The Supply of Mains Metered Electricity and Natural Gas to Sites Throughout the UK

Descriptions

Transport UK Holdings Limited (TUK) wish to undertake a group procurement exercise to explore the benefits of aggregating the mains metered electricity and natural gas volumes of Abellio East Anglia Limited, Abellio East Midlands Limited and West Midlands Trains Limited (TOCs) under a single approach to the supply market. TUK will not directly enter into supply contracts and the legal entities for any resultant contract(s) awarded will be the following TUK owned TOCs:1. Abellio East Anglia Limited2. Abellio East Midlands Limited3. West Midlands Trains LimitedThe estimated annual consumption aggregated over all three TOCs is as follows:Half Hourly Electricity - 38 GWhNon-Half Hourly Electricity - 6 GWhNatural Gas - 20 GWhThe Contract duration will be for a minimum period of 6-months commencing 1st April 2024.Prices for 12-month and 24-month Contract durations will also be requested.Subject to any changes notified to Bidders in accordance with the Tender Conditions, the following indicative timescales shall apply to this Procurement Process. The activities and dates outlined below are for information purposes only and may be subject to change.Publication of Tender Opportunity - 26/01/2024Deadline for submission of Clarification Requests - 16:00 hrs on 12/02/2024Final date for response to Clarification Requests - 16:00 hrs on 16/02/2024Closing date for submission of Tender Proposals - 16:00 hrs on 26/02/2024Issue of Notifications of Contract Award(s) and Commencement of Standstill Period - 08/03/2024End of Standstill Period - 18/03/2024Commencement of Contract(s) - 01/04/2024The criteria for Bidder selection will be the most economically advantageous tender taking into account compliance to the specification requirement together with service support package. Further information is available within the Tender documents.