You asked

Please would you provide me with the following information:

  1. Who, in your organisation, is responsible for deciding how your energy is bought? Please provide the full name, title, email address and telephone number.

  2. For each of these commodities – electricity, gas and water – please can you answer the following questions:

What is your current contract term – start date (DD/MM/YYYY) to end date (DD/MM/YYYY)?

Do you have any options to extend? If so, what are they?

What is your termination notice period?

Who is your supplier?

How many meters do you have?

What is your annual spend?

What is your consumption?

Do you currently procure your energy through a framework/PBO (Public Buying Organisation)? If so, which one?

Do you use a consultancy to facilitate your energy procurement? If so, who?

Are you happy with your supplier?

Are you happy with your PBO?

Are you happy with your consultancy?

What do you think makes a good Supplier?

What do you think makes a good PBO?

We said

Thank you for your query.

We operate across three main sites -

  1. Drummond Gate, Pimlico, London

  2. Titchfield, Hampshire

  3. Newport, South Wales

We have split our costs across the three sites for your ease of understanding.

The water "contracts" do not have start or end date. These were not tendered, as there are only one supplier available in each region.

Details regarding the person responsible for deciding how energy is bought have been withheld as personal information under s.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If you would like further information regarding energy utilities contracts, then please use the following email address ONS.procurement@ons.gov.uk.