United Kingdom-Liverpool: Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-004773/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Postal address: 9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Town: Liverpool
Postal code: L3 9PP
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7824334136
Email: energynetzero@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
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
Other activity: Public procurement

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement

Reference number: RM6289
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 31120000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Public Sector Collaborative Agreement for the Provision of Power Purchasing Agreements to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 21000000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 09300000
Main CPV code: 09310000
Main CPV code: 09330000
Main CPV code: 09331000
Main CPV code: 09331100
Main CPV code: 09331200
Main CPV code: 09332000
Main CPV code: 31120000
Main CPV code: 31121000
Main CPV code: 31121100
Main CPV code: 31121110
Main CPV code: 31121300
Main CPV code: 31121310
Main CPV code: 31121320
Main CPV code: 31121330
Main CPV code: 31121331
Main CPV code: 31121340
Main CPV code: 31122000
Main CPV code: 31122100
Main CPV code: 31158000
Main CPV code: 31158100
Main CPV code: 31160000
Main CPV code: 31161000
Main CPV code: 31161300
Main CPV code: 31161900
Main CPV code: 31170000
Main CPV code: 31174000
Main CPV code: 31200000
Main CPV code: 31210000
Main CPV code: 31422000
Main CPV code: 31710000
Main CPV code: 31711150
Main CPV code: 31711151
Main CPV code: 31711152
Main CPV code: 31711440
Main CPV code: 34514800
Main CPV code: 45251100
Main CPV code: 45251120
Main CPV code: 45251142
Main CPV code: 45251143
Main CPV code: 45251160
Main CPV code: 45251220
Main CPV code: 45259000
Main CPV code: 45259900
Main CPV code: 45310000
Main CPV code: 45315100
Main CPV code: 45315300
Main CPV code: 45315400
Main CPV code: 45315500
Main CPV code: 45315600
Main CPV code: 45315700
Main CPV code: 45317000
Main CPV code: 45317100
Main CPV code: 45317200
Main CPV code: 45317300
Main CPV code: 45317400
Main CPV code: 45350000
Main CPV code: 45351000
Main CPV code: 50324100
Main CPV code: 50514300
Main CPV code: 50530000
Main CPV code: 50532000
Main CPV code: 50532200
Main CPV code: 50532300
Main CPV code: 50700000
Main CPV code: 51100000
Main CPV code: 51111000
Main CPV code: 51111100
Main CPV code: 51111200
Main CPV code: 51111300
Main CPV code: 51112000
Main CPV code: 51112100
Main CPV code: 51112200
Main CPV code: 51120000
Main CPV code: 63121100
Main CPV code: 65300000
Main CPV code: 65310000
Main CPV code: 65320000
Main CPV code: 65400000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Public Sector Collaborative Agreement for the Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.14) Additional information: The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2023-06-23
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here:
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the energy market.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during February 2023 and March 2023 with suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract[s]. If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing energynetzero@crowncommmercial.gov.uk. Further details will be provided to you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will participate in the market engagement.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page Crown for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6289 Provision of Power Purchasing Agreement Schedule, “Security Requirement and Plan”, to meet RM6289 Provision of Power Purchasing requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-02-16