Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Islington Council
7 Newington Barrow Way
London
N7 7EP
Telephone
+44 2075278118
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
1819-0105 – Gas and Electricity supply 2020-2024
Reference number
DN422989
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65200000 - Gas distribution and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Supply of Gas, 100 KW Half-Hourly (HH) Electricity and Sub 100 KW Non Half-Hourly (NHH) Electricity
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2019/S 247-609243
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
V.2.4
Lot No
1
Place of text to be modified
Total value of the contract/lot:
Instead of
Text
18 600 000 GBP
Read
Text
24 800 000 GBP
Section number
V.2.4
Lot No
2
Place of text to be modified
Total value of the contract/lot:
Instead of
Text
11 400 000 GBP
Read
Text
3 800 000 GBP
Section number
V.2.4
Lot No
3
Place of text to be modified
Total value of the contract/lot:
Instead of
Text
18 000 000 GBP
Read
Text
24 000 000 GBP
seven.2) Other additional information
The council’s utilities purchasing strategy is flexible, aggregated (with external clients), risk-managed, and is usually based on purchasing tranches of gas and power to ensure budget certainty. This flexible strategy of buying over a four-year period helps to mitigate any sharp increases in market prices. Due to unforeseen circumstances (unprecedentedly high commodity costs) which the contracting authority could not have foreseen, this modification is required to increase the cost of all three Lots by the following:
Gas – Lot No. 1 - £6,200,000 (50% of original value).
100KW Half-Hourly (HH) Electricity – Lot 2 No. 2- £3,800,000 (50% of original value).
Sub 100KW Non Half-Hourly (NHH) Electricity – Lot 3 No.3 - £6,000,000 (50% of original value).
Total contract value including this modification is £64,000,000
The original contract estimates for the four-year period 2020-2024 were based on historic electricity and gas prices and a detailed estimate of the electricity and gas consumption at the sites included, allowing for a 5-10% +/- tolerance on both (commodity prices could only be procured after the contract was let and hence a flexible estimate had to be provided). Following successful procurement of electricity and gas in 2020/21 and 2021/22 using the flexible, aggregated strategy agreed by the Council, sharp rises in commodity prices occurred in September 2021, December 2021, March 2022 and June/July 2022 largely as a result of the Ukraine situation. The high gas prices have had a knock-on effect of increasing electricity commodity prices, resulting in a large increase in the expected energy costs through the contracts for 2022/23 and 2023/24 and necessitating a modification to take into account these increased costs. Commodity market prices going forward to 2023/24, whilst lower than current market prices, remain considerably higher than 2020/21 and 2021/22. These circumstances were not foreseen at the time of the contract award and do not alter the overall nature of the contract.