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Published 19 Nov 2025, 11:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

24/033 - Qualification System for the provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services for South West Scotland Onshore System (SWSOS)

Authority: Gas Networks Ireland

Two-stageWorksNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline 20 Nov 203512:00 GMT · 3,310 days left
Contract term 10 yrsends 20 Nov 2035 · starts 20 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

GNI and GNI (UK) are seeking experienced EPCS contractors to deliver a series of critical infrastructure upgrades as part of the SWSOS Decarbonisation Programme, a cornerstone of our commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050. This tender covers multiple work packages, including the design, procurement, construction, and integration of new electric drive compressor halls across operational sites in Scotland. The successful contractor will manage complex interfaces between new and existing assets, ensuring seamless integration of mechanical, electrical, and control systems, while adhering to stringent cybersecurity and safety standards. This initiative represents a strategic investment in sustainable energy infrastructure and offers an opportunity to collaborate on projects of significant scale and impact within a multinational framework.

SCOPE OF REQUIREMENTS:

The scope of this tender encompasses overall project management and delivery across multiple work packages, including but not limited to the following:

  • Detailed Design Procurement

o Procurement of detailed design for new compressor halls, based on the GNI suite of functional specifications.

  • Materials Procurement

o Mechanical materials: high-pressure pipework, valves, and fittings.

o Electrical materials: interconnecting cabling and junction boxes.

o Instrumentation materials: transmitters and data cabling.

Note: The second-stage tender process (CFC) will confirm the final requirements and clarify the full scope boundaries for the electric motor drive (EMD) package and the contractor's scope.

  • Construction Activities

o Construction of new compressor halls.

o Completion of all civil works, including excavations, foundations, structural steel, compressor foundations, and ancillary electrical buildings.

o Installation of interconnecting pipework, electrical and control cabling, and junction boxes.

  • Integration and System Tie-ins

o Integration of new electric drive compressors into the existing fleet of gas turbines.

o Mechanical, electrical, and control system tie-ins at operational compressor stations across GNI UK sites in Scotland.

  • Security and Cybersecurity

o Installation of security systems and implementation of cybersecurity controls in line with GNI specifications.

  • Testing and Commissioning

o Full responsibility for FAT and SAT activities.

o Commissioning and start-up of all new systems.

Additional Scope Notes:

  • GNI may procure electric motor drive (EMD) packages separately.
  • GNI will manage all permitting and planning permissions.
  • GNI will separately upgrade incoming site electrical supply to power the new EMD packages.

Indicative EPCS Scope Boundary: The EPCS scope is envisaged to cover all elements required for the delivery of an electric drive compressor station as outlined above.

A more detailed scope is provided within the Appendices of the Qualification System Questionnaire documents.

CPV: Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction materials and associated items · Construction work for gas pipelines · Construction work for oil and gas pipelines · Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry · Electric motors, generators and transformers · Engineering services · Engineering works and construction works · Gas supply mains construction work · Project-design services other than for construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Gas Networks Ireland buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up

Gas Networks Ireland has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=591
—66%

Across this market, small firms won 66% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=716
—60%

Across this market, 60% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=111
—41 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 41 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=864
—34%

Across this market, at least 34% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo bid counts published
The market185 lots with bid counts · CPV 4523 · UK-wide
12% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid12%
Market: 22 of 185 lots with published bid counts.
2–337%
Market: 68 of 185 lots with published bid counts.
4–630%
Market: 56 of 185 lots with published bid counts.
7+21%
Market: 39 of 185 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market165 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4523 · UK-wide
45% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate45%
Market: 74 of 165 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%34%
Market: 56 of 165 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21%
Market: 35 of 165 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 4523120 monthsEstimate not published

The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.

Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

4expected bids8% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 4,452
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid8%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 8%. This is a forecast.
2–348%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 48%. This is a forecast.
4–625%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 25%. This is a forecast.
7+20%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 20%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.
SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
3 panel places
£38m19 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago2 live · £6.9m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=5
17 panel places
£659m18 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £9.9m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=9
£62m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months agoNone on fileat estimate n=3
£36m2 awards in 36m · last 5 months agoNone on file9% below n=2
£58m3 awards in 36m · last 5 months agoNone on fileat estimate n=1
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Requests to participate open
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Nov 2025, 11:31 GMT
Last source update
19 Nov 2025, 11:31 GMT
Authority reference
24/033
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075148
Classification (CPV)
Construction consultancy servicesConstruction management servicesConstruction materials and associated itemsConstruction work for gas pipelinesConstruction work for oil and gas pipelinesConstruction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industryElectric motors, generators and transformersEngineering servicesEngineering works and construction worksGas supply mains construction work
+1 moreProject-design services other than for construction work
Delivery area
Ireland (IE)Scotland (UKM)Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e433 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Language: EN
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
20 Nov 2035, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Nov 2025 → 20 Nov 2035 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published342 days ago
    19 Nov 2025, 11:31 GMT
  2. Contract starts342 days ago
    20 Nov 2025
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadline
    20 Nov 2035, 12:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gas Networks Ireland

Contracting authorityProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat Gasworks Road, Cork, IEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body DublinContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.