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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030445"
title: "Gas Shrinkage"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-030445"
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# Gas Shrinkage

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-030445). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wales & West Utilities Limited: "Gas Shrinkage". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Jan 2022, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.wwutilities.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Wales & West Utilities Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wales-west-utilities-limited-coh-05046791)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 January 2022 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Commodity brokerage services, Professional services for the gas industry
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-030445#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030445`

## 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/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-030445#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [wwutilities.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwutilities.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-030445#participate

## Description
WWU is required to purchase gas which is predominantly gas which is unaccounted for or used in connection with the operation of its network in accordance with Section N of the Uniform Network Code (UNC).  Under UNC rules, Shrinkage Gas is dealt with on a daily basis with Wales & West being required to acquire gas to meet its daily Shrinkage Gas requirement.
Shrinkage Gas comprises:
Own use gas - gas used by WWU in connection with the operation of its network including gas used in running compressors, gas used for preheating and vented gas;
Unaccounted for gas - gas which is lost or otherwise not accounted for as offtaken from its network including gas lost or unaccounted for by reason of unidentified theft and leakage
WWU are allowed to recover the market related costs of purchasing a pre-determined target daily volume of Shrinkage Gas in each year via its regulated transportation revenue.
WWU would like to invite expressions of interest based on the information specified and for
interested suppliers to submit their EOI to gemma.deverill@wwutilities.co.uk
Please note no further qualification or tender information will be published until the
expression of interest period has closed.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66132000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** WWU is required to purchase gas which is predominantly gas which is unaccounted for or used in connection with the operation of its network in accordance with Section N of the Uniform Network Code (UNC).  Under UNC rules, Shrinkage Gas is dealt with ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031950-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-21T15:58:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:26:07.032Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030445