LASER Energy

What LASER Energy does

LASER Energy is a UK-based energy procurement and energy management solutions provider that operates exclusively for the public sector. Established in 1989 by Kent County Council as the energy division of Commercial Services Group, the company is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent Ltd (Reg No. 5858177), wholly-owned by Kent County Council and headquartered in West Malling. LASER creates and manages procurement frameworks compliant with the UK's Public Contracts Regulations 2015, enabling public sector bodies to award contracts directly to pre-approved suppliers without separate tendering. It serves 200+ public sector bodies including 100+ local authorities, NHS Trusts, schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, blue light services (police, fire, ambulance), and higher education institutions, with 85,000+ end users receiving energy through its contracts and over £1.5 billion in energy purchased annually on customer behalf.

The company's core product set comprises energy procurement frameworks (electricity, gas, water, liquid fuels, and metering), net zero consultancy (carbon footprint calculation, net zero roadmaps, site decarbonisation surveys, and Display Energy Certificates/Energy Performance Certificates), renewable energy services (Power Purchase Agreement advisory and generation business case modelling, including management of Kent County Council's 39,000-panel Bowerhouse II solar farm), and net zero technology frameworks (LED lighting, Solar PV, and a Dynamic Purchasing System with 96+ approved suppliers). Underlying technology includes the Energy Bureau online portal for real-time consumption monitoring, billing validation, budget reporting, and carbon footprint tracking, plus a dedicated energy trading team that actively monitors global markets and offers flexible procurement baskets (Purchase in Advance, Purchase within a Period, and a Signal basket for algorithmic trading). Revenue is generated through supplier management fees, framework participation fees, Energy Bureau subscriptions, and project-based consultancy fees, delivered via direct enterprise field sales with a small leadership team spanning operations, sales and marketing, and customer experience.

Go-to-market is exclusively direct B2B enterprise sales to UK public bodies, supported by content marketing (blogs, case studies, whitepapers), LinkedIn engagement, webinars, and supplier co-marketing. Pricing is quote-based, not publicly disclosed, and structured around multi-year framework agreements with optional bundled fully managed services or a self-service procurement-only option. Distribution is single-country (UK), leveraging the contracting authority status of its Kent County Council parent to bypass fragmented public sector procurement processes. The company employs 51–100 people and has 30+ years of operating history with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A, or external investors.

Name

LASER Energy

Legal name

Commercial Services Kent Ltd

Website

https://laserenergy.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LASER Energy, a trading style of Commercial Services Kent Ltd wholly-owned by Kent County Council, provides energy procurement, energy management, and net zero consultancy services to UK public sector bodies through compliant procurement frameworks serving 200+ organisations and 85,000+ end users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Energy Procurement Services

akta.pro primary industry

Decarbonization Strategy & Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) Advisory (EUABAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH)

Keywords

• Energy procurement services
• Public sector energy
• Carbon reduction solutions
• Net zero consultancy
• Energy management bureau

Headquarters

HQ city

West Malling

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Energy Procurement Frameworks: Manages procurement of gas, electricity, and water for public sector bodies through compliant frameworks. Generates revenue through management fees charged to suppliers and participating organisations. Public sector bodies join frameworks and benefit from aggregated buying power while LASER earns fees for procurement services and ongoing account management.
2. Net Zero Frameworks (LED, Solar PV, DPS): Provides compliant procurement routes for energy-efficient technologies and net zero solutions. Revenue generated through framework management fees from approved suppliers. Includes LED lighting installations, solar PV systems, and comprehensive net zero DPS framework with 96+ vetted suppliers.
3. Energy Management Bureau Services: Billing validation, query management, and portfolio reporting services. Fully managed service includes invoice validation, supplier coordination, budget reporting, and access to customer portal. Revenue from service fees bundled into fully managed service contracts.
4. Net Zero Consultancy: Advisory services including carbon footprint calculation, net zero roadmaps, site decarbonisation surveys, and area-wide emissions studies. Revenue from project-based consultancy fees.
5. Power Purchase Agreement Management: Facilitates Corporate and Utility Power Purchase Agreements for renewable energy procurement and trading. Manages one of the largest council-owned solar farms in UK (Bowerhouse II, 39,000 panels). Revenue from trading fees and asset management services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LASER Energy is a UK public sector decarbonisation and energy services provider that delivers compliant procurement frameworks for electricity, gas, water, and liquid fuels; net zero consultancy (roadmaps, site decarbonisation surveys, energy compliance certificates); renewable energy services (Power Purchase Agreement facilitation, renewable generation business case support); and net zero technology frameworks (LED lighting, Solar PV, broader Dynamic Purchasing System). All services are designed for UK public sector organisations and accessed via compliant frameworks under Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Product overview

LASER Energy operates as a public sector energy procurement and carbon reduction specialist, offering a suite of procurement frameworks and consultancy services. The core offering consists of energy procurement frameworks for electricity, gas, and water (including metering services) with both fixed and flexible purchasing options. Complementing procurement are net zero consultancy services including carbon footprint calculation, net zero roadmaps, site decarbonisation surveys, and energy compliance certificates. The net zero frameworks portfolio provides compliant routes to LED lighting, Solar PV, and broader technological solutions through a Dynamic Purchasing System. Renewable energy services include Power Purchase Agreement guidance and renewable generation business case modelling. Energy management is supported through Bureau services providing online portals and analytical reporting. All services are designed for UK public sector organisations and delivered through compliant procurement frameworks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity and Gas Frameworks Procurement frameworks providing fixed and flexible purchasing options for electricity and gas supply, enabling UK public sector bodies to secure contracts through aggregated buying baskets and algorithmic trading.
• Water Framework Compliant procurement framework for water and sewerage services providing access to vetted water suppliers with benchmarking, bill validation, and leak detection services.
• Energy Management Services Comprehensive energy portfolio management including invoice validation, supplier coordination, budget reporting, and access to an online customer portal for consumption tracking.
• Net Zero Roadmap Strategic consultancy service that calculates carbon footprint baselines, develops reduction scenarios with financial modelling, and creates tailored carbon descent plans to guide organisations toward net zero targets.
• Site Decarbonisation Survey On-site assessment identifying low-cost energy efficiency measures, heat decarbonisation opportunities, and recommendations for technologies including heat pumps, solar, LED lighting, and building fabric upgrades.
• Energy Certificates and Compliance Production of Display Energy Certificates (DECs), Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), MEES compliance support, and ESOS energy audits by in-house accredited surveyors.
• Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) Expert guidance on Utility/Merchant PPAs for selling renewable power and Corporate PPAs for buying renewable energy, with full procurement and trading support.
• Renewable Energy Generation Business case modelling and financial analysis for organisations considering owning or investing in renewable generation assets, including ownership structure options and development planning.
• LED Lighting Framework Procurement framework (Y24011) for LED lighting supply, installation, or combined delivery with Department for Education accreditation and up to 70% energy savings.
• Solar PV Framework Comprehensive solar procurement framework (Y24013) covering panel supply, installation, specialist systems (carports, EV charge points, battery storage), and PPA funding options.
• Net Zero DPS Framework Dynamic Purchasing System (Y21009) providing access to vetted specialists for net zero consultancy, site surveys, and technological solutions delivery across 96 approved suppliers.
• Liquid Fuels Framework Procurement framework (Y24005) for liquid fuels including heating and transport fuels, with access to carbon offsetting, tank monitoring, and maintenance services.
• Metering Services Framework Framework (Y24009) for gas, electricity, and water metering services covering installation, maintenance, and repair from vetted suppliers.
• Bureau Service Online energy management portal providing consumption monitoring, benchmarking, budget reporting, and carbon data analysis with over 10 years of service delivery experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• LED lighting reduces lighting electricity usage by up to 70%
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, standard and minor.

• Welsh Government Procurement Delivery BranchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated to create the 'Welsh Basket' shared energy procurement strategy for Welsh public sector bodies. The strategy includes procuring energy from Welsh renewable assets, collaborative purchasing to improve economies of scale, and traceable power purchase agreements to demonstrate renewable energy adoption progress. Aims to lower procurement costs and support Welsh public sector journey to Net Zero.
• Kent County CouncilcoreOthersParent organisation that established LASER as the energy division of Commercial Services Group in 1989. Kent County Council is the contracting authority for all LASER procurement frameworks. LASER is a company wholly-owned by Kent County Council.
• 7 Force Commercial ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLASER submitted a customized proposal to the 7 Force Commercial Services regional 'Sustainability and Decarbonisation' taskforce. The collaboration resulted in standardised individual reports at reduced cost per report for Essex and Kent Fire Services. Presented a unified sustainability voice and developed a single roadmap to achieve net zero for participating police and fire organisations.
• TotalEnergiesmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership through Electricity Flexible Procurement Framework (2024-2028). Joint TotalEnergies & LASER Community Fund Competition awarding £6,500 to community projects. TotalEnergies supplies electricity on LASER's flex framework (first place supplier).
• npower Business SolutionsmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborative social value initiatives including energy education workshops in schools with Energy Sparks charity. Framework supplier for electricity (first place on Y22009 framework). Joint support for food banks through Social Value plan as part of 2024-2028 Electricity Flexible Procurement Framework.
• EDF EnergystandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApproved supplier on LASER's Electricity Flex 2024-2028 Framework (Y22009) for the supply of electricity to public sector customers.
• SSEstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApproved supplier on LASER's Electricity Flex 2024-2028 Framework (Y22009). Also secondary supplier for PPA and innovative funding arrangements on Solar PV Framework (Y24013).
• Corona EnergystandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApproved supplier on LASER's Gas Flex 2024-2028 Framework (Y22008) for daily metered and non-daily metered gas supplies.
• Wave UtilitiesstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApproved supplier for Water Metering Services (LOT 3) on LASER's Metering Framework (Y24009) providing AMR provision and Fix and Find water leakage services.
• Water PlusstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApproved supplier for Water Metering Services (LOT 3) on LASER's Metering Framework (Y24009).
• Edmundson Electrical LtdstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary supplier for Solar PV Framework (Y24013) LOT 1 - Supply of solar panels and associated equipment. National coverage with 10-year product warranty on inverters and 25-year solar panel warranty.
• EvoEnergystandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary installer for Solar PV Framework (Y24013) LOT 2 and primary supplier for LOT 3 (Supply and installation). MCS accredited installers.
• Two Blues SolarstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary supplier for Solar PV Framework (Y24013) LOT 5 - PPA and innovative funding arrangements. Third party funding solutions to finance equipment and installation without capital expenditure.
• Energy SparksminorOthersEducation charity partnered with LASER and npower Business Solutions to deliver energy workshops to schools. Part of social value initiative for schools in communities served by LASER customers.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• EDF Energy: Major UK energy supplier and approved supplier on LASER's Electricity Flex 2024-2028 Framework. While a partner today, EDF's scale and direct relationships with public sector buyers make it a broader competitive threat.
• SSE Energy Solutions: Major UK energy utility with business energy supply, solar PV, and energy services arms that compete with LASER's procurement, solar PV, and PPA offerings across the public sector.
• TotalEnergies UK: Major UK energy supplier and first-place partner on LASER's 2024-2028 Electricity Flexible Procurement Framework. As a global energy major with direct public sector relationships, it represents a broader incumbent competitive force.
• Centrica / British Gas Business: Largest UK energy supplier offering business energy procurement, energy management, and net zero advisory services. Represents a broader incumbent threat with deeper capital resources and direct public sector supply contracts.

Direct peers

• Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO): Public sector buying organisation owned by local authorities, offering procurement frameworks including energy. Directly comparable to LASER in model (local authority owned, framework-based) and target market.
• Crown Commercial Service: UK government-run procurement agency providing energy and net zero frameworks to the public sector. Directly competes with LASER for the same council, NHS, and central government customers, but operates at scale backed by HM Government.
• PAGABO: UK public sector framework provider covering construction, facilities management, and increasingly net zero/energy. Competes with LASER for council procurement frameworks and public sector contract management.
• Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO): Public sector cooperative purchasing organisation providing energy and net zero frameworks to UK councils and schools. Closely mirrors LASER's local-authority-owned model and customer base.
• Matrix SCM: UK-based energy management and procurement consultancy serving corporate and public sector clients. Comparable to LASER's Energy Bureau service and consultancy offerings, with similar energy procurement framework model.
• NHS Shared Business Services: Joint venture between the Department of Health and Social Care and Sopra Steria, providing procurement and framework services to NHS Trusts. Competes with LASER for NHS energy and net zero framework contracts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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