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title: "Gas Shrinkage"
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# Gas Shrinkage

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-04c84e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Wales & West Utilities Limited: "Gas Shrinkage". Published status: active. Published Value: £35,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: sourcing4wwu.bravosolution.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:** £35,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 January 2025 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Gaseous fuels
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c84e`

## 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-04c84e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sourcing4wwu.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsourcing4wwu.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gas-shrinkage-ocds-h6vhtk-04c84e#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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** WWU requires an Agent to provide a Shrinkage Procurement Service which includes nominating, transacting and purchasing the daily Shrinkage Gas quantities on behalf of WWU. 
At the end of each month, the Agent should provide a report setting out the c...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040421-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-16T11:55:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:33:59.822Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c84e