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Published 22 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Property Professional Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: CADENT GAS LIMITED (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdUtilities
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 5 yrsends 1 Dec 2030 · up to 1 Dec 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description
  1. Introduction:

Cadent Gas Limited is a standalone Gas Distribution business that owns and operates four of the eight UK Gas Distribution Networks, covering the East of England (EoE) which includes both the East Midlands (EM) and East Anglia (EA), London (Lon), North West (NW) and the West Midlands (WM). Cadent is the largest Gas Distribution company in the UK with a revenue of circa £1,850m per annum. Cadent relishes the role of providing an essential service that keeps the energy flowing to over 11 million homes, schools and businesses through a 131,000-kilometre pipe network.

To support the delivery of our Depot Improvement Programme as part of the RIIO3 price control period, Cadent Gas want to establish Property Professional Services Framework.

Cadent is seeking feedback on its requirements for the following scope. This is a request for information/feedback and not part of a formal tender process. The formal tender process will be run once the market engagement stage is complete.

  1. Proposed Scope of Requirements:

Services such as feasibility studies, project management services, construction management services, advice for both pre-construction and construction phases, design and technical support. This will enable effective implementation of schemes for the delivery of quality solutions, additional services to include post-handover support, training, guarantee, certifications and advice.

Further support in standalone consultancy services and civil engineering works that may arise, will be of a peripheral nature only to the main subject of this framework agreement.

Projects under the awarded framework will be scoped on an individual basis and the framework contractors shall be appointed Principal Designer in line with CDM regulations.

  1. Lots:

The framework will be made up of 3 lots with national coverage required:

  • Lot 1: Project Management, Quality Management, Cost Management, Employers Agent Services.
  • Lot 2: Engineering Services i.e. Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical.
  • Lot 3: Architectural, Design & Technical Services (Design of buildings, spaces and infrastructure).
  1. Proposed Minimum Requirements
  • Insurance: Professional indemnity - £5m, Employer's Liability - £10m, Public Liability - £10m
  • Liability: £2m minimum
  • Coverage: National
  • Turnover: £5m per annum

If your company does not meet this requirements please contact the responsible buyer to discuss.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Dec 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2030 (5 yrs) · up to 1 Dec 2033 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Property Professional Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
Last source update
22 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050851
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058cd1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 Aug 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
  2. Market engagement
    29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    If your company has experience in providing services as outlined in the Scope, please express your interest via emailing [email protected] to engage further.

  3. Contract starts326 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
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 authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 10080864 · GB-PPON: PNHM-3269-DNNL Cadent Gas Limited, Pilot Way, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9JUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure