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UKRI-6071 Underground Gas Network & Associated Services

Gas distribution
Gas distribution and related services
Gas supply mains construction work
South East (UKJ14)
Published value
£1,690,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI): "UKRI-6071 Underground Gas Network & Associated Services". Published status: planning. Published value: £1,690,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,690,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.4Bids / Report
11.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
CPC Project Services LimitedTop vendor: 41.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2273 active published awards; 34 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
CPC Project Services Limited1 win£16,000,000
Air Liquide Advanced Technologies1 win£15,138,407
PROFUSION MEDIA LTD1 win£2,410,149
QA LIMITED1 win£1,944,773
Convergence Group1 win£824,052
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
Last source update21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGas distribution, Gas distribution and related services, Gas supply mains construction work
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e92d
What is being bought
UKRI-STFC is seeking to engage with specialist gas network providers that are registered under the Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS) and have the capacity, capability, skills and competencies required to deliver a comprehensive gas network maintenance service. The requirement relates to the planned and preventative maintenance of UKRI-STFC's private gas distribution network at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX ensuring the safe and reliable flow of gas across the network and the provision of suitable records and evidence to support external audits, demonstrating compliance, safety and operational performance.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1,690,000
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
  2. Procedure published
    21 Aug 2026, 08:50 BST
  3. engagement
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    UKRI-STFC will be holding a virtual Market Engagement Event on Friday 25 September at 09:30 BST, providing an overview of the requirement. There will be an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions. If you are interested in attending, please email the below details to STFCprocurement@ukri.org, quoting the UKRI reference number (UKRI-6071) by Tuesday 22 September 2026. Company name: Attendee name: Email address:
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG
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  • UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG
    Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, GB
    stfcprocurement@ukri.org
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published