Official UK procurement notice
191_28 Electricity · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionESPO is seeking to engage with electricity suppliers to help shape its new electricity supply framework, scheduled to go live in 2028.
Suppliers should note that only organisations holding a valid electricity supply licence issued by Ofgem will be eligible to submit a bid once the procurement process begins. ESPO therefore welcomes engagement exclusively from licensed electricity suppliers or suppliers actively progressing through the Ofgem licensing process.
Please note this is not a call for competition, the tender documentation is not yet available.
CPV: Electricity · Electricity distribution and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2028
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “191_28 Electricity” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:22 GMT
- Authority reference
191_28- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027663- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0522a1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 13:42 BST
- Latest notice published214 days ago26 Mar 2026, 09:22 GMT
- Market engagement150 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
ESPO is seeking to engage with electricity suppliers to help shape its new electricity supply framework. ESPO are inviting market feedback on areas including flexible purchasing products, Smart Export Guarantees, renewable energies and social value.
Engagement is being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire hosted on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org ↗). The deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 17 April 2026.
Suppliers wishing to participate in the RFI MUST first express an interest as follows:
(a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org ↗; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for opportunity '191_28' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest.
Suppliers can access and respond to the RFI questionnaire in the Messages section of the eProcurement Portal (via the Activity dashboard once an expression of interest has been registered). Any questions or clarifications should similarly be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal.
Following review of completed RFIs, ESPO may undertake virtual 1-2-1 preliminary market engagement sessions with suppliers. ESPO will be seeking further information on points raised within the Suppliers RFI responses within these meetings.
- Tender notice expected118 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract starts1 Oct 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 13:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Mar 2026, 09:22 GMTUK2
- Published value published: £126 Mar 2026, 09:22 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender