Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Electricity Framework Agreement
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Electricity to the Scottish public sector and Scottish third sector organisations.
The supplier will provide metering and billing services, and will provide trading services to facilitate supply of electricity from the wholesale markets. The period of the Framework Agreement shall be from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026 with options to extend for up to 3 years to 31 March 2029 in single year extensions.
Within these time periods, the Contractor will be expected to provide flexible purchasing trading services only for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, with the existing provider continuing to supply electricity under the existing framework during this period.
For the avoidance of doubt the Contractor will not supply electricity to public bodies and third sector bodies under the Framework Agreement during the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The supply of electricity will commence on 1 April 2024.
For the remaining duration of the framework agreement the Contractor will provide flexible purchasing trading services and supply of electricity to public sector and third sector bodies.
Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2026, it is anticipated that supply may include significant volumes of electricity purchased from the existing framework provider under the existing framework and sleeved by the Contractor under the terms of the Framework Agreement (see procurement documents).
- Recurrence: 2029
CPV: Electricity
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 bids received (1.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The framework agreement is for the supply of electricity encompassing Half-Hourly, Non…AwardedRenewal
The framework agreement is for the supply of electricity encompassing Half-Hourly, Non Half-Hourly, Domestic, Pseudo Half-Hourly and Unmetered Supplies.
The anticipated total consumption, based on the current Scottish Procurement framework agreement volumes, is 2.4 TWh per annum.
Scottish Procurement will operate a flexible purchasing strategy for public sector and third sector bodies under the Framework Agreement, predominantly sourced via the traded electricity markets employing buys and sells on a forward and prompt basis via the Contractor’s trading desk, with forward purchasing anticipated at 30 months. The Contractor must be able to incorporate power volumes sourced independently into the volumes of energy that are required to supply any designated framework users. Framework users will take delivery of power on the basis of annual supply periods. Framework users may require certain ancillary services.
Scottish Procurement is the organisation tasked with procuring commodities on behalf of all Scottish public bodies. Scottish Procurement is located within the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate of the Scottish Government. The current framework agreement for the Supply of Electricity is due to expire on 31 March 2023 with an option to extend to 31 March 2024, depending on Scottish Procurement’s decision regarding the final extension. Work has commenced on developing the procurement strategy, including canvassing of stakeholders' views. As part of this, Scottish Procurement recognise the value of suppliers having the opportunity to contribute their views, in accordance with Regulation 41 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The Framework Agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about Scottish Public Bodies is available at:
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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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: SPD Statement 4B.1.1: Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 350,000,000 GBP for the last 3 years. The reason for this figure is that the services include a requirement to forward purchase significant volume…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Supply of Electricity Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 2029
- First published
- 18 Nov 2022, 11:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Dec 2022 – …
- Authority reference
SP-21-052.- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028860- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038664Find a Tender
Publisher note: SPD Statement 4D.2: 1 The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate, OR 2. The bidder must have the following: a. A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive, or equivalent. This policy must describe the bidder’s environmental emergency response procedures. b. Documented arrangements for ensuring that environmental management procedures are effective in reducing/preventing significant impacts on the environment. This should evidence the organisation’s environmental policy implementation plan. c. Arrangements for providing employees with training/information on environmental issues to ensure that workforce has sufficient skills/understanding to carry out their various duties. This should include a programme of refresher training. d. Documented arrangements for checking/reviewing and improving, the bidder’s environmental management performance and the environmental impact, demonstrating that it has in place training arrangements to ensure that workforce has sufficient skills/understanding to carry out their duties. e. Documented arrangements checking, reviewing/improving the organisations environmental management performance and the environmental impact on an on-going basis including details in place to deal with environmental risks. As more fully set out in the procurement documents, The scope of the framework agreement also incorporates a number of requirements relevant to and included so as to promote the potential for furthering environmental, renewable and robust energy supply initiatives and to assist the Scottish Government and framework users to take forward the following options: Option 1 - A PPA entered into between the Scottish Government (Authority) and a third party generator where the generator is not a framework user Option 2 - A PPA entered into between the Contractor and a third party generator where the generator is not a framework user Option 3 - A PPA entered into between the Scottish Government (Authority) and a generator where the generator is a framework user Option 4 - A PPA entered into between the Contractor and a generator where the generator is a framework user Option 5 – An Export PPA where a framework user may sell excess volume to the Contractor Option 6 – Supporting ancillary services relevant to framework user private wire arrangements The Framework documentation incorporates a number of requirements relevant to and included so as to promote the potential for furthering environmental, renewable and robust energy supply initiatives. The measures it contains include that the supplier must be able to incorporate power volumes sourced independently, with a view to incorporating, within the supply portfolio, sources of generation consistent with the objectives of the Authority and the relevant Framework users (for example related to furthering duties on the framework users to further their sustainable procurement duty or duties under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009), and the Scottish Government Scottish Energy Strategy The contractor is accredited as a real Living Wage Employer and will continue to pay that wage rate through the duration of this contract. (SC Ref:738431)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 23 Dec 2022, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Dec 2022 → 29 Sept 2023 · 3 dates- Bids opened23 Dec 2022, 13:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Dec 2022- Deadline moved to 12 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT13 Dec 2022, 13:31 GMT+20 days · was 23 Dec 2022, 13:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete29 Sept 2023, 16:17 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 23 Dec 2022 | 12 Jan 2023 | +20 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 23 Dec 2022 | 12 Jan 2023 | +20 d |
Additional information provided.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 028860-2023-SP-21-052-1
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2023
- Value
- £3,500,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- EDF Energy Customers LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.