Official UK procurement notice
Calibration of High Pressure Meters
Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalibration of High Pressure Meters
Static high pressure 6-point calibrations using natural gas across a range of meter types, sizes and flow rates. Including ultrasonic, turbine and orifice plate meters. Calibrations inclusive of customer provided metering spool pieces and flow conditioners. UKAS accredited. Calibration certificates inclusive of meter correction factors and applicable calibration conditions such as flow rates and temperatures and all applicable meter information.
CPV: Calibration services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2023, 15:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Jun 2023, 11:35 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017769- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b1f5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) operate gas offtakes sites. These sites use a combination of different fiscal metering types to calculate the volume of gas passing through site. NGN are required to have the High Pressure (HP) Meters calibrated at a UKAS accredited facility at predetermined intervals.
The service provider must deliver static high pressure 6-point calibrations using natural gas across a range of meter types, sizes and flow rates. These will include ultrasonic, turbine and orifice plate meters. Calibrations may require the inclusion of customer provided metering spool pieces and flow conditioners. The service provider must be UKAS accredited. Calibration certificates must include meter correction factors and applicable calibration conditions such as flow rates and temperatures and all applicable meter information.
A Call for Competition was issue via an Express of Interest (EOI) in Achilles on 19th January 2023 to seek competition for the calibration of the HP Meters. One company came forward to offer their in-house services, no other viable competition responded to the EOI, which closed on 31st January 2023. On these grounds a competitive tender will not be ran for the provision of calibration of the HP Meters.
This work will not be outsourced due to the operation risk to NGN.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Procurement method changed22 Jun 2023, 11:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 017769-2023-1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- 22 Jun 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 007107-2023-1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Northern Gas Networks LtdReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.