Official UK procurement notice
C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)
NIE Networks intends to establish a Framework Agreement with one or more suppliers for the provision and delivery of gasket kits and associated materials to support its ongoing maintenance programme for plant and switchgear assets. The maintenance programme is designed to ensure the continued reliability, operational performance, and extended service life of these assets. As part of the reassembly process, existing gaskets must be removed and replaced to maintain equipment integrity and performance. Accordingly, this Framework Agreement will provide a reliable source of replacement gasket kits and materials required for planned maintenance activities.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNIE Networks intends to establish a Framework Agreement with one or more suppliers for the provision and delivery of gasket kits and associated materials to support its ongoing maintenance programme for plant and switchgear assets. The maintenance programme is designed to ensure the continued reliability, operational performance, and extended service life of these assets.
Many maintenance activities require the disassembly of plant and switchgear equipment. As part of the reassembly process, existing gaskets must be removed and replaced to maintain equipment integrity and performance. Accordingly, this Framework Agreement will provide a reliable source of replacement gasket kits and materials required for planned maintenance activities.
The Framework Agreement will also support unplanned maintenance requirements, including fault investigations, repairs, and the replacement of plant and switchgear components where gasket replacement is necessary to restore equipment to service.investigations and repairs.
NIE Networks estimates that the total value of the Framework Agreement will be up to £366,000 (exclusive of VAT) over the total eight year period.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Mar 2032, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: As specified within the RTP and/or tender documents available from the address specified within this notice with the reference project C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
CPV: Gaskets · Rubber seals · Sealants · Seals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Mar 2027
Published description of the framework
As specified within the RTP and/or tender documents available from the address specified within this notice with the reference project C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£366,000
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: As specified within the RTP and/or tender documents available from the address specified within this notice with the reference project C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
- Quality: As specified within the RTP and/or tender documents available from the address specified within this notice with the reference project C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited buys Engines and engine parts (CPV 3431), and who usually turns up
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Engines and engine parts (CPV 3431) →
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1 bid11% / 48%
2–329% / 31%
4–632% / 17%
7+29% / 3%
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Lot #1CPV 34Published estimate£366k
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1 bid48%
2–331%
4–617%
7+3%
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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 and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Mar 2032
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 13:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 13:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
C314 (2027)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105706- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b67dFind a Tender
- How it runs
As specified within the RTP and/or tender documents available from the address specified within this notice with the reference project C314 (2027) Supply of Gasket Kits
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 4 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published4 days ago6 Nov 2026, 13:07 GMT
- Today10 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 17 days27 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 24 days · period end, not a bid countdown4 Dec 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 83 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 110 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Nov 2026, 13:07 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender