Official UK procurement notice
East Coast Hydrogen FEED Design & PEC Work Packages
Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorthern Gas Networks (NGN) has appointed experienced consultancy providers to deliver defined work packages as part of the East Coast Hydrogen (ECH) Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) project.
The ECH project supports the development of infrastructure to repurpose and expand existing gas networks for the transportation of hydrogen. The objective is to establish a reliable and scalable hydrogen network across the region, enabling the decarbonisation of industrial processes where electrification is not feasible.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement will follow the following process: - Tender notice issued (this notice) for at least 30 days - Interested suppliers to contact NGN and be invited to Conditions of Participation via Market Dojo (Pass/Fail) - Suppliers who Pass the Conditions of Participation will be invited to PQQ - PQQ end date 12th January 2026 - PQQ responses evaluated Suppliers who score over 60% at Stage 1 of the PQQ will progress to Stage 2 of the PQQ (Project Specific questions). Bidders who achieve a 70% or more score in this section will be invited to tender (RFP) - RFP live for at least 25 days - RFP responses will be assessed in two stages. The first stage will assess technical competence and resources where a threshold score will need to be achieved to progress into Stage 2. The second stage will assess commercials. The overall score will be calculated by adding the scores in both Stages with the highest score being successful. - Best and Final Offer or supplementary stages requested where applicable (all these will be notified of before tender submission deadline) - Final evaluations completed - Suppliers notified of the outcome Full details are made available in the tender scope. If supplementary stages are required throughout the process, or stages noted in the strategy defined above are no longer required, it is at NGN's discretion to include or remove stages. It is at the discretion of NGN to change the weightings/criteria or add additional sub criteria/weightings to the PQQ or RFP if there is a need to do so before the submission deadline of the relevant stage. Any changes to the evaluation criteria will be communicated to all Bidders.
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services for construction · Environmental impact assessment for construction · Environmental planning · Gas distribution · Pipeline-design services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 1 yr · up to 2 yrs from 1 Jun 2026
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Engineering DesignAwardedRenewalceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2Planning, Environmental & ConsentsAwardedRenewalceiling above
The source published no individual description for this lot.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- “East Coast Hydrogen FEED Design & PEC Work Packages” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2026, 17:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078569- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec22Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement will follow the following process:
- Tender notice issued (this notice) for at least 30 days
- Interested suppliers to contact NGN and be invited
to Conditions of Participation via Market Dojo
(Pass/Fail)
- Suppliers who Pass the Conditions of Participation
will be invited to PQQ
- PQQ end date 12th January 2026
- PQQ responses evaluated
Suppliers who score over 60% at Stage 1 of the PQQ will progress to Stage 2 of the PQQ (Project Specific questions). Bidders who achieve a 70% or more score in this section will be invited to
tender (RFP)
- RFP live for at least 25 days
- RFP responses will be assessed in two stages. The first stage will assess technical competence and resources where a threshold score will need to be achieved to progress into Stage 2. The second stage will assess commercials. The overall score will be calculated by adding the scores in both Stages with the highest score being successful.
- Best and Final Offer or supplementary stages requested where applicable (all these will be notified of before tender submission deadline)
- Final evaluations completed
- Suppliers notified of the outcome
Full details are made available in the tender scope.
If supplementary stages are required throughout the process, or stages noted in the strategy defined above are no longer required, it is at NGN's discretion to include or remove stages.
It is at the discretion of NGN to change the weightings/criteria or add additional sub criteria/weightings to the PQQ or RFP if there is a need to do so before the submission deadline of the
relevant stage.
Any changes to the evaluation criteria will be communicated
to all Bidders.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The aim of this Tender Notice is to:
- Ensure we provide bidders with adequate information to determine if they wish to proceed with this tender event.
- Provide NGN with a more detailed understanding of the interest within the market.
The Tender Notice process is the first stage of multistage procurement process.
All interested suppliers must follow the below steps in order to proceed with the conditions of participation and PQQ stages of this procurement event:
Sign up or Sign in to NGNs Tendering Portal - Market Dojo. Follow this link to do so: secure.marketdojo.com/signup ↗
When you have logged in to your dashboard, you'll need to click the 'Show all or enter invite code' button under the Event Invitations section
You'll need to enter this code: 7857B28D93
It will then notify NGN to approve you onto the tender event. Once approved you will be given access to the event, where you'll be taken to the Conditions of Participation stage, this stage is a pass/fail and will be locked until after the PQQ submission deadline. Any supplier who fails this stage will automatically be withdrawn from the process and will not gain access to the PQQ. All suppliers who pass this stage will be automatically taken to the PQQ where they will be given a deadline and detail to complete.
Once the PQQ has been evaluated by NGNs internal evaluation team all those who meet the criteria will be sent to the RFP stage where NGN will assess against award criteria.
Timeline
1 Dec 2025 → 8 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published324 days ago1 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMT
- Clarification questions by289 days ago5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends289 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown5 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by156 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent136 days ago8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published135 days ago8 Jun 2026, 17:50 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025- Tender notice published1 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Jun 2026, 17:50 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Jun 2026, 17:50 BST
- Contract signature expected19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Engineering Design1 award | |||
| Mott MacDonald19 Jun 2026 – 19 Jun 2027 · up to 19 Jun 2028Extensions: 1 extension provision will be available to utilise | £3,876,364 | 8 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Planning, Environmental & Consents1 award | |||
| RSK Environment LimitedLot 2 - Planning, Environmental and Consents19 Jun 2026 – 19 Jun 2027 · up to 19 Jun 2028Extensions: 1 extension provision available to utilise | £2,418,811 | 8 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- MOTT MACDONALD LIMITEDFramework contractor
- RSK Environment LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender