WINDSOR, England, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Centrica has been named by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as
a supplier on its Demand Side Response framework (RM 3792), designed to financially incentivise
customers to lower or shift their electricity use at peak
times.
The three-year framework agreement names Centrica as one of six
suppliers of demand side response services that could help large
energy users such as hospitals to access new revenue streams while
supporting grid stability.
Under the Demand Side Response framework, Centrica's Distributed
Energy and Power business will develop asset optimisation
strategies for buyers to generate savings and efficiencies by
limiting the use of non-essential equipment at peak periods, using
back-up generation to generate their power, and selling it back to
the grid when it's not needed.
Ian Hopkins, Distributed Energy
Sales Director at Centrica said: "We've been working with a number
of hospitals on major programmes to overhaul their energy assets so
we're delighted to be included on this framework agreement, which
will allow users to take their energy management to the next
level."
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to
achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and
services.
Government bodies and departments that will be able to use the
framework agreement include the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of
Justice, Department for Work and Pensions, Transport for
London, NHS England and Scottish
Procurement, among others.
Under the framework, public procurement of demand side response
energy has been made fast and simple. Rather than holding
procurement exercises, government and public-sector organisations
simply need to identify their requirements, present them to those
on the framework and award a contract to the supplier that provides
best value.
To win a place on the framework agreement Centrica had to
demonstrate its expertise and meet exacting 'best in class'
criteria around areas such as quality and environmental
accreditation, transparency of pricing, cybersecurity and
insurance.
Notes to editors:
- Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an Executive Agency of the
Cabinet Office, supporting the public sector to achieve maximum
commercial value when procuring common goods and services.
- To find out more about CCS, visit http://www.gov.uk/ccs. Follow
CCS on Twitter @gov_procurement and on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/company/2827044
About Centrica:
- Centrica is an international energy and services company. Our
purpose is to provide energy and services to satisfy the changing
needs of our customers.
- Our Distributed Energy & Power business has been
established to help businesses and other large energy users to take
control of their energy, providing commercial and industrial
customers with end-to-end services - from insight to optimisation
and solutions.
- Our two global divisions, Centrica Consumer and Centrica
Business, supply energy and energy-related services to over 27
million customer accounts in the UK, Ireland and North
America, through strong brands such as British Gas, Direct
Energy and Bord Gáis Energy. They do this with the support of
12,000 engineers and technicians.