Planning

Supply of Energy and Ancillary Services 2

  • The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-013379

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-033ae1

Published 18 May 2022, 4:03pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street

Liverpool

L3 9PP

Email

rm6251@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3450103503

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Public Procurement


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Supply of Energy and Ancillary Services 2

Reference number

RM6251

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 09310000 - Electricity

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Supply of Electricity and Gas to public sector organisations with supporting ancillary services.

Suppliers will be expected to provide a number of additional services including but not limited to flexible billing services, administration, query management and transparent pricing for the customer. Suppliers will also be expected to support Crown Commercial Services trading functionality by providing access to trading services, advisors, bespoke reporting and price to market options.

The lotting structure of this framework will likely be two single supplier lots, one for electricity and one for gas. The electricity lot will also feature provisions for customers to receive PPA balancing and shaping services.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £6,400,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

RM6251 - Supply of Energy 2 - Electricity Lot

Lot No

Lot 1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
  • 09330000 - Solar energy
  • 30237475 - Electric sensors
  • 31100000 - Electric motors, generators and transformers
  • 31321000 - Electricity power lines
  • 31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps
  • 31518200 - Emergency lighting equipment
  • 31680000 - Electrical supplies and accessories
  • 31681000 - Electrical accessories
  • 31682000 - Electricity supplies
  • 38551000 - Energy meters
  • 38552000 - Electronic meters
  • 38554000 - Electricity meters
  • 42520000 - Ventilation equipment
  • 44111511 - Electrical insulators
  • 44212222 - Electricity transmission pylons
  • 44212226 - Electricity poles
  • 45232200 - Ancillary works for electricity power lines
  • 45261215 - Solar panel roof-covering work
  • 45310000 - Electrical installation work
  • 45315000 - Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment
  • 45315100 - Electrical engineering installation works
  • 45315300 - Electricity supply installations
  • 45317000 - Other electrical installation work
  • 45317100 - Electrical installation work of pumping equipment
  • 45317200 - Electrical installation work of transformers
  • 45317300 - Electrical installation work of electrical distribution apparatus
  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems
  • 50411300 - Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters
  • 50532000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical machinery, apparatus and associated equipment
  • 50532400 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical distribution equipment
  • 50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
  • 50711000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
  • 51100000 - Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
  • 51110000 - Installation services of electrical equipment
  • 51112000 - Installation services of electricity distribution and control equipment
  • 51112200 - Installation services of electricity control equipment
  • 51120000 - Installation services of mechanical equipment
  • 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
  • 65310000 - Electricity distribution
  • 65320000 - Operation of electrical installations
  • 71314000 - Energy and related services
  • 71314100 - Electrical services
  • 71314200 - Energy-management services
  • 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services
  • 71314310 - Heating engineering services for buildings
  • 71323100 - Electrical power systems design services
  • 72300000 - Data services
  • 72310000 - Data-processing services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Contracting Authority, intends to put in place a framework agreement for the supply of approximately 23 TWh of electricity and gas to meet requirements of 820 customers across c.73,000 meters managed via an aggregated, flexible, risk managed approach.

The requirement covers all gas and electricity meters.

Growth in customer numbers could cause a rise in demand. Conversely, any energy demand destruction/ efficiency initiatives could reduce the figure over the life of the relationship.

Existing volumes will be expected to transfer in stages as supply delivery periods (under the existing arrangement) expire and therefore initial delivery volumes may be significantly lower.

Provision of goods, works and services in addition to the provision of electricity and gas supplies may also be required. .

The electricity lot will feature PPA balancing and shaping services.

The gas lot will be more comparable to the current agreement.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

RM6251 - Supply of Energy 2 - Gas

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 09120000 - Gaseous fuels
  • 09121200 - Mains gas
  • 09133000 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
  • 38551000 - Energy meters
  • 45333000 - Gas-fitting installation work
  • 45333200 - Gas meter installation work
  • 50411200 - Repair and maintenance services of gas meters
  • 65210000 - Gas distribution
  • 71314000 - Energy and related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), as the Contracting Authority, intends to put in place a framework agreement for the supply of approximately 23 TWh of electricity and gas to meet requirements of 820 customers across c.73,000 meters managed via an aggregated, flexible, risk managed approach.

The requirement covers all gas and electricity meters.

Growth in customer numbers could cause a rise in demand. Conversely, any energy demand destruction/ efficiency initiatives could reduce the figure over the life of the relationship.

Existing volumes will be expected to transfer in stages as supply delivery periods (under the existing arrangement) expire and therefore initial delivery volumes may be significantly lower.

Provision of goods, works and services in addition to the provision of electricity and gas supplies may also be required. .

The electricity lot will feature PPA balancing and shaping services.

The gas lot will be more comparable to the current agreement.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 September 2022


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk].

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years.

The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6251 for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the contract notice.

The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.

To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.

The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.

The services that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the Framework Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet Framework Agreement requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.

A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

This prior information notice replaces the previous PIN issued on the 10/05/2021 https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010190-2021?origin=SearchResults&p=1