6. the capability to extend the arrangement to eligible domestic and commercial customers through a Community Power Club, with supply to those customers undertaken by a licensed electricity supplier.

### Procurement Information

Market Engagement undertaken by officers has not identified another supplier capable of delivering these requirements as a single integrated end to end arrangement. This satisfies the requirements of Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023, namely that due to an absence of competition for technical reasons only a particular supplier can supply the services required and that there are no reasonable alternatives.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094413-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,400,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lancaster City Council |
| Locality | LANCASTER |
| Postcode area | Lancaster |
| Postcode | LA1 1PJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre |
| Local authority | Lancaster |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Lancaster and Wyre |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Octopus Energy Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 65 - Public utilities
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 09310000 - Electricity
- 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
- 65310000 - Electricity distribution
- 65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
- 71314200 - Energy-management services

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 16:10 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094413-2026
- 29 Sep 2026 at 14:48 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091955-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094413-2026
  6th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091955-2026
  29th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.lancaster.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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