Official UK procurement notice
Diversion of Gas Mains - West Winch
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe wish to award a contract to National Gas Transmission for diversion of gas mains to allow construction of the West Winch Housing Access Road. We are using this process as only this supplier can work on their own gas main.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2026, 16:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2026, 16:30 GMT
- Authority reference
NCCT43392- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021496- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0666b1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The justification is Schedule 5 Paragraph 5 of Procurement Act 2023.
- The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
We are using this process as only this supplier can work on their own gas main.
(a) as owner of the asset, the supplier has the exclusive right to undertake works on it, and
(b) it is necessary to divert the apparatus in order to be able to construct the road.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published10 Mar 2026, 16:30 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected21 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Gas PLC6 May 2026 – 5 May 2027 | £22,000,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender