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# Apollo Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/apollo-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-048943). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED: "Apollo Solution". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-gas-networks-limited-coh-05167070)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKE42
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £1,111,326 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048943`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/apollo-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-048943#tl-md)

## Description
A contract has been awarded for a 3 year term for Apollo Solution. These services are used on all NGN laptops, tablets System Control desktops and Offtake Site Comms PCs, to enable secure remote access to NGN's IT systems. This enables widescale home-working and supports secure day to day operations for NGN's field force and system control to access NGN services to conduct their work duties.Brand provide us capabilities within its services to overcome some critical restrictions within our AWS design architecture that Amazon natively does not support from an network routing prospective.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Apollo Solution
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** A contract term of 3 years have been awarded for Apollo Solution. These services are used on all NGN laptops, tablets System Control desktops and Offtake Site Comms PCs, to enable secure remote access to NGN's IT systems. This enables widescale home-...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Apollo Solutions (active)
  - Award id: `025167-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Brand Communications Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-18223`
  - Value: £335,442 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Apollo Solution (active)
  - Award id: `027150-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Brand Communications Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-18223`
  - Value: £335,442 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 031749-2024-Apollo Solution-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Brand Communications Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-18223`
  - Value: £440,442 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Apollo Solution (active)
  - Signed Value: £335,442
  - Signed Date: 22/08/2024

- **Contract:** 031749-2024-Apollo Solution-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £440,442
  - Signed Date: 22/08/2024

- **Contract:** Apollo Solutions (active)
  - Signed Value: £335,442
  - Signed Date: 08/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031749-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-03T14:04:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T13:57:50.916Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048943