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# VCMA - Scope Disability Energy Support with water advice service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vcma-scope-disability-energy-support-with-water-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-045512). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED: "VCMA - Scope Disability Energy Support with water advice service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. 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)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £3,218,750 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045512`

## 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/vcma-scope-disability-energy-support-with-water-advice-service-ocds-h6vhtk-045512#tl-md)

## Description
Building on the learnings of the partnership with Scope and the insights gathered from DES, the cost-of-living research and the SGN winter pilot scheme, NGN have reviewed and adapted the programme to increase the support provision for disabled people.
The partnership aims to;
Extend the DES partnership from May 2024 to March 2026
Increase the size of the DES team to enable more disabled people to access dedicated, skilled energy and benefits advisers
Provide crisis support including energy credit for those on credit meters and heated blankets for those who would benefit from targeted warmth
Provide carbon monoxide alarms and information packs in inclusive formats
Provide a targeted marketing campaigns that promotes the Priority Services Register and the DES service twice a year with a focus on winter resilience support and planning for disabled people
Provide training to the Scope general advice team so that they can support more disabled people with energy safeguarding support and triage to either self-service or into DES should the customer lack the skills or confidence to self-serve.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM

- **Description:** NGN along with other GDNs - Cadent, SGN & WWU are awarding a contract to Scope. The project of building on the learnings of the partnership with Scope and the insights gathered from DES, the cost-of-living research and the SGN winter pilot scheme, NG...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** VCMA - Scope Disability Energy Support with water advice service (active)
  - Award id: `013415-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Scope**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-44206`
  - Value: £3,218,750 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 015476-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SCOPE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-44206`
  - Value: £3,218,750 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 015476-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,218,750
  - Signed Date: 24/04/2024

- **Contract:** VCMA - Scope Disability Energy Support with water advice service (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,218,750
  - Signed Date: 23/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015476-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-15T14:54:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:49:53.284Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045512