Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-09-25
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09310000
Estimated value: 1370000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Ministers through the Collaborative and Scottish Government Procurement Division are seeking to establish a single operator framework for the provision of bill-processing and associated services regarding the supply of electricity encompassing Half-Hourly, Non Half-Hourly, Pseudo Half-Hourly and Unmetered Supplies. The duration of the framework agreement will be for three years with options to extend for three further twelve month periods.
The framework agreement is the third iteration of a collaborative procurement solution for public bodies in Scotland. It concerns the provision of bill-processing and associated services regarding the supply of electricity encompassing Half-Hourly, Non Half-Hourly, Pseudo Half-Hourly and Unmetered Supplies. The framework is designed to support investment in renewables through Power Purchase Agreements, small-scale generation on the public estate, and a guarantee that public bodies will be able to access renewable energy in the form of Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs). In addition, the Contractor has committed to a range of Community Benefits which include apprenticeship training programmes, engagement with SMEs and supported education and training schemes.
The estimated value of the framework over the six year period includes wholesale electricity costs, UK government levies, and transmission and distribution charges, all of which will be ‘passed through’ to electricity generators, UK government bodies, and companies running GB electricity networks.
Scottish Procurement will operate a flexible purchasing strategy for public sector and third sector bodies under the Framework Agreement, predominantly sourced via the traded electricity markets employing buys and sells on a forward and prompt basis via the Contractor’s trading desk. The Contractor is required to incorporate power volumes sourced independently, with a view to incorporating, within the supply portfolio, sources of generation consistent with the objectives of the Scottish Government (for example related to furthering duties under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009), and Scottish Government’s Scottish Energy Strategy.
The Framework Agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at:
Scottish Government has incorporated the required minimum 10 day standstill period. The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or risk being harmed by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period.


Winner: EDF Energy Customers Limited
Award value: 1370000000
Number of bids: 3