Tender Summary

CON - Supply of Electricity and Gas - Dynamic Purchasing System

Buying Organisation

Bristol City Council

Contract Value

£7,300,000 to £200,000,000

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Suitable for VCSEs

Tender Description

Supply of Electricity and Gas - Dynamic Purchasing System. Bristol City Authority (BCC) is seeking to establish a DPS which is open nationally for the use of UK public sector bodies and non-profit making organisation(s), subject to an access agreement between BCC and Authorised Purchaser(s). BCC may use the DPS to tender for supply contracts for its own metered sites and Highway unmetered supply installations, to schools for which it is LEA, and to Clients for whom it offers energy services. There is no guarantee of any contracts being awarded from this DPS. The award criteria for Call For Competition tenders may be on the basis of price or price and quality at the Purchasing Authority's discretion. Variant bids will not be accepted in any application to be admitted to the DPS. However, variant bids might be allowed in call for competition tenders, subject to requirements of the Purchasing Authority, for example, pricing for renewable and/or conventionally sourced electricity. To be eligible for a place on this proposed DPS applicants must hold an electricity supply licence issued by the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) for Categories (Lots) 1 HH Electricity, 2 NHH Electricity and 3 UMS Electricity and / or a gas supply licence issued by Ofgem for Category (Lot) 4 Gas. To be appointed to any Category of the DPS, Applicants must demonstrate their eligibility with regards to invoicing and payment allocation. To be appointed to any or all Categories 1, 2 and 4 of the DPS applicants must demonstrate that they meet the requirements with regards to appointment of metering and data agents -refer to the tender documents for further details.nApplicants must commit to 10 Million (GBP) Employers Liability and 5 Million (GBP) Public Liability Insurance.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Electricity (CPV 09310000)
Mains gas (CPV 09121200)

Region

United Kingdom (UK)

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