Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- West Mercia Energy (A Local Authority Joint Committee of Shropshire Council, Worcestershire County Council, Telford & Wrekin Council and Herefordshire Council) · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Npower Commercial Gas Limited
- Value
- £500,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Fuel & energy · Electricity (CPV 09310000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 023056-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jun 2023
- Published8 Aug 2023Published 42 days after the contract date
Description
This is an award notice for a framework agreement for the supply of electricity on a flexible basis and the provision of associated services to the customers of West Mercia Energy (WME) in its constituent authorities’ areas of Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire together with other customers of West Mercia Energy (current and potential) as identified in the Instructions for Tendering document. The framework agreement is with one Contractor and will commence on 7th August 2023 for a period up to 31 March 2028, allowing for forward purchasing for the supply period, with the period of supply commencing 1st April 2024.
About the supplier
Npower Commercial Gas Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03768856).