Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-04-07
Buyer: Kent County Council (via LASER)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09310000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Estimated value: 900000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Flexible Procurement and Supply of Half Hourly (HH), Non-Half Hourly (NHH), Metered and Unmetered Electricity with Meter Operations and Additional Services — Y18003
Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for Flexible Procurement and Supply of half hourly (HH), Non-Half Hourly (NHH), metered and unmetered supply (UMS) electricity, along with Meter Operations and Additional Services. Additional Services consisting of provision of Renewable Energy, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), Data Aggregation (DA) and Data Collection (DC) services, Demand Side Response (DSR), Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and Energy Services.
Lot 1 — The procurement and supply of HH, NHH, metered and UMS electricity with Meter Operation Services
This Lot 1 will be awarded to the first place Supplier based on Most Economically Advantageous Tender. Additionally, a Framework of up to 4 Suppliers will be established with direct award or mini-tender used for any future awards needed to meet the requirements of Subgroups.
This Lot 2 will establish a Framework of Suppliers with individual requirements placed using either direct award or mini competition with the option to negotiate. The Contracting Authority and/or Participating Authority reserve the right to seek verbal or written clarification, representation or negotiation in order to assess the capability and suitability of Suppliers placed on Lot 2 to deliver the Service Requirements as specified by the Contracting Authority and/or Participating Authority.
Any public body will have access to this Framework Agreement but may only do so with the agreement of the Contracting Authority through Commercial Services.Those organisations who may wish to access this Framework Agreement include local authorities the Police Service, the Fire Service, the NHS and NHS Trusts, port authorities, third sector organisations, academic centres (including Academies), publicly funded organisations and publicly owned private companies, operating within the geographic boundaries of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. Full details of the classification of potential public bodies who may become Participating Authorities and/or End Users under this Framework Agreement via the Contracting Authority can be found at the following web addresses:
London or to individual administering Councils: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts: www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
Local Authority Councils: County, Unitary, District, Borough, and Metropolitan Councils. (Parish and Community Councils are also permissible users):
Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School, Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University: www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/index.php
Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. See link:
Tenderers are advised that the Contracting Authority, its affiliates and/or authorised users, reserve the right to supply the tendered products, services, and commodities to companies that have a majority public sector ownership by any of the public sector bodies referred to above during the period of the Framework Agreement, for the purpose of selling to other public sector organisations.


Award value: 900000000