Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1615350122
E-mail: k.orme@thecpc.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.thecpc.ac.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Sector
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
E-mail: k.orme@thecpc.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.thecpc.ac.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Education
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
E-mail: k.orme@thecpc.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.thecpc.ac.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://suppliers.multiquote.com
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
Procurement House, Leslie Hough Way
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1615350122
E-mail: k.orme@thecpc.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://suppliers.multiquote.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Utilities Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Reference number: CA15344 - CPC/KO/01/2025
II.1.2) Main CPV code
65000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This process is a new tendered area to the CPC’s portfolio of agreements. The need/opportunity for this DPS arose from the current CPC framework for Utilities Supplies & Services, of which Sustainable Energy First (SE First) are the sole supplier. The implementation of the DPS will allow a full-service provision within the Utilities/energy sector for members. CPC are the Contracting Authority for this agreement, working in partnership with SE First.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 000 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09300000
65400000
09330000
71314000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This process is open to utilities suppliers who will offer additional benefits through collaborative and innovative partnerships with CPC members. The DPS will be for the supply of utility and metering services to be purchased in varying quantities during the DPS length.
The scope of the agreement will provide Fixed, Flex and Portfolio procurement options for Gas and Electricity, Fixed and Portfolio Water procurement, and MOP DC/DA and AMR metering contracting options:
Energy
• Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Gas
• Flexible offering, Aggregated & Risk Managed Electricity
• Fixed Price offering, Gas
• Fixed Price offering, Electricity
• Portfolio offering, Gas
• Portfolio offering, Electricity
Water
• Fixed Price offering, Water
• Portfolio offering, Water
Metering Services
• Meter Operator Services (MOP)
• Data Collection and Data Aggregation (DC/DA)
• AMR/SMETS meter installation and data provision
The purpose of this DPS is to give CPC members a compliant route to ma
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 000 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 47
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
27/03/2025
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Crescent Purchasing Consortia
Procurement House
Salford
M6 6AJ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2025