Notice Information
Notice Title
DoF - Collaborative Arrangement - Provision of Natural Gas 2026 -2029 (ID 5828888)
Notice Description
This contract will be for the supply of blended Natural Gas for a term of 3 years. The blend will be 90 percent brown gas and 10 percent renewable gas. For the avoidance of doubt the premium for the 10 percent renewable gas must be fixed for the period of the contract, the commodity for the 10 percent will be fixed as directed by CPD after award of contract. The anticipated commencement date shall be 1st April 2026 and expire on 31st March 2029. The Contract will used by the Clients listed in Table 1 of the specification of requirements
Planning Information
If you wish to participate in the Contracting Authority’s Preliminary Market Engagement for this requirement, a questionnaire for completion is available via eTendersNI under ID 5906908. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted via eTendersNI by the engagement deadline date and time detailed above.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ff04
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009133-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
-
- CPV Codes
09121000 - Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases
09121200 - Mains gas
09123000 - Natural gas
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £250,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £250,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- £202,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Contracts Value
- £202,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Feb 20263 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 9 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 16 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-09-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT3 9ED
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009133-2026
2nd February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004329-2026
19th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071692-2025
6th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013736-2025
8th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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