20 112 CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF A FULLY MANAGED SERVICE FOR ENERGY SUPPLY (GAS AND ELECTRIC)

Concepts

• energy and fuel
• sandbach
• msp
• managed service provider
• energy supply
• energy efficiency
• purchase of green electricity
• customer service
• management service
• data management

Location

Cheshire East:

Description

The Council is seeking to make provision for its gas and electricity requirements from 1st April 2022 for a period of five years. The Council intends to procure a fully managed service whereby the Managed Service Provider (MSP) will purchase energy for and on behalf of the Council via a framework compliant with the Public Contract Regulations, which amounts to approximately £6,000,000 per annum within its Corporate, Streetlighting and Schools portfolio including Academies. It will provide a flexible purchasing method of procuring energy and will provide an end to end billing and management service. It will take the form of a single contract with the MSP negating the need to have a separate contract with the energy supplier.

Total Quantity or Scope

Deliveries of services included are as follows: • Account Management including customer service; • Billing; • Management of Sites and Metering; • Data Management; • Purchase of green electricity; • Complaints Handling; • Online Management Portal; • Portfolio Reviews; • Performance Requirements and Service Levels The values given in this notice are only estimations and are for the contract period of 5 years-the authority gives no guarantee or warranty or makes any representation as to the accuracy of any indicative volumes or as to the value of the work during the contract period. Schools will have the ability to leave the contract after three years if 12 months notice is given.

CPV Codes

• 09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
• 71314300 - Energy-efficiency consultancy services

Indicators

• Variant bids are not accepted.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This procurement exercise will be conducted on Cheshire East Borough Council's electronic contract and tender management system at the www.the-chest.org.uk Organisations wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional required information through the contract and tender management system. Expressions of interest must be by way of completion and return of the invitation to tender (‘ITT’) (in accordance with the requirements set out in the ITT) by the date and time specified in Section IV.2.2). If you have any technical problems with the contract and tender management system please contact the help-desk on: ProcontractSuppliers@proactis.com or 03300050352. In order to participate, providers must register, complete and upload completed documentation and submit this via the Chest at the link provided in this notice. The project reference on The Chest is DN519601. The values given in this notice are only estimations — the Council gives no guarantee or warranty or makes any representation as to the accuracy of any indicative values.