TC473 Supply of Gas

Tender description

This tender is for the establishment of a Framework for the supply of gas to all Manchester City Council operational building stock, plus associated gas supplies to all Manchester schools, and to affiliated independent organisations that secure their gas through the City Council. This framework is open to and may be used by other Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), and Manchester Partners - this includes the following Councils, Bolton, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Trafford, Rochdale, Bury, Salford, Wigan, Blackburn Darwen BC, Blackpool, Cheshire East, Warrington, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Commission for New Economy, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE),Greater Manchester Transport Unit, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Integrated Transport Authority. All other Schools and Public sector bodies may use this framework. Currently, the following authorities utilise the framework: Manchester City Council. Salford City Council. Bolton Council. Lot 1: Main - 110m kWh For Lot 1 all procurement decisions (i.e. time to market) are made by Manchester City Council directly. Any schools / associated sites that are within these Lot(s) have already given Manchester City Council delegated authority to act on their behalf. Lot 2: Non-mainstream independent supplies - 24m kWh Lot 2 is for autonomous bodies that make procurement decisions independently of MCC. They use Manchester City Council to facilitate their competitive procurement exercises but will ultimately contract directly with the supplier and be the ultimate decision maker.