AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Bristol City Council terminated its procurement for an Energy Supply Demand Pool Manager. The termination notice states that none of the Stage 1 bids could proceed to Stage 2, so no supplier was awarded and no contract is evidenced.
Published outcomeCancelled before award: the sole published award record is marked cancelled.
Market significanceThe requirement concerned management of the demand side of a sleeved electricity supply arrangement intended to support locally generated zero-carbon electricity and reduce wholesale-market exposure. The published ceiling was £33,000,000 gross, but this was not an awarded contract value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Current procurement outcome
99% confidenceCancelled
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The termination notice records award ID 1 with status 'cancelled'; tender status is 'complete'.
Termination reason
99% confidenceNo Stage 1 bids were proceedable to Stage 2
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Award status details: "Of the 'Stage 1' bids received, none were proceedable to 'Stage 2' of the tender process."
Termination final-status date
98% confidence15 October 2026
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Award 1 finalStatusDate: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published maximum procurement value
94% confidence£33,000,000 gross
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Process value_max is 33000000 GBP and value_basis is gross.
Awarded contract value
99% confidenceUnknown; no value was published for the cancelled award
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Award 1 has no value amount, and the procurement was terminated.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
98% confidence27 June 2026
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Release history records tender notice 060552-2026 dated 2026-06-27T13:37:19+01:00.
Submission deadline
98% confidence25 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline: 2026-08-25T12:00:00+01:00.
Termination notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Termination notice 097764-2026 was published at 2026-10-16T10:19:02+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceDemand Pool Manager for the demand side of Bristol City Council's sleeved electricity supply arrangement
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Process description identifies a Demand Pool Manager to operate the demand side of the sleeved pool arrangement.
Intended policy and commercial context
97% confidenceLocally generated zero-carbon electricity, support for net-zero ambitions, and reduced exposure to wholesale-market volatility
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These aims are stated in the process description.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot (Lot 1)
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Tender details contain one lot with ID 1; cancelled award 1 relates to Lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
98% confidenceOpen
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Process procurement_method is 'open'.
Procedure detail
98% confidenceCompetitive flexible procedure
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Process procurement_method_details is 'Competitive flexible procedure'.
Published competition outcome
99% confidenceStage 1 bids were received, but none could proceed to Stage 2
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Termination reason in award status details.
Bid count and evaluation results
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceNo concluded or active contract evidenced
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The only award record is cancelled and no supplier, contract dates, or award value are published.
Contract start and end dates
99% confidenceUnknown
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are blank; the procurement was cancelled.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-to-market implication
93% confidenceThe published requirement did not progress beyond Stage 1; any future requirement would require a new or re-run procurement notice.
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The termination notice says no Stage 1 bids were proceedable to Stage 2, and the tender is complete/cancelled.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe £33,000,000 figure is a published maximum for the procurement, not a supplier award or contract commitment.
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Process-level value_max is £33,000,000, while the cancelled award has no value.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Cancellation status
99% confidenceHigh-confidence termination evidence
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A Find a Tender UK12 procurement termination notice was published, and the sole award is explicitly cancelled.
Award data availability
99% confidenceNo awarded supplier, award date, or individual award value was published
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Award 1 contains null award date and value; suppliers array is empty.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description, or value
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Lot 1 fields for title, description and value are blank.
Information not supplied in the published notice
99% confidenceNo bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown, contract term, or extension information is available
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These fields are absent from the supplied process, award, and lot data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No supplier was identified because the procurement was cancelled; no supplier award can be reported.
- No awarded contract value, award date, start date, end date, duration, or extension terms were published.
- The published £33,000,000 gross maximum is a process-level ceiling, not an awarded value.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description, or individual value.
- Bid numbers, evaluation criteria, scores, and pricing information were not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Bristol City CouncilEnergy Supply Demand Pool ManagerDemand Pool Managersleeved electricity supplyprocurement cancellationFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Was a supplier awarded the Bristol City Council Demand Pool Manager contract?
No. The published termination notice records the sole award as cancelled and names no supplier.
Why was the procurement cancelled?
The notice states that none of the Stage 1 bids received were proceedable to Stage 2.
What was the published value of the opportunity?
The process listed a maximum gross value of £33,000,000. This was not an awarded contract value.
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