Official UK procurement notice
BBC ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Authority: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo work with the BBC to manage flexible contracts for the supply of electricity to the BBC’s UK estate (including Northern Ireland) for a period of 3 years from July 2025 providing advice and guidance as necessary.
This will include (but may not be limited to)
- Setting out the different types of flexible contracts and identifying the most appropriate model for the BBC giving consideration to refloating and tranche purchasing options
- Working with BBC Procurement personnel to manage fully compliant competitive procurement process in accordance with UK Public Procurement Regulations (including identifying appropriate evaluation criteria and methodology)
- Agreeing and submitting a consumption profile for electricity
- Reviewing contract terms and conditions
- Assessment of all non-energy costs including, but not limited to, management fees, balancing charges, transportation costs, Day Ahead Charges
- Assessment of pure energy costs. Providing detailed budgets and Q2 forecast reports (by building) for all energy contracts (costs and volumes)
- Quarterly performance and cost reviews – comparing hedged position to market position.
To manage a flexible contract for the supply of electricity to the BBC’s UK estate for a period of 3 years from July 2025.
CPV: Energy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 19:19 BST
- Last source update
- 23 May 2025, 19:19 BST
- Authority reference
PROC/2025/43/DH- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-027185- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05253bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 19:19 BST
- Market engagement10 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The BBC is running an request for information to understand and work with the BBC to manage the procurement of flexible contracts for the supply of electricity to the BBC’s UK estate (including Northern Ireland) for a period of 3 years from July 2025 providing advice and guidance as necessary.
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 May 2025, 19:19 BSTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender