United Kingdom-Glasgow: The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the UK

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-012704/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Transport UK Holdings Limited
National registration number: SC488448
Postal address: 58 Robertson Street
Town: Glasgow
Postal code: G2 8DU
Country: United Kingdom
Email: matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Official name: Transport UK East Anglia Limited
National registration number: 07861414
Postal address: 2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street
Town: London
Postal code: EC4A 3AG
Country: United Kingdom
Email: matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Official name: Transport UK East Midlands Limited
National registration number: 09860485
Postal address: 2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street
Town: London
Postal code: EC4A 3AG
Country: United Kingdom
Email: matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Official name: West Midlands Trains Limited
National registration number: 09860466
Postal address: 2nd Floor St Andrews House, 18-20 St Andrew Street
Town: London
Postal code: EC4A 3AG
Country: United Kingdom
Email: matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.2) Joint Procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3)Communication
I.6) Main activity:
Railway services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the UK

Reference number: E12201
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 09000000
II.1.3) Type of contract : Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Transport UK Holdings Limited (TUK) have undertaken a group procurement exercise to explore the benefits of aggregating it’s mains metered electricity and natural gas volumes for Transport UK East Anglia Limited, Transport UK East Midlands Limited and West Midlands Trains Limited (TOCs).
TUK have not directly entered into supply contracts and the legal entities for the resultant contract(s) awarded are the following TUK owned TOCs:
1. Transport UK East Anglia Limited
2. Transport UK East Midlands Limited
3. West Midlands Trains Limited
The Contract durations are all for a period of 12-months commencing 1st April 2024.

II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: yes
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: Individual Commodity Bid for each Train Operating Company
Lot No:1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09121200
Main CPV code: 09310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Lot 1 – Individual Commodity Bid for each Individual Train Operating Company (TOC)
Supplies of the following commodities to all TOCs:
Half Hourly Electricity
Non-Half Hourly Electricity
Natural Gas

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

II.2.1) Title: Lot 2 – Individual Commodity Bids for all Individual Train Operating Companies Combined
Lot No:2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09121200
Main CPV code: 09310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Lot 2 – Individual Commodity Bids for all Individual Train Operating Companies (TOCs) Combined.
Supplies of the following commodities to all TOCs:
Half Hourly Electricity
Non-Half Hourly Electricity
Natural Gas

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

II.2.1) Title: Lot 3 – All Commodity Bid for all Train Operating Companies Combined
Lot No:3
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09121200
Main CPV code: 09310000
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Lot 3 – All Commodity Bid for all Train Operating Companies (TOCs) Combined.
Supplies of the following commodities to all TOCs:
Half Hourly Electricity
Non-Half Hourly Electricity
Natural Gas

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
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:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:no
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2024/S 000-002817

Section V: Award of contract Lot No: 1 Title: Supply of Half Hourly Electricity to Transport UK East Anglia Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-20 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Non-Half Hourly Electricity to Transport UK East Anglia Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-20 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Natural Gas to Transport UK East Anglia Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-20 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Half Hourly Electricity to Transport UK East Midlands Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-22 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Non-Half Hourly Electricity to Transport UK East Midlands Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-21 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Natural Gas to Transport UK East Midlands Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-22 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Half Hourly Electricity to West Midlands Trains Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-22 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Non-Half Hourly Electricity to West Midlands Trains Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-22 Lot No: 1 Title: The Supply of Natural Gas to West Midlands Trains Limited

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2024-03-22

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Transport UK Holdings Limited
Postal address: 58 Robertson Street
Town: Glasgow
Postal code: G2 8DU
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2024-04-18

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

1.Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with
Article 50 of Directive 2014/25/EU
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to a procedure with prior call for competition

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
A Contract Notice was published Ref:2024/S 000-002817 dated 26th January 2024 requiring this procurement to be undertake under Regulation 45 (Open Procedure) of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016.
For each of the Lots tendered, tenders were received from Economic Operators and evaluated in accordance with the tender documents.
During the standstill period all successful Economic Operators withdrew their tenders on the basis of wholesale energy price movements.
Regulation 50, use of the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition, was then utilised as it was deemed that no suitable tenders had been received.