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ClosedStage · tender

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

301_26 Supply of Liquid Fuels

EnergyCPV 09000000
Value£250.0m
Deadline20 Jul 2026
Published15 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 15 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 20 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Energy Procurement Team
tenders@espo.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Refer to all instructions captured via https://www.eastmidstenders.org/

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£250.0mtotal contract value
median £600k
this tender£0£270.0m

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The brief

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector.

We are establishing a framework for the supply of liquid fuels, notably automotive fuels and heating oil.

Recognising the geographical nature of this market, ESPO will structure the framework into multiple Lots using NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes to define regional groupings across the United Kingdom.

A total of 55 Lots will be established based on these geographic regions.

Suppliers may submit bids for one, several or all Lots.

Customers will typically take delivery into their own bulk tanks however; the framework also includes a provision to offer Fuel Bunkering to support any customer seeking to purchase bulk fuel for their fuel card arrangements.

To ensure transparency and alignment with market conditions, the pricing of liquid fuels supplied under this framework will be referenced against the relevant Platts Oil Price Index (Platts), typically on a weekly lagged basis.

HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), Biodiesel and similar renewable and alternative fuels are included within the scope of this Framework to support emerging customer needs across the public sector.

Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders has been extended to 16:00 (4pm) on 20 July 2026.

To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '301_26' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).

Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

We are establishing a framework for

We are establishing a framework for the supply of liquid fuels, notably automotive fuels and heating oil.

02

Customers will typically take delivery into their

Customers will typically take delivery into their own bulk tanks however; the framework also includes a provision to offer Fuel Bunkering to support any customer seeking to purchase bulk fuel for their fuel card arrangements.

03

To ensure transparency and alignment with market

To ensure transparency and alignment with market conditions, the pricing of liquid fuels supplied under this framework will be referenced against the relevant Platts Oil Price Index (Platts), typically on a weekly lagged basis.

04

HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), Biodiesel and similar

HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil), Biodiesel and similar renewable and alternative fuels are included within the scope of this Framework to support emerging customer needs across the public sector.

05

Any questions or clarifications relating to this

Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05225c
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
066931-2026
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