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Published 27 Jun 2025, 13:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Entry Point Switching Agreement

Authority: PREMIER TRANSMISSION LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdUtilities

Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09)Public utilities (65) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Published estimate£1,000,000≈ £1.0m / year · £1,000,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 28 Jul 2025awarded 6 Aug 2025

Award (standstill) to Bord Gais Energy Limited

Contract term 1 yrends 1 Oct 2026 · up to 1 Oct 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern Ireland's requirement for Entry Point Switching Services was tendered by PTL for the period from 1st October 2025 on behalf of GNI UK, PTL, BGTL, and WTL (together the "Individual Transporters").

CPV: Gas distribution and related services · Natural gas

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£1,000,000

Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2026 (1 yr) · up to 1 Oct 2028 with extensionsValue: £1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,000,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Extensions: The parties may extend the term of the Agreement by prior agreement in writing: (a) for one year to 05:00 on 1st October 2027; and (b) where it has so elected to extend the term pursuant to (a) above, for a further year to 05:00 on 1st October 2028,

09123000 Natural gas 65200000 Gas distribution and related services

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2

Economic & financial standing
Please see further information on this within the tender documents.
Technical & professional ability
Please see further information on this within the tender documents.

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 10%Price: 90%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: Please see further information on this within the tender documents.
Price: Please see further information on this within the tender documents.

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
Please see further information on this within the tender documents.
Technical & professional ability
Please see further information on this within the tender documents.

What this means for your bid

Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open 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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 27 Jun 2025, 13:44 BST
Last source update: 8 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 4 Sept 2025
Authority reference: 2025-PTL-00000030
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-035797
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV): Gas distribution and related servicesNatural gas
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05552c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Submission deadline: 28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 21 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/mutual-energy/aspx/T… ↗ - please register interest on our procurement portal at this address and the tender documents will be available there to download.

Timeline

27 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
27 Jun 2025, 13:44 BST
Clarification questions by
21 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
28 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent
8 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published
8 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
Standstill ends
19 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Award decision expected by
4 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts386 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2025

Tender notice published
27 Jun 2025, 13:44 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
8 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
8 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
Contract signature expected
31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,000,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Bord Gais Energy Limited1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2028Extensions: One year initial term plus two optional one year extensions (so a maximum three year term)	£1,000,000 inc. VAT	6 Aug 2025standstill to 19 Aug 2025	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

PREMIER TRANSMISSION LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utilityNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: NI026421 · GB-PPON: PJVT-7435-PZLJ First Floor, 85 Ormeau Road, Northern Ireland, BT7 1SHContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BORD GAIS ENERGY LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PJPY-3742-CPJD 1 Warrington Place, Dublin 2, IE, D02 HH27, IEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender8 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender27 Jun 2025, 13:44 BST