FOI_26-290 Electricity and Gas contracts
Date of response: 03 November 2026
We have now considered your request of 21 October 2026 for the following information:
Under freedom of information legislation, please provide the following information about your current contracts as at the date of this request. If any of it is already published, a link is fine.
Electricity and gas
Question 1. Who is your current electricity supplier, and what are the contract start and end dates?
Our response:
Total Energy
Contract start date - 01 October 2026.
Contract end date - 30 September 2029.
Question 2. Who is your current gas supplier, and what are the contract start and end dates?
Our response:
There are two:
Sefe – 01 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
Total Energy – end date is 31st March 2027.
On this occasion it is not possible to provide all the requested information. In line with your rights under section 1(1)(a) of the Act to be informed whether information is held, we confirm that the University does not hold any recorded information for the start date of our Total Energy gas contract.
Following a thorough search of all data held associated with this contract, we were unable to locate any recorded information for the start date.
Question 3. Are the contracts fixed price or flexible?
Our response:
Flexible.
Question 4. How were they procured (direct with a supplier, through a framework or purchasing consortium, or through a broker or consultant)? Please name the framework, consortium or broker.
Our response:
Public procurement process – tender was managed by Inspired Energy plc.
Question 5. How many electricity and gas supply points (meters) do you have?
Our response:
12 electricity meters and 7 gas meters.
Metering and services
Question 6. How many of your electricity meters are half-hourly settled?
Our response:
9 electricity meters are half hourly settled.
Question 7. Who are your Meter Operator (MOP), Data Collector (DC) and Data Aggregator (DA), and when do those contracts end?
Our response:
All Stark Connect.
Contract end date is 01 May 2031.
Question 8. Do you use an energy monitoring platform or a bill validation service? If so, which provider?
Our response:
Bill validation by Inspired Energy.
Water
Question 9. Who is your water and wastewater supplier, when does the contract end, and how was it procured?
Our response:
Our supplier is Wave.
Contract end date is 31 July 2027.
Contract procured via a framework - NEPO311 Water Retail Services is a sole-supplier framework agreement for the provision of water, wastewater and ancillary services.
Responsibility
Question 10. What is the job title of the person responsible for utility procurement?
Our response:
Head of Sustainability.
Question 11. Is energy for student accommodation bought by the university, or separately by a subsidiary or accommodation provider?
Our response:
Energy for student accommodation is bought by the university.