Official UK procurement notice
Operated Plant · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthern Gas Networks (NGN) requires multiple Operated Plant Services to support its Emergency, Locate and Repair (ELR) Teams for non-planned gas escapes across the network.
NGN operates approximately 170 ELR teams, attending circa 120,000 response and repair jobs annually, and may require Operated Plant Services at any time.
NGN also anticipates requirements for Operated Plant Services to support:
- Connections Division: Connecting over 10,000 customers annually, including new builds, disconnections, and service alterations.
- Planned Replacement Programme: Delivering 540 km of mains and 44,000 services per year.
The services will be provided under a Framework Agreement on a call-off basis, ensuring availability 365 days a year, 24/7, to maintain safety, productivity, compliance, and customer care.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement will follow the following process: - Tender notice issued (this notice) for 25 days - Interested suppliers to follow Market Dojo link to the Conditions of Participation stage (Pass/Fail) - Suppliers who Pass the Conditions of Participation stage will be invited to a PQQ - The PQQ end date 20th February 2026 - PQQ responses evaluated - Suppliers who score over 60% will be invited to tender (RFP) - At this stage suppliers may be asked to conduct a presentation - further detail to be given at the time. - RFP will go live on 06/04/2026 until 05/05/2026 - RFP evaluations carried out until 22/05/2026. Bidders must achieve 70% on non-commercials Bidders must achieve 70% on contractual Bidders will be ranked on commercial pricing - Suppliers notified of the outcome NGN will be awarding to a maximum of 4 suppliers per service, per area. Full details are made available in the tender scope. If supplementary stages are required throughout the process, or stages noted in the strategy defined above are no longer required, it is at NGN's discretion to include or remove stages. It is at the discretion of NGN to change the weightings/criteria or add additional sub-criteria/weightings to the PQQ or RFP if there is a need to do so before the submission deadline of the relevant stage. Any changes to the evaluation criteria will be communicated to all Bidders.
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How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 1 Sept 2026
Published description of the framework
NGN will conduct assessments at each stage set out in the tender event. Each stage has minimum criteria to meet as set out in the tender documentation and will adhere to the scoring methodology set out in the tender event.
NGN will be awarding to a maximum of 4 suppliers per service, per area.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Conditions of Participation Evaluation
- PQQ Evaluation Criteria
- RFP Evaluation Criteria (non-commercial section)
- RFP Evaluation Criteria (commercial section)
- RFP Evaluation Criteria (contractual section)
- “Operated Plant” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jan 2026, 20:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jan 2026, 20:52 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jul 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004119- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060827Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement will follow the following process:
- Tender notice issued (this notice) for 25 days
- Interested suppliers to follow Market Dojo link to the Conditions of Participation stage (Pass/Fail)
- Suppliers who Pass the Conditions of Participation stage will be invited to a PQQ
- The PQQ end date 20th February 2026
- PQQ responses evaluated
- Suppliers who score over 60% will be invited to tender (RFP)
- At this stage suppliers may be asked to conduct a presentation - further detail to be given at the time.
- RFP will go live on 06/04/2026 until 05/05/2026
- RFP evaluations carried out until 22/05/2026.
Bidders must achieve 70% on non-commercials
Bidders must achieve 70% on contractual
Bidders will be ranked on commercial pricing
- Suppliers notified of the outcome
NGN will be awarding to a maximum of 4 suppliers per service, per area.
Full details are made available in the tender scope.
If supplementary stages are required throughout the process, or stages noted in the strategy defined above are no longer required, it is at NGN's discretion to include or remove stages.
It is at the discretion of NGN to change the weightings/criteria or add additional sub-criteria/weightings to the PQQ or RFP if there is a need to do so before the submission deadline of the relevant stage.
Any changes to the evaluation criteria will be communicated
to all Bidders.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 10 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 10 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please review the attached document within this notice and follow instructions within in order to participate in this event.
It is suppliers responsibility to follow all instructions to participate in the attached document within this tender notice.
Timeline
16 Jan 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published284 days ago16 Jan 2026, 20:52 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends259 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown10 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by117 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Jan 2026, 20:52 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender