Official UK procurement notice
Mains replacement & Associated works
Authority: CADENT GAS LIMITED (Public body)·On behalf of: ONCE FOR ALL LIMITED
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis QUDM will provide a platform for Local Delivery Partners (LDP's) to support the delivery of our Planned Gas Mains and Services works, primarily focused on the delivery of Mains Replacement (MRP) and Non-Mains Replacement Programs (Non-MRP) and other related gas mains and services works, including but not limited to customer connections, reinforcements, built-over mains, services and associated works.
The main replacements works will comprise of excavation, back fill, and reinstatement to facilitate Mains and Service replacement and abandonment. The scope of the gas works may be design and build or build only and can range from either one-off projects to small programmes of work.
CPV: Gas supply mains construction work · Gas-fitting installation work · General construction work for pipelines · Repair and maintenance services of measuring apparatus · Technical inspection and testing services · Various surface works
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market · pending
- Market period
- 23 Sept 2026 — 31 Aug 2032
- Buyer types
- utilities
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · no lot values published · same conditions of participation on every lotLot #1Gas Pipelines Mains and Services
Lot #2Electric and Gas Meter Box Installation
Lot #3Gas Safety Inspection
Lot #4Gas Installations
Lot #5Directional Drilling
Lot #6Impact Moling
Lot #7Asphalt Surfacing
Lot #8Asphalt Surfacing (Machine Laid)
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).
- Technical & professional abilityCommon Assessment StandardVerified by: Common Assessment Standard
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How CADENT GAS LIMITED buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) — and who usually turns up
CADENT GAS LIMITED’s own published record, next to the North East England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
CADENT GAS LIMITED
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 4523 · 3 in division 45 · 9 in all categories (3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 lots. All 2 lots are from older notices, which count bids received. Small sample.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 lots. Small sample.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 45 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 45), last 36 months: 3 notices.
North East England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)
framework/DPS notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 84 in CPV 4523 (67 competed, 14 route not published) · 407 in division 45 (348 competed, 51 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 48 lots. 20 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 109) and 28 from older notices (bids received, middle 10.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 48 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 11 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 42 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 257 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Dynamic market
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:16 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:16 BST
- Latest notice
- Dynamic market intention notice (UK13)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07787eFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Admission period ends
- 31 Aug 2032, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Participation fee
- submission fee · There will be no fees for suppliers to sign up to this QUDM.
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today23 Sept 2026, 12:16 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Aug 2032, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Dynamic market intention notice published23 Sept 2026, 12:16 BSTUK13
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- ONCE FOR ALL LIMITEDProcuring entityHost and assurance activities
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Dynamic market intention notice Dynamic market intention notice on Find a Tender