Online tenders: Maximum competition for the benefit of companies and municipalities.

Founded in 2008, the Hamburg-based company enPORTAL specialises in online electricity and gas tenders and has successfully established itself on the market. Today, the enPORTAL team supports companies with an annual consumption of 100,000 kWh or more as well as municipalities throughout Germany on energy procurement issues. enPORTAL offers state-of-the-art platforms for simple and cost-optimised energy procurement. The online tools from enPORTAL enable companies and larger traders to put their desired energy requirements out to tender, minimising risk surcharges and easily comparing electricity and gas prices. Finally, the contract for the best offer can be awarded conveniently online. Other advantages of an energy tender with enPORTAL: maximum competition among the participating electricity and gas suppliers thanks to a transparent bid grid aimed at comparability, considerable time savings and independence from external consultants.

Pioneer for online energy procurement

The company enPORTAL was founded in 2008 by Rainer Otto and Clemens Graf von Wedel and is considered a pioneer in online energy procurement. In addition to comprehensive expertise in the energy market, enPORTAL currently offers companies and larger traders three web tools for electricity and gas tenders. enPORTAL Full Service and enPORTAL Public have been successful on the market for years and combine the advantage of efficiency through online tendering with comprehensive support from experienced enPORTAL customer advisors. With enPORTAL Self Service the company has now introduced a third product that independently enables tenders online. "enPORTAL is the leading online platform for electricity and gas procurement for companies with a consumption of 100,000 kilowatt hours or more," says Clemens Graf von Wedel, Managing Director of enPORTAL. The offer is unique, he said, because for the first time the entire information and procurement process takes place online when purchasing energy. enPORTAL currently serves 1,457 customers with over 55,000 offtake points with an energy volume of more than 7 TWh (that's over 7 billion kWh).                        

The online products: buy energy with a click and save costs

In September 2013, enPORTAL launched its novelty enPORTAL Self Service on the market. In future, entrepreneurs will be able to reach around 500 verified electricity suppliers in Germany free of charge and without an advisor via online tendering. Customers can independently carry out the tendering process via the enPORTAL platform. "The new product enPORTAL Self Service is a significant milestone for us because it enables everyone from the managing director to the controller to become a professional for electricity purchasing very quickly. Our web tool also offers many advantages from an economic point of view, such as time and money savings. In this way, we are further expanding our lead as a pioneer in the market for energy comparison and energy purchasing," says Rainer Otto, Managing Director of enPORTAL. With the product enPORTAL Full Service customers receive comprehensive support for their energy purchases. For this purpose, they have a personal contact person from enPORTAL as well as a comprehensive information and data management tool at their disposal. The service is provided on the basis of a fixed annual fee. enPORTAL Public is the tool for professional energy purchasing for public institutions that have to tender according to VOL (Vergabe und Vertragsordnung für Lieferungen und Leistungen).