Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-09-12
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 09123000 | 09310000
Estimated value: 650000000 GBP

Technical requirements: To ensure the CCS energy products and services provide the maximum level of benefits and opportunities within the public sector, CCS are looking to carry out extensive engagement within the energy market suppliers for the mid-market users. This will support the development of identifying solutions which will complement the current agreements and welcome new public sector users to a wider supply provision. The full scope and requirements of any potential agreement will be determined as a result of this market engagement.
CCS would like to engage with licenced suppliers who can offer dual fuel tariffs, flexible tariffs and/or flex products. Opportunities around customer self generation, green energy and market opportunities will also be explored. We would also be interested in engaging with suppliers who are licensed to supply Northern Ireland customers. This will be available to all UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
This prior information notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with customers and suppliers.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold meetings/market engagement sessions in October 2019 with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting commercial contracts. If you are interested in attending a session please express your interest by emailing: Project6166@crowncommercial.gov.uk no later than midday on 27.10.2019. Further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participate in the session.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk].
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.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS pipeline page http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline for updates and monitor tenders electronic daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.
Please be advised that in preparation to participate in this competition for this commercial agreement that:
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in the procurement for the supply of duel fuels bidders will be required to demonstrate that they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials [Plus] for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The bidder may be awarded a commercial contract but shall not enter into any call-off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials [Plus] Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.
The service that arise from this commercial agreement will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of Official. It will be a condition of this contract that this material must be protected. Baseline protection controls are defined in ISO27001:2013 and further defined by the security policy framework https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-security


Award value: 650000000