Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-02-11
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48100000 | 48517000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Estimated value: 700000 GBP

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the authority intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of an energy trading system to be utilised by CCS. The exact requirement has yet to be finalised, with drafts shared during the market engagement prior to the publication of any subsequent contract notice.
To provide CCS trading and risk teams with an energy trading system to allow management of customer aggregated basket demands for UK power and gas.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intend to instigate a procurement to secure a supplier who can provide a cloud based service for an energy trading system. The service required by the CCS is one which can migrate the current data, host the new system, bring improvement to the trading activities, be secure, be resilient, meet regulatory requirements, provide reporting and offer good value for money. The requirement is an off-the-shelf ready to deploy software solution. This prior information notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with interested organisations. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement session on 18.2.2020 in London with organisations interested in potentially bidding for the resulting contract.
The market engagement event is designed to engage with potential suppliers, socialise the draft statement of requirements, give contextual information and answer questions. The day has also been designed to allow suppliers to have discussions after the main presentation to help validate the plan and provide feedback on the draft documents. If you are interested in attending this market engagement session please express your interest by emailing david.sobczak@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation and contact details for the individual(s) who will participating in the market engagement and if you are interested in having a 1 to 1 session following the main event.
Further information regarding energy trading system procurement, including access to the new mid tier contract can be found on our procurement pipeline https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/node/7339
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for the subsequent competition. The eSourcing system we will use is
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.
Please refer to the above mentioned procurement-pipeline, contracts finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5aebad88-b1f7-4435-a55b-d74f53e1df17
Please note this prior information notice is designed to facilitate market engagement and elicit feedback. It is not a call for competition. The dates for the subsequent procurement exercise are indicative and details regarding any subsequent procurement will be contained in the associated contract notice.


Award value: 700000