Purpose

Tendring District Council (TDC) has purchased
their liquid fuels, Heating Oil, via a framework that ESPO tender
(based on regions of which we are included in the Eastern Region
award). The existing contract ended on 17 August 2024.
Heating Oil is purchased for the following Council buildings:
•Jaywick Enterprise Centre- Kerosene
•Clacton Leisure Centre – Heating Oil
A new ESPO framework had been awarded to enable the Council to
continue to purchase its fuel oils within this wider regional
framework approach.
The initial decision Award of Contract for the Supply of Fuel Oils
(https://tdc-mgov-prd-01.tendringdc.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=10036)

commenced on the 1 October 2022 and was in place until 17 August
2024, with the option to extend to 17 August 2026.
Prices are quoted by various suppliers on the ESPO Framework, so it
is a straightforward process to identify the supplier offering the
most competitive prices for the two fuels we purchase as
highlighted above. As such, this decision is to extent the contract
until 17 August 2026. The ESPO framework and its costs were
reviewed as part of this decision and both suppliers continue to
provide value for money.
The prices quoted are ‘margin’ prices over the current
market price along with a small load premium that reflects the
quantity of fuel oil purchased at any one time.

Content

To extend until 17 August 2026 the contract
for the Heating Oil Class D supply contract with Rix Petroleum
(Hull) Ltd and the Kerosene contract to Certas Energy UK Ltd, in
accordance with the associated ESPO Framework Agreement.