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# Quality Vendor Database - Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/quality-vendor-database-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-040836). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED: "Quality Vendor Database - Framework". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 16 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-gas-networks-limited-coh-05167070)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 16
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cable, wire and related products, Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), Generators, Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040836`

## 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/quality-vendor-database-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-040836#tl-md)

## Description
NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment and currently has eleven participating contracted suppliers. NGN has already started the process of re-tendering this Framework and to date issued 4 PQQs on the Achilles UVDB platform to alert the market to the opportunity against of the associated lots. There is a significant amount of work to be undertaken to ensure this procurement is robust and compliant and as such NGN intends to extend these existing contracts until 31st December 2023 to give sufficient time for this procurement to be completed.

## Lots (16)
### Lot 1: Pipe
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 2: Valves
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 3: PRI Equipment
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 4: Filters
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 5: Per-heating Equipment
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 6: Safety devices
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 7: Metering
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 8: Fittings
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 9: Flanges
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 10: Impulse
- **Lot id:** `10`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 11: Bolts & Washers
- **Lot id:** `11`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 12: Gaskets
- **Lot id:** `12`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 13: Calorimeters
- **Lot id:** `13`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 14: Power supplies
- **Lot id:** `14`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 31120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 15: Cathodic protection
- **Lot id:** `15`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKE

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

### Lot 16: Housing & Cabinets
- **Lot id:** `16`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 44160000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** NGN's QVD (Quality Vendor Database Framework) is a series of contracts related to the supply of products and equipment for use in Capital Projects undertaken across the NGN Network. The Framework covers many different products and types of equipment ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029390-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029390-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 03/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029390-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-05T11:32:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:44:27.378Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040836