Sheffield City Council (SCC) recently made the decision to move to a long-term trading strategy for both gas and electricity to help negate the fluctuations in market commodity prices and has decided to offer schools the opportunity to align with the Council’s procurement strategy.
The Council’s energy procurement strategy was presented to the Schools Forum in September 2022 and the recommendation from Schools Forum is that schools sign up to the council’s Energy Package.
SCC signed up to a long-term purchasing strategy via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework for both gas and electricity supply to its corporate and housing estate. The decision followed a benchmarking exercise undertaken by the Councils Commercial Team. Crown Commercial Service are the largest public procurement organisation in the UK and offer a compliant route to market. This long-term purchasing strategy is referred to as the V30 basket. This means a long-term commitment of 42 months as CCS (on SCC’s behalf) purchase energy over a prolonged period to level out any peaks in the market. With no sign that there is to be any sustained balancing on the market and energy supplies susceptible to global pressures outside our control this is seen as the Council’s best/preferred option moving forwards.
Options available to schools - please inform us by completing the following questionnaire