Valve Track · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 19 Oct 2023no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

One of the challenges that NGN have in managing their assets is that they are frequently covered up or built over by the likes of the local authorities or other utility companies during reinstatement or repair works, meaning that they may be difficult to locate should there an urgent need. This particular equipment provides a solution to enable NGN to monitor assets consistently. This product "Valve Track" is a piece of hardware that is retrofitted into the valve chamber to allow valves and other underground assets to be quickly located in the form of an ATEX approved, IP68 rated, decoded Bluetooth beacon connected to a cloud-based platform. This equipment is proprietary to the supplying organisation and is subsequently unavailable elsewhere. The contract includes the long term provision of monitoring services, software and support.

CPV: Industrial control software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Jun 2023, 12:08 BST
Last source update: 26 Oct 2023, 11:19 BST
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-031586
Classification (CPV): Industrial control software package
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03dc72 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: The equipment to be provided is proprietary to the supplying organisation and is therefore not available elsewhere. This is supported by regulation 50 which states (1) Utilities may use the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition in the following cases- (c) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons & (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Contracts signed 2latest 19 Oct 2023

2 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Contract 031586-2023-1 · supplier not published
Signed
19 Oct 2023
Value
—
Status
active
Contract 018089-2023-1 · supplier not published
Signed
26 Jun 2023
Value
—
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat GB-COH: 05167070 1100 Century Way Thorpe Park, LEEDS, Yorkshire & Humber, LS158TUContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Northern Gas networks LtdReview body Leeds

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.