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title: "Natural Gas (Supply and Export)"
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# Natural Gas (Supply and Export)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/natural-gas-supply-and-export-ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED: "Natural Gas (Supply and Export)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £70,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.thameswater.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-water-utilities-limited-coh-02366661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £70,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 September 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mains gas, Natural gas, Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/natural-gas-supply-and-export-ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3`

## 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/natural-gas-supply-and-export-ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [thameswater.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thameswater.co.uk%2Fprocurement)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/natural-gas-supply-and-export-ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3#participate

## Description
Thames Water Utilities (TWUL) are the largest water and wastewater services company in the UK, providing services to 15 million customers across London and the Thames Valley. TWUL would like to procure a framework agreement for the supply, metering and export of their Natural Gas portfolio. The contract will be for a 4 year period with an option to extend for a further 4 year period. Multi-lot applications are preferred.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Natural Gas Supply and Metering
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 09121200
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £48,000,000
- **Description:** The scope of this lot is to award a framework agreement for the supply of natural gas to TW sites as well as monitoring and maintainance of our gas meter fleet. TW's gas consumption is fairly consistent at around 100GWh per annum which is mainly used...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Export of biomethane
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 09000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £22,000,000
- **Description:** The scope of this lot is to award a framework agreement for the export and sale of biomethane gas generated through our biogas upgrade plants on key waste treatment sites.
We are currently producing around 43MWh of biomethane per year but this is exp...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Gas purchase (active)
  - Award id: `011013-2023-Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-112841`

- **Award:** Gas sales (active)
  - Award id: `011013-2023-Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-112841`

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Gas purchase (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2023

- **Contract:** Gas sales (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011013-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-17T15:46:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:49:42.328Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035ea3