Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Power Purchase Agreement CPPA2
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNetwork Rail operates, maintains and develops Britain's rail tracks, signalling, bridges,
tunnels, level crossings and many key stations. As a result, Network Rail is one of the
largest purchasers of electricity in the United Kingdom with a total consumption of
c.4.5 TWh per annum (traction 4.1 TWh and non-traction 0.45 TWh). Her Majesty's
Government has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net
zero by 2050. Network Rail as a government-owned enterprise is committed to
support the achievement of this objective.
To support the achievement of this objective, Network Rail is initially seeking to
procure between 0.5 and 1 TWh per annum of renewable electricity through a physical
(corporate) PPA. Network Rail is willing to consider tenors of up to 25 years, and this
could be supplied by one or more counterparties, from one or more assets, with
delivery of power from in 2026.
A tender is expected to launch in early 2023, with a contract value of up to £1.25bn.
CPV: Electricity · Electricity supplies · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Network Rail is one of the largest purchasers of electricity in the United Kingdom withPlanned
Network Rail is one of the largest purchasers of electricity in the United Kingdom with
a total consumption of c.4.5 TWh per annum (traction 4.1 TWh and non-traction 0.45
TWh). Her Majesty's Government has made legal commitments to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Network Rail as a government-owned enterprise is
committed to support the achievement of this objective.
To support the achievement of this objective, Network Rail is initially seeking to
procure between 0.5 and 1 TWh per annum of renewable electricity through a physical
(corporate) PPA. Network Rail is willing to consider tenors of up to 25 years, and this
could be supplied by one or more counterparties, from one or more assets, with
delivery of power expected in 2026.
A tender is expected to launch in early 2023, with a contract value of up to £1.25bn.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Aug 2022, 14:55 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2022, 14:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022985- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035ff6Find a Tender
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
18 Aug 2022 → 14 Feb 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Aug 2022, 14:55 BST
- Tender notice expected14 Feb 2023
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
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.