Official UK procurement notice
RIIO-GT3 Control System Replacement FEED Framework Expression of Interest
Authority: NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is published to advertise a preliminary market engagement exercise being conducted by National Gas Transmission PLC ("NGT"). NGT is seeking expressions of interest and feedback from the market to support and refine its approach to a forthcoming procurement process in respect of the RIIO-GT3 Control System Replacement FEED Framework.
Who are NGT
NGT play a vital role in delivering gas to millions of people across Great Britain. NGT owns, manages, and operates the National Transmission System ("NTS") in Great Britain, making gas available when and where it's needed. NGT ensure that the network is safe, reliable and available, and that it delivers value for our customers and stakeholders, while minimising impact on the environment.
What is the Control System Replacement Programme
The overarching scope of each project in the programme is the complete replacement and upgrading of the compressor station's control systems to enhance cyber resilience. This involves modernising legacy infrastructure, implementing robust cybersecurity measures, and ensuring that the control systems are capable of withstanding evolving digital threats. The upgrades are intended to safeguard operational integrity, protect critical assets, and align with national and international standards for cyber-secure infrastructure.
RIIO-GT3 Control System Replacement FEED Framework
As NGT approaches the end of RIIO-GT2, it is preparing for its next regulatory period RIIO-GT3 which will cover April 2026 - March 2031. For RIIO-GT3 NGT is exploring an alternative delivery model for the remaining projects in the control system replacement programme, whereby a FEED Partner(s) would be appointed to carry out each projects FEED study. The FEED stage defines the technical, safety, cyber, and operational requirements for the full replacement of control systems across the site, ensuring compliance with NGT standards and NIS Directive obligations.
How to express an interest
Interested parties are to express an interest by completing and returning the response template. Please request the response template from callum.sparks@nationalgas.com.
Additional Information
Any subsequent competition will be issued using Achilles UVBD (achilles.com) therefore current registration is advised.
CPV: Engineering services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “RIIO-GT3 Control System Replacement FEED Framework Expression of…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC buys Engineering services (CPV 7130), and who usually turns up
NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Engineering services (CPV 7130) →
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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.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 85 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5%
2–314%
4–60%
7+82%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 95 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
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2–313%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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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.
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076412- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e73fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Nov 2025 → 8 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published336 days ago24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMT
- Market engagement313 days ago17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Interested parties are to express an interest by completing and returning the response template. Please request the response template from callum.sparks@nationalgas.com.
- Contract starts141 days ago8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Nov 2025, 11:59 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender