Contract award · 9 Jan 2025

Supply of Electricity

Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service awarded “Supply of Electricity” to Laser Energy Buying Group for £750k on 9 Jan 2025.

Fuel & energySouth East

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Value
£750,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Fuel & energy · Electricity (CPV 09310000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Jan 2025
  2. Published12 May 2025Published 123 days after the contract date

Description

Currently services are provided under the Kent County Council Framework with Laser Energy. Following research, by Procurement it is felt that best value for the Authority would be achieved by remaining with Kent County Councils Framework with Laser Energy. Laser has the option to select from a plethora of suppliers. Originally, they ran a mini competition for RBFRS services and selected Npower the supplier whose rates where the most preferential to the Authority. The current contract is a flexible pricing contract, which means we can re-negotiate our rates Laser has the benefit of bidding for large energy purchase blocks as they aggregate all their clients' requirements. Therefore, they can purchase large blocks of energy at discounted rates as opposed to buying energy in smaller blocks under Purchase in Advance PIA Basket where all site volume purchased prior to delivery for a 12-month supply period. Pass Through charges will be added to arrive at the delivered price in pence per Kil…

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