Decision Maker: Chief Finance Officer (S151)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Council have been using the services of
Laser Energy Buying Group since 2011 to purchase the Council's
energy requirements.
The approach to buying energy via Laser has proven over the years
to mitigate the risk of commodity price increases.
The purpose of this report is to notify the decision to award
contracts
To approve the Council to sign up to the Laser
Call Off Contract that covers the procurement and supply of Half
Hourly (HH), Non Half Hourly (NHH), Metered and Unmetered
Electricity with Meter Operations and Additional Services for the
period October 2020 to September 2024.
This will result in separate contracts being awarded as
follows:
(1)Award a contract for the supply of Gas to Total Gas
Option 1 - DBC carry out there own energy
tender - all evidence suggests that collaborative procurements for
commodities deliver better outcomes .
Option 2 - Use another collaborative energy framework agreement -
the Laser framework regularly delivers the best savings.
Publication date: 22/10/2019
Date of decision: 18/10/2019