Official UK procurement notice
UK public contract notice 007000-2025
Authority: SSE PLC·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLoad Managed Areas (or LMAs) are DCUSA provision that allows electricity loads that can be switched on remotely to be controlled so that they do not all switch on at the same time.
We are looking at transforming LMAs into a Demand Diversification Service, and more information on the trial and how to participate can be found here: The Future of Load Managed Areas - SSEN www.ssen.co.uk/about-ssen/dso/flexi… ↗
CPV: Electricity distribution
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 2 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Load Managed Areas (or LMAs) are DCUSA provision that allows electricity loads that…AwardedRenewal
Load Managed Areas (or LMAs) are DCUSA provision that allows electricity loads that can be switched on remotely to be controlled so that they do not all switch on at the same time. This has typically been used for managing the charging of electric storage heaters and water tanks so that households access the cheapest possible electricity tariff and our network is not overloaded. Switching all this load at the same time causes peaks on the network that can result in thermal overloads and voltage step changes. This scheduling approach has successfully avoided this.
We are looking at transforming LMAs into a Demand Diversification Service, and more information on the trial and how to participate can be found here: The Future of Load Managed Areas - SSEN www.ssen.co.uk/about-ssen/dso/flexi… ↗
Whilst we continue to develop the diversification service approach we wish to give a payment to suppliers who are supporting households within LMA Areas. Particularly focusing on those household with 5 port smart meters being implemented. We therefore have opened a tender for a payment per household for these households as part of our Flexibility Service procurement strategy.
The Procurement documents will be freely available on week commencing 24th February 2025 at the links provided.
What it takes to wini
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)
- Ceiling Price: 100
- price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
- Ceiling Price: 100
- Price: 100
- Price carries 200 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 20 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “UK public contract notice 007000-2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2025, 11:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
9664- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048697- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e75cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Mar 2025, 16:30 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Mar 2025, 16:31 GMT
Timeline
26 Mar 2025 → 14 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Mar 2025, 16:30 GMT
- Bids opened26 Mar 2025, 16:31 GMT
- Notice published14 Aug 2025, 11:48 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025- Status changed to complete14 Aug 2025, 11:48 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Aug 2025, 11:48 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 048697-2025-32957-2
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Contract 048697-2025-32958-1
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Scottish Hydro Electric Power DistributionContracting authorityElectricity
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- SSEReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Ovo Energy LtdFramework contractor
- UTILITA ENERGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.