Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-01-31
Buyer: University of Essex
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09000000 | 09123000 | 09310000 | 38421100 | 38554000
Estimated value: 350000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: A Framework Agreement for the supply of non-half hourly electricity, half hourly electricity, natural gas and water/wastewater, across 4 lots:
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the non-half hourly electricity, half hourly electricity, UMS, natural gas and water/wastewater needs of the University of Essex, https://www.essex.ac.uk/ and is also open for use by all Contracting Authorities across the public sector throughout the UK.
Full details of the organisations who are able to use the framework, if they choose to do so, are available at:
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Non-Half Hourly Metered Electricity, including certified unmetered supplies, needs of organisations across the entire public sector. The framework is let on behalf of University of Essex but will also be open for use by all other public sector Contracting Authorities (and any future successors to these organisations), as defined in the below link, but not limited to:
48 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 1 x 12 month(s).
University of Essex Internal Reference Number is CA5207 — JC060918. Utilities Procurement Group Ltd (who are a subsidiary of Dukefield Ltd) are acting as agents of University of Essex in the development and ongoing contract management of this framework. The Contracting Authority utilised an e-tendering system to conduct the procurement exercise — the Sourcing Cloud system at https://suppliers.multiquote.com where the tender was available from the opportunities menu on the login page of the site. The Contracting Authority has concluded the tender process and the results are detailed within this notice but it should be noted that:
(i) the value of the framework provided in Section II.1.5) is only an estimate and the Contracting Authority does not guarantee any business through this framework agreement;
(j) the Contracting Authority has established a Framework Agreement open for use by all Public-Sector Bodies as stated in II.1.4; and
(iii) in reference to Section IV.1.6), information about electronic auction, whilst the tender was not run under an e-auction, the Contracting Authority stated users of the Framework may wish to use an e-auction to run a further competition.
It should also be noted that in respect to the Award Criteria stated in II.2.5, the ratio of Quality to Price weighting differed across the framework lots as follows:
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement to meet the Half Hourly Metered Electricity, including certified unmetered supplies, needs of organisations across the entire public sector. The framework is let on behalf of University of Essex but will also be open for use by all other public sector contracting authorities (and any future successors to these organisations), as defined in the below link, but not limited to:
48 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 1 x 12 month(s).
University of Essex Internal Reference Number is CA5207 — JC060918. Utilities Procurement Group Ltd (who are a subsidiary of Dukefield Ltd) are acting as agents of University of Essex in the development and ongoing contract management of this framework. The Contracting Authority utilised an e-tendering system to conduct the procurement exercise — the Sourcing Cloud system at https://suppliers.multiquote.com where the tender was available from the opportunities menu on the login page of the site. The Contracting Authority has concluded the tender process and the results are detailed within this notice but it should be noted that:
(i) the value of the framework provided in Section II.1.5) is only an estimate and the Contracting Authority does not guarantee any business through this Framework Agreement;
(j) the Contracting Authority has established a Framework Agreement open for use by all Public-Sector Bodies as stated in II.1.4; and


Winner: Orsted Sales (UK) Ltd
Award value: 350000000
Number of bids: 4