Pipeline

191_28 Electricity (Half Hourly Metered, Non-Half Hourly and Unmetered Supply)

  • Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-026358

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0522a1

Published 23 May 2025, 1:42pm

Scope

Reference

191_28

Description

Please note, this is a Pipeline notice only for ESPO contracts/frameworks that are forecast to be re-procured or new procurement projects that are expected to be undertaken. The details captured are therefore only provided as an estimate, and no further information other than as captured can be provided at this time.

For all current ESPO opportunities, please visit https://www.eastmidstenders.org/.

This Pipeline notice is being published to alert the supplier market that ESPO expects to establish a Framework for the provision of wholesale electricity supplies, with ESPO acting as an intermediary to buy electricity in the wholesale market on behalf of customers from across the public sector (procurement and the Tender notice is currently scheduled for next year, 2026).

This will seek to replace the current version of this framework 191_24, upon its expiry, the award details for which may be viewed as follows:

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019982-2022

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c5488b66-adea-4fcc-93cf-6ee5598a915

For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform, this can be found as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers

Or otherwise, please refer to the ESPO Website as follows:

https://www.espo.org/the-procurement-act-2023

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £1,150,000,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2028 to 30 September 2032
  • 4 years

Main category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)
  • UKL - Wales
  • UKM - Scotland

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

2 March 2026

Contracting authority

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYDD-1122-TCVN

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby

Leicester

LE19 1ES

United Kingdom

Contact name: Energy Procurement Team

Email: tenders@espo.org

Website: https://www.espo.org/

Region: UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government