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City College Plymouth

City College Plymouth – Electricity & Gas Fixed Supply Products October 2026

EnergyCPV 09123000
Value£2.7m
Deadline4 Sept 2026
Published21 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 21 Aug 202612 days leftCloses 4 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Adam Baker
abaker@cityplym.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.mytenders.co.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£2.7mtotal contract value
median £600k
this tender£0£31.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Petroleum, Fuel & Energy Products band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 3,437 valued Petroleum, Fuel & Energy Products tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

City College Plymouth has published 139 notices across all categories, and 23% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Through this tender, the College is seeking to appoint a reliable and experienced energy supplier(s) capable of supporting a multi-site portfolio with varied consumption profiles.

Tenderers are expected to demonstrate competitive pricing, high-quality account management, robust and accurate billing, and a proactive approach to risk management and sustainability, aligning with the College’s operational and environmental objectives.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Tenderers are expected to demonstrate competitive pricing

Tenderers are expected to demonstrate competitive pricing, high-quality account management, robust and accurate billing, and a proactive approach to risk management and sustainability, aligning with the College’s operational and environmental objectives.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e9ad
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079949-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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