So the council is tendering for a single electricity supplier to...

So the council is tendering for a single electricity supplier to bundle up and supply all their small to medium buildings. I assume the tenderers will be able to offer a discounted unit rate of electricity supplied. Nothing new about that.

Assuming this tender is linked to the companies recent announcement, why would the council even consider a tender that will be multiple times more expensive, from a company that is borderline bankrupt, with a product that has been a commercial failure? I strongly doubt any council would accept such a risk when it can choose from multiple standard electricity suppliers to award the contract too.

Only a donkey would bite at the plastic carrot being dangled at mug shareholders. The directors are all drawing very nice salaries from their only source of revenue, shareholders funds. The gravy train will continue to roll as long as people hand over their hard earned spare cash.