Sectors
Public sector and education
Procurement rules.Real savings.
Energy and utilities management for public bodies and schools
A public body or a school has to be able to show how a decision was reached, not only what was signed. We record every offer with the date it was received and the supplier who made it, and we write the recommendation down before anything is signed, including the reason where we do not recommend the cheapest offer.
Some supplies are already committed to a framework or an aggregated arrangement. We say plainly where we can help and where the existing route already covers the supply.
Load in an education estate drops for long periods and then returns. We price from the actual shape across term and holiday periods rather than a flat annual figure, and hold statutory reporting and certificate dates against each site.
What we are usually handed
A decision that has to be evidenced
Every offer, the date it was received and the reason for the recommendation need to be on file. We write the recommendation down, including where we do not recommend the cheapest offer.
Where we fitWe record every offer with its date and write the reasoning down before anything is signed.
Frameworks and existing routes to market
Some supplies are already committed to a framework or an aggregated arrangement. We say plainly where we can help and where the existing route already covers it.
Where we fitWe say plainly where we can help and where the existing route already covers the supply.
Term dates and holiday periods
Load in an education estate drops for long periods and then returns. We price from the actual shape rather than a flat annual figure.
Where we fitWe price from the actual load shape across term and holiday periods rather than a flat annual figure.
What we do about it
Record every offer with the date, the supplier and the rate, and keep the file complete.
Set out the reasoning for each recommendation in writing before anything is signed.
Hold statutory reporting and certificate dates against each site.
Work with existing frameworks where they already serve the supply.
Who we work withBusiness managers, estates and facilities leads, finance officers and trustees or governors.
What happens next
If you send us the details below, we run a short suitability check before anything is agreed.
Send the basics
Tell us the sector, the number of sites and what prompted the enquiry. Contract end dates and supply numbers help, but you do not need the full picture to start.
We check it sits within our scope
We confirm whether the work matches what we do and whether we have capacity to take it on properly. If it does not, we say so.
You receive a written brief
If it is suitable, we set out the work, the fee basis and the next steps in writing before any contract is signed.
You sign; we hold the supplier to account
Every supply contract stays in your name. We operate under a Level 1 Letter of Authority only, which means we cannot sign contracts on your behalf.
Questions we are asked here
The file holds every offer with its date, supplier and rate, and the written reasoning for the recommendation. It is assembled as the tender runs rather than afterwards.
Sometimes not, and we will say so. Where a framework covers a supply well we leave it there, and concentrate on the supplies outside it, on invoice validation and on the compliance dates.
From the half-hourly or interval data across a full year, so term-time and holiday periods are priced as they occur rather than averaged into one annual figure.
Evidence
Each field below is published only once the figure has been checked against the source named beside it. Where a field reads as awaiting verification, we have not yet confirmed it and we will not state it.
| Field | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Supplies under management in this sector | Internal contract register, counted at the stated date. | Awaiting verification |
| Meters with half-hourly data available | Data collector records for the supplies listed above. | Awaiting verification |
| Invoice validation coverage | Validation log, stated as a proportion of invoices checked. | Awaiting verification |
| Public sector and education tenders documented | Tender file index for the period stated. | Awaiting verification |
- Hospitality and hotelsLong operating hours and kitchen and spa plant that make load look peaky.
- Restaurants and food serviceAwaiting copy.
- Leisure and stadiumsAwaiting copy.
- Offices and multi-let buildingsLandlord and tenant supplies, service charge recovery and letting standards.
- Retail groupsMany small supplies, frequent site changes and rolling contract end dates.
- Manufacturing and industrialHalf-hourly electricity, agreed capacity and reactive power charges.
- Care homes and residential estatesContinuous load, heat networks and metering of individual dwellings.
- Charities and non-profitsTrustee oversight, restricted budgets and the VAT and levy reliefs that apply to charitable premises.