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# Flexible Benefit Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-benefit-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-02a9f1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED: "Flexible Benefit Provision". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 May 2021, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-gas-networks-limited-coh-05167070)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Benefit services, Human resources management consultancy services, Time accounting or human resources software development services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE, UKE42
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £368,510 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a9f1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-benefit-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-02a9f1#tl-md)

## Description
NGN currently offer benefits via an online portal called iBenefit, our colleagues reward and benefit scheme offering choices in benefits and savings. This delivers a mixture of voluntary benefits and additional offers which the company is able to provide to all of its colleagues. NGN have been running the current scheme for 6 years and have added new benefits and offers each year/when available.
• Number of colleagues - 1400
• Workforce: predominately operational/field-based engineers; support and corporate functions office/homebased
• Number of payrolls: 1 per month
• Benefit year runs April to March
• Annual enrolment is a 3 week window mid-February to early March; benefits selected during the main election window need to be effective on 1st April each year. Annual enrolment is our colleague's opportunity to make the most of our exclusively negotiated deals and offers. Benefits can also be made from National Insurance and/or tax savings when payments are made through monthly salary.
• Most benefits are 'anytime', so are available throughout the year and can be selected each month. Exceptions, which are only available at main election window are highlighted in the table below *
• Voluntary benefits: Mixture of Gross pay (Salary Sacrifice- either tax and NI, Tax only, NI only) or Net Pay deductions - see above

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72212450, 75310000, 79414000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** A new contract has been awarded following a tender event for 3 years with 3 x 1 year extension provisions. 
NGN's Requirement
•Provide a complete end to end Flexible benefit provision under the 'iBenefit' name including branding, design, transition, ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011666-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Benefex Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:04768546`
  - Value: £368,510 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011666-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £368,510
  - Signed Date: 03/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011666-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-05T10:34:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:53:04.564Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a9f1