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Electricity Supplier

Lancaster City Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 6 Oct 2026, 17:37.

Opportunity overview

The Council requires an integrated electricity arrangement incorporating: 1. supply of electricity to the Council’s corporate estate; 2. export of electricity generated from Council-owned renewable energy assets; 3. P442 matching between the Council’s import and generation portfolios; 4. optimisation of matching using additional eligible import and export volumes where Council generation and consumption do not coincide; 5. transparent identification and allocation of the resulting matching benefits; and 6. the capability to extend the arrangement to eligible domestic and commercial customers through a Community Power Club, with supply to those customers undertaken by a licensed electricity supplier.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Octopus Energy Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£3.4m
Awarded
5 Oct 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PNQQ-2593-JZCP
Location
London, UKI32, W1D 1NN, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-077cac
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Lancaster City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PTQG-8236-WVNZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTQG-8236-WVNZ

Address

Street Address
Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square
Locality
Lancaster
Postal Code
LA1 1PJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD44

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Octopus Energy Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PNQQ-2593-JZCP

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNQQ-2593-JZCP

Address

Street Address
UK House, 5th Floor, 164-182 Oxford Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1D 1NN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Electricity Supply
Status
pending
Date
6 Oct 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
09310000
Description
Electricity
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
65300000
Description
Electricity distribution and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
65310000
Description
Electricity distribution
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
71314200
Description
Energy-management services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
65400000
Description
Other sources of energy supplies and distribution

Value

Including VAT
4,080,000
Amount
3,400,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNQQ-2593-JZCP
Name
Octopus Energy Limited

Standstill Period

Ends
15 Oct 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
094413-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Oct 2026, 16:10
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
16 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lancaster · UKD44 · LA1 1PJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 091955-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 094413-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·