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title: "Collaborative safeguarding and gas safety services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039808"
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buyer: "NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED"
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# Collaborative safeguarding and gas safety services

Buyer: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039808

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## Summary

The procurement process for the contract titled "Collaborative safeguarding and gas safety services" involves Northern Gas Networks Limited as the buying organisation. This contract falls under the services industry category with a focus on research and development services and related consultancy services. The procurement stage has been completed with an award made on 1st January 2023. The project aims to collaborate with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and gas distribution networks Cadent, Wales and West, SGN, and NGN to ensure the safety and well-being of children and their families. The contract was awarded through a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in services related to child safeguarding, gas safety, and collaborative projects with non-profit organisations. Companies able to offer expertise in child neglect/abuse awareness training, carbon monoxide risk mitigation, and safeguarding standards implementation could actively compete for this contract. The contract involves working with established organisations like the NSPCC and gas distribution networks to deliver essential services that ensure the safety and welfare of vulnerable families. The contract value is £362,989 in GBP, and it signifies a collaborative effort in addressing critical societal issues through innovative service provisions.

## Notice

The project will look to collaborate with the NSPCC with GDN's - Cadent, Wales and West, SGN and NGN to ensure the safety and well being of children and their families that are reached via this project. This will be done through 3 sub-projects. The first will tackle carbon monoxide risks and provide fuel poverty support. This will be done through: * Sharing information about carbon monoxide risks and fuel poverty support through the wide reach of the NSPCC's family and GCP2 programmes and its integration into various services and tools. This will provide benefit to the customers reached via this sub-project through increasing awareness on the CO dangers, signs, symptoms and preventative measures. * Providing access to free carbon monoxide detectors for families identified through the NSPCC and GCP2 programmes. This will provide additional protection to at risk families supported through the project that are unable to purchase an alarm through their own means. * Creating a training video of carbon monoxide risks for the relevant NSPCC employees, giving them a deeper understanding of the issue and allowing the support they offer to be more effective. This will ultimately ensure that NSPCC practitioners are vigilant to the signs of CO when supporting families across all networks. The second will provide access to training to 18,635 GDN staff to increase their awareness on spotting the signs of child neglect/abuse. This will be done through: * Educating all engineers, sub-contractors and contact centre employees via NSPCC e-learning to recognise and report signs of possible abuse and neglect. This will give GDN staff the confidence to report instances of concern and will ultimately provide greater support to children and families across all networks. The third sub-project will involve implementing safeguarding standards across the GDNs. This will be done through: * Working with each GDN to develop safeguarding standards and provide bespoke training for staff in the designated safeguarding roles. This will ultimately provide benefit to customers through ensuring GDNs are equipped to manage instances of child neglect and/or abuse that they come across in their BAU roles throughout GD2.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The project will look to collaborate with the NSPCC to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and their families that are reached via this project. This will be done through 3 sub-projects. This will be done through 3 sub-projects. The first will tackle carbon monoxide risks and provide fuel poverty support. This will be done through: * Sharing information about carbon monoxide risks and fuel poverty support through the wide reach of the NSPCC's family and GCP2 programmes and its integration into various services and tools. This will provide benefit to the customers reached via this sub-project through increasing awareness on the CO dangers, signs, symptoms and preventative measures. * Providing access to free carbon monoxide detectors for families identified through the NSPCC and GCP2 programmes. This will provide additional protection to at risk families supported through the project that are unable to purchase an alarm through their own means. * Creating a training video of carbon monoxide risks for the relevant NSPCC employees, giving them a deeper understanding of the issue and allowing the support they offer to be more effective. This will ultimately ensure that NSPCC practitioners are vigilant to the signs of CO when supporting families across all networks. The second will provide access to training to 18,635 GDN staff to increase their awareness on spotting the signs of child neglect/abuse. This will be done through: * Educating all engineers, sub-contractors and contact centre employees via NSPCC e-learning to recognise and report signs of possible abuse and neglect. This will give GDN staff the confidence to report instances of concern and will ultimately provide greater support to children and families across all networks. The third sub-project will involve implementing safeguarding standards across the GDNs. This will be done through: * Working with each GDN to develop safeguarding standards and provide bespoke training for staff in the designated safeguarding roles. This will ultimately provide benefit to customers through ensuring GDNs are equipped to manage instances of child neglect and/or abuse that they come across in their BAU roles throughout GD2.

### Procurement Information

NSPCC are the only National company to provide these services and they own the services such as the NSPCC e-learning The providing of CO alarms will be done when the NSPCC come into contact with vulnerable families that need them, homes that NGN may never have had any contact with. The safeguarding policy is being developed with NGN direct and the NSPCC. They are the only organisation who currently deliver this type of service in the UK. In addition, this contract is a Collaborative VCMA project with Cadent, Wales and West, SGN and NGN.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001349-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £362,989 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS15 8TU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Garforth & Swillington |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds East |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLL Wales |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 17 Jan 2023 at 09:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001349-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk

## Provenance

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