Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way
Salford
M6 6AJ
Telephone
+44 1615350122
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Public Sector
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Education
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://suppliers.multiquote.com
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way
Salford
M6 6AJ
Telephone
+44 1615350122
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://suppliers.multiquote.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Utilities Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Reference number
CA15344 - CPC/KO/01/2025
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65000000 - Public utilities
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This process is a new tendered area to the CPC’s portfolio of agreements. The need/opportunity for this DPS arose from the current CPC framework for Utilities Supplies & Services, of which Sustainable Energy First (SE First) are the sole supplier. The implementation of the DPS will allow a full-service provision within the Utilities/energy sector for members. CPC are the Contracting Authority for this agreement, working in partnership with SE First.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
- 65400000 - Other sources of energy supplies and distribution
- 09330000 - Solar energy
- 71314000 - Energy and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This process is open to utilities suppliers who will offer additional benefits through collaborative and innovative partnerships with CPC members. The DPS will be for the supply of utility and metering services to be purchased in varying quantities during the DPS length.
The scope of the agreement will provide Fixed, Flex and Portfolio procurement options for Gas and Electricity, Fixed and Portfolio Water procurement, and MOP DC/DA and AMR metering contracting options:
Energy
• Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Gas
• Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Electricity
• Fixed Price offering, Gas
• Fixed Price offering, Electricity
• Portfolio offering, Gas
• Portfolio offering, Electricity
Water
• Fixed Price offering, Water
• Portfolio offering, Water
Metering Services
• Meter Operator Services (MOP)
• Data Collection and Data Aggregation (DC/DA)
• AMR/SMETS meter installation and data provision
The purpose of this DPS is to give CPC members a compliant route to ma
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
47
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
27 March 2025
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
Country
United Kingdom