--- title: "Hydrogen Village Trials - PMO Support and Consumer Strategy Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b207" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b207" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b207.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b207.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED" published: "2023-07-31" --- # Hydrogen Village Trials - PMO Support and Consumer Strategy Support Buyer: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b207 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b207) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b207.json) ## Summary The Northern Gas Networks Limited has awarded a contract for the "Hydrogen Village Trials - PMO Support and Consumer Strategy Support" project. The procurement process used a limited procurement method with an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract aims to support NGN's bid for the Hydrogen Village Trials, a significant research project into the use of Hydrogen as a substitute for natural gas, aligning with the UK's climate change goals. The contract involves business and management consultancy services to develop customer strategies, commercial impact assessment, and customer journey planning. The contract was signed on 23rd February 2023. This tender offers opportunities for businesses specializing in consultancy services, particularly those experienced in business and management consultancy. The procurement stage has been completed, with the contract currently active. The opportunity is located in Leeds, United Kingdom. The project requires expertise in aligning stakeholders, consumer strategy development, and understanding commercial customer needs. Businesses well-suited to compete are those with a track record in supporting research projects, strategy development, and customer journey planning. The contract deadline aligns with NGN's submission to BEIS at the end of March 2023. ## Notice NGN requires the support of an external partner to align stakeholders, source required evidence and produce the artefacts which comprise. Defining Vulnerable customers in context of this project, and what NGN will provide these customers in terms of options and support, Understanding commercial customer needs and the offer(s) required to meet these, Determining the consumer impact of billing, protection and package options, Developing the end-to-end customer journey covering domestic, commercial, landlords and tenants, Documenting exit options and associated consumer impact. This requirement relates specifically to and will be built from work previously undertaken by this supplier. Also required is PMO resource for the Hydrogen Village Trial programme and other supporting / linked activities. The supplier has been selected to provide this service on the basis that they are already directly involved with the project as a result of other engagements in supporting and providing input to specific project workstreams which makes them ideally placed to deliver against this requirement on the basis of their pre-existing knowledge of the project and relationship with the NGN delivery team. These activities are also time critical in that the NGN submission to BEIS is due at the end of March 2023. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NGN requires the support of an external partner to align stakeholders, source required evidence and produce the artefacts which comprise. Defining Vulnerable customers in context of this project, and what NGN will provide these customers in terms of options and support, Understanding commercial customer needs and the offer(s) required to meet these, Determining the consumer impact of billing, protection and package options, Developing the end-to-end customer journey covering domestic, commercial, landlords and tenants, Documenting exit options and associated consumer impact. This requirement relates specifically to and will be built from work previously undertaken by this supplier. Also required is PMO resource for the Hydrogen Village Trial programme and other supporting / linked activities. The supplier has been selected to provide this service on the basis that they are already directly involved with the project as a result of other engagements in supporting and providing input to specific project workstreams which makes them ideally placed to deliver against this requirement on the basis of their pre-existing knowledge of the project and relationship with the NGN delivery team. These activities are also time critical in that the NGN submission to BEIS is due at the end of March 2023. ### Procurement Information This contract relates directly to a research project to determine the ongoing supply of Hydrogen via the UK gas pipeline network as a substitute for Methane and as such this VEAT notice complies directly with Regulation 50 (b) which states "where a contract is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development and not for the purpose of securing a profit or of recovering research and development costs, and insofar as the award of such contract does not prejudice the competitive award of subsequent contracts which do seek, in particular, those ends;" ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022228-2023 | | 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 | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 31 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 23 Feb 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 | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services ## Release History - 31 Jul 2023 at 15:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022228-2023 - 10 Mar 2023 at 16:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007133-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://.www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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