Decision details

Date of Decision:

14^th December 2022

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Paul Woodcock, Strategic Director

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Contract Standing Orders; Section 41.2:

In relation to their Directorates, each Strategic Director has a general power to make council contracts, including the power to determine select lists of tenderers, to accept tenders and to award contracts.

Brief Description of Decision:

Rotherham MBC to enter into a direct award with nPower Business Solutions for the supply of electricity and ancillary services via the YPO Supply of Electricity and Ancillary Services Framework.

Reasons for the Decision:

This is a compliant route to market with the Public Contract Regulation 2015.  The contract is time sensitive to enable the electricity wholesale trading to take place prior to the contract renewal on the 1^st April 2023.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Other routes to market that have been identified but not recommended at this stage are:

·        There are other frameworks such as CCS, ESPO, NEPO – these all offer a similar offering to YPO but more detailed work is required to better understand what differentiates them from each other and to benchmark and determine whether there are financial benefits.

·        Energy brokers – it is believed that due to the scale of the procurement that is undertaken by the Council this option would not be suitable and has been discounted.

·        Carry out our own procurement – this is a possibility but would require additional staffing/expertise and wouldn’t offer the same level of flexibility in procurement options that deliver additional savings to the Authority.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

It is confirmed that there are no known conflicts of interest (personal or financial) with any of the individuals involved in the development of this tender and any potential tenderers in this field who may submit a bid. 

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

22-166 Elect Supply Contract Procurement Business Case