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Published 29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Electricity Supplier · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Lancaster City Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£3,400,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 6 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Octopus Energy Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires an integrated electricity arrangement incorporating:

  1. supply of electricity to the Council’s corporate estate;
  2. export of electricity generated from Council-owned renewable energy assets;
  3. P442 matching between the Council’s import and generation portfolios;
  4. optimisation of matching using additional eligible import and export volumes where Council generation and consumption do not coincide;
  5. transparent identification and allocation of the resulting matching benefits; and
  6. the capability to extend the arrangement to eligible domestic and commercial customers through a Community Power Club, with supply to those customers undertaken by a licensed electricity supplier.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 16:10 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094413
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cac Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Market Engagement undertaken by officers has not identified another supplier capable of delivering these requirements as a single integrated end to end arrangement.

This satisfies the requirements of Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023, namely that due to an absence of competition for technical reasons only a particular supplier can supply the services required and that there are no reasonable alternatives.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Oct 2026 → 15 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published20 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 16:10 BST
  2. Standstill ends11 days ago
    15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 14:48 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 16:10 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,400,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Octopus Energy LimitedElectricity Supply1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029£3,400,0006 Oct 2026standstill to 15 Oct 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lancaster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTQG-8236-WVNZ Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster, North West, LA1 1PJContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Octopus Energy LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNQQ-2593-JZCP UK House, 5th Floor, 164-182 Oxford Street, London, London, W1D 1NNContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender