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Published 7 Aug 2024, 16:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Minor Gas Works Pipeline and Assets and Mains Replacement Local Delivery Partner

Authority: CADENT GAS LIMITED (Public body)

Two-stageServicesRestricted procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline 28 Oct 202801:00 BST · 735d 23h left
Contract term Ends 28 Oct 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This DPS will provide a platform for Local Delivery Partners (LDP's) to support the delivery of our Gas Mains Replacement (MRP) and Non-Mains Replacement Programs (Non-MRP) as well as suppliers to compete for minor gas works.

The main replacements works will comprise of excavation, backfill 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: Civil engineering support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The scope of the gas works may be design and build or build only and can range from…

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.

Contract period: … – 28 Oct 2028
Variant bids: allowed

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How CADENT GAS LIMITED buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up

CADENT GAS LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerCADENT GAS LIMITED · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 of 11 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
55%—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 of 12 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
92%—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: no decision dates published
82 days—

Half of these awards were announced within 82 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 10 of 18 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: no bid counts or routes published
56%—

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1The scope of the gas works may be design and build or build only and can range from…CPV 7131Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

4expected bids13% chance of a single bid
forecast from 82 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid13%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 13%. This is a forecast.
2–325%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 25%. This is a forecast.
4–648%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 48%. This is a forecast.
7+14%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 14%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.
SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
53 panel places
£487m119 awards in 36m · last this month45 live · £411m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=17
40 panel places
£355m50 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago13 live · £55m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=12
45 panel places
£72m86 awards in 36m · last this month16 live · £41m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

11% below n=19
44 panel places
£59m128 awards in 36m · last this month28 live · £38m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

8% below n=26
5 panel places
£27m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago6 live · £28m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=2
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Requests to participate open
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
7 Aug 2024, 16:04 BST
Last source update
7 Aug 2024, 16:04 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024924
Classification (CPV)
Civil engineering support services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0488a9 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Language: EN
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
28 Oct 2028
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Aug 2024 → 28 Oct 2028 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    7 Aug 2024, 16:04 BST
  2. Today
    23 Oct 2026
  3. Submission deadline
    28 Oct 2028

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CADENT GAS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat GB-COH: 10080864 Cadent, Pilot Way, COVENTRY, West Midlands, CV78PEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.