Liverpool Energy Community Company

Tender description

Liverpool City Council is seeking to procure a uniquely branded local energy supply to reduce electricity and gas fuel bills for the City's residents and to enable us to deliver innovative energy services in the future, with the intention of benefitting citizens financially together with pursuing broader environmental objectives. The Council is seeking to partner with a fully Ofgem licenced supply company which will sell gas and electricity to both residential and business customers under the Council's Liverpool Energy Community Company (LECCy) brand essentially as a \"white label\" arrangement. For the purposes of this specification, the white label will be referred to simply as \"the LECCy\". Through this arrangement the Council wants to address 3 main aims: 1. Tackling Fuel Poverty; 2. Supporting Independent Living; and 3. Supporting Businesses. The Council also has the following objectives: • To offer a lower cost than other suppliers. It is envisaged that this will be achieved through a not for profit arrangement and by minimising overheads; • To gain the innovation benefits from an early roll out of smart meters; and • To provide high quality customer care. The Authority will be conducting a bespoke competitive tender process with negotiation and is inviting suitably qualified Bidders' to submit Tender responses\" for a Licenced Energy Supply Partner - Liverpool Energy Community Company (LECCy), through meeting the scope and specification set out within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document. This procurement exercise is being conducted under the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016.