United Kingdom-Glasgow: Supply of Electricity Framework Agreement

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-028860/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Scottish Government
Postal address: 4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St
Town: Glasgow
Postal code: G2 8EA
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1412420133
Email: billy.lawson@gov.scot
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Supply of Electricity Framework Agreement

Reference number: SP-21-052.
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09310000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: Supply 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).
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:3500000000
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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:

II.2.5)Award criteria

II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: Three 1 year extension options

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2022/S 000-032749
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SP-21-052
A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2023-07-05
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:1
Number of tenders received from SMEs:0
Number of tenders received from other EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received from non-EU Member States:0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: EDF Energy Customers Limited
Postal address: 90 Whitfield Street
Town: London
Postal code: W1T 4EZ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7875112491
Fax: +44 7875112491
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME no

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:3500000000
Currency:GBP

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
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)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Postal address: 27 Chambers Street
Town: Edinburgh
Postal code: EH1 1LB
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2023-09-29