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# Tender for Gas Third Party Audit Inspections

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-gas-third-party-audit-inspections-ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Tender for Gas Third Party Audit Inspections". Published status: complete. Published Value: £115,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000028)
- **Published Value:** £115,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 June 2026 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Technical inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG37
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £115,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-gas-third-party-audit-inspections-ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8`

## 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/tender-for-gas-third-party-audit-inspections-ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsandwellmbc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-gas-third-party-audit-inspections-ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8#participate

## Description
This contract requires a suitably qualified auditor to complete Gas Quality Audits, supplementing the in-house quality assurance team. 
Post Service Audits will be undertaken as required, encompassing post inspections within 4 weeks of the annual inspection being completed, involving a full strip down of the serviceable appliances (SMBC service tenants appliances connected to a flue) and a visual inspection of flueless appliances owned by the tenant. As well as annual inspections and as part of our on-going maintenance, Sandwell MBC carry out a significant number of boiler replacements per year. Post inspection audits may also be required on new installations to make sure that they are compliant with the current gas regulations, building regulations inc. boiler plus and any specific SMBC’s specification requested. The audits will need to be carried out by a suitably qualified officer, who in addition to the ACS (CCN1 (CPA1), CENWAT, HTR1, CKR1, DAH1), must hold a suitable assessor/auditor’s qualification - (A1, A2 (D32, D33) or similar (e.g. TAQA) and have at least 7 years’ experience in the gas industry. Included in the price for both types of audit, will be an assessment of all completed paperwork (LGSR (for compliance with the 9 points in 36. 3 C of the GSIUR98) for service & Completion certificate and benchmark for installations) with omissions and discrepancies highlighted, a record and report of each inspection will be required. On occasions you may be asked to carry out a work in progress inspection on either the in-house team or contractor to assess that their procedures are adequate regarding gas safety and that there are no health and safety issues such as failing to use PPE etc.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71631000, 79212000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £115,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/08/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Gas Third Party Audit Inspections (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Morgan Lambert Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-127407`
  - Value: £115,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 20/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040270-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-21T14:52:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T19:04:28.295Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068fe8