28-32 Flexible Procurement and Supply of Gas and/or Electricity

This lot covers the flexible procurement and supply of electricity to metered (Half Hourly and Non-Half Hourly) and unmetered supply sites across approximately 200 public sector Participating Authorities. Scope of supply: Electricity procurement and supply including wholesale market access, flexible trading strategies, and portfolio management services for both Managed Service and Procurement Only Service Option (POSO) arrangements. Indicative volumes: Approximately 2.4 TWh annually across circa 63,500 supply points, including schools, universities, police and fire stations, civic centres, housing portfolios, health trusts, and leisure centres. Volumes are indicative only and not guaranteed. Metering and data services: Provision or accommodation of Meter Operation, Data Collection, and Data Aggregation services, working with both supplier-appointed and Participating Authority-nominated agents. Suppliers must support Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) and future regulatory changes. Additional services may include: Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) - physical, virtual, and sleeved arrangements REGO-backed supply and renewable energy procurement Demand-side response services Access to intraday electricity markets (e.g., N2EX) Small generation opportunities (Smart Export Guarantee, Feed-in Tariff) Net zero and decarbonisation solutions Flexible billing arrangements compatible with the Contracting Authority's systems

This lot covers the flexible procurement and supply of natural gas to Daily Metered (DM) and Non-Daily Metered (NDM) sites across approximately 200 public sector Participating Authorities. Scope of supply: Natural gas procurement and supply including wholesale market access, flexible trading strategies, and portfolio management services for both Managed Service and Procurement Only Service Option (POSO) arrangements. Indicative volumes: Approximately 4.2 TWh annually across circa 17,000 supply points, serving schools, universities, police and fire stations, civic centres, housing portfolios, health trusts, and leisure centres. Volumes are indicative only and not guaranteed. Metering and data services: Provision or accommodation of meter reading services and AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) for profile classes, working with both supplier-appointed and Participating Authority-nominated agents. Additional services may include: Gas Purchase Agreements (GPAs) - for renewable gas sources Sleeved gas transactions from third-party sources Biomethane Certificates (BMCs) and Green Gas certification Hydrogen mix certificate schemes (anticipating future grid injection) Support for net zero decarbonisation goals Flexible billing arrangements compatible with the Contracting Authority's systems Load shaping and imbalance management

This lot establishes a panel of specialist providers offering innovative services that support renewable energy generation and electricity flexibility for public sector organisations. Services may be provided alongside or independently of electricity supply contracts under Lot 1. The electricity market is undergoing significant transformation. This lot enables access to evolving flexibility and renewable energy solutions, with suppliers expected to develop their offerings throughout the framework term as market opportunities emerge. Services include: Flexibility Market Facilitators: Advising and/or facilitating public sector electricity assets to provide grid services including network flexibility auctions, Capacity Market participation, battery operation, Virtual Lead Party services (P415), wholesale market arbitrage, demand/generation control, Virtual Power Plant platforms, and asset aggregation. Power Purchase Agreements: Licensed suppliers offering PPAs for generators with fixed price, flexible sale, index-linked (e.g. N2EX), or system price options. Wholesale Energy Trading Alternatives: Solutions optimising locality and temporal matching of generation/demand, local energy markets, prosumer portfolio management, Complex Site Classes (P441), supply exemptions (P442), granular REGO matching, and financial hedging instruments. Dynamic Electricity Tariffs: Licensed suppliers offering tariffs utilizing wholesale market, network pricing, or settlement signals to incentivize demand adjustment, load shifting, EV charging optimization, and behind-the-meter battery control. Intermediary PPA Providers: Licensed suppliers acting as single offtaker for multiple renewable generators, packaging intermittent output into tradable blocks for on-supply to multiple end-user suppliers. Balancing Services: Independent providers offering chargeable shaping and balancing services across import/export portfolios, settling with licensed suppliers or via the Contracting Authority. Call-offs will be made via direct award or mini-competition based on Participating Authority requirements. Estimated project values vary from advisory services to substantial commercial arrangements. Please note that the estimated value of this Lot is an indicative estimate only. Lot 3 is a call-off framework for project-based innovation services where demand is uncertain and will be driven by individual Participating Authority net zero programmes and market opportunities.