Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
National Highways
199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
Contact
Rebecca Jones
rebecca.jones2@nationalhighways.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
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
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Meter Administration Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65500000 - Meter reading service
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Unmetered Supplies Data Service
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 09310000 - Electricity
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Employer is National Highways the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads, including modernising and maintaining the highways. We also manage - and help prevent - incidents on England’s motorways through our Traffic Officer Service. The Employer manages around 4,300 miles of carriageway and is made up of motorways and trunk roads.
National Highways (hereafter referred to as the Employer) procures un-metered electrical energy from bulk electricity suppliers, for its road lighting and lit traffic signs on Motorways and Trunk Roads in England.
As these electricity supplies are unmetered and traded Half Hourly (HH), the Service Information is required to conform to an industry procedure BSCP520 (Balancing and Settlement Code Procedure) and a Meter Administrator (MA), must be appointed.
The Service covers all of the DNO (Distribution Network Operator) Areas in England and some sections of Scotland and Wales: www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/distribution-networks/gb-electricity-distribution-network.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
25 August 2023
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
if you able to provide the full required services as detailed in the specification attached to this Notice please contract Rebecca Jones via rebecca.jones2@nationalhighways.co.uk by 26 September 2023
Please note this prior information notice is a request for information only at this stage.