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Published 10 Apr 2025, 11:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Warm Home Networks · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Awarded value£553,856published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 10 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Citizens Advice Manchester

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Warm Homes Network: "A community of partners with aligned objectives that leverage each other's capabilities to achieve a set of mutually beneficial outcomes"

The Supplier will recruit customers directly through their own marketing activities.

  • The Service will deliver across and against 6 key interventions to support customers in vulnerable situations:
  • Income maximization and welfare benefit advice to provide access to financial assistance including in /out of work benefits.
  • Advice and practical help to navigate the welfare benefit system including specialist level advice and casework to challenge decisions when and where appropriate.
  • Debt advice and management through providing regulated debt advice including access to debt solutions.
  • Money management through budgeting advice to increase resilience and providing information on digital tools which can increase financial capability.
  • Housing advice to help people remain in their homes through challenging landlord decisions and disrepair issues such as control of mould and damp and to reduce household energy consumption where possible
  • An increased customer ability to maintain health and well-being through raising awareness of Priority Service Register; the signs/ dangers of carbon monoxide and of what to do if clients suspect carbon monoxide; mobility, home safety and security.

Customers referred into the programme will be passed to the Supplier by the needs assessment co-delivery partners, and reporting on progress and outcomes will be shared by the Supplier at an agreed frequency.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
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
10 Apr 2025, 11:04 BST
Last source update
7 Jul 2025, 12:57 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037739
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD1)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050068 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This service and delivery areas has been identified that only this provider can deliver these specific services. As well this project is already live with other GDN's. They had a pilot project

live wand NGN have decided to make this a larger scale project and be included on these services.

Citizens Advice Manchester will provide initial support and advice to 8,200 customers per annum.

  • 25 Front Line Worker Energy sessions per year - reaching a minimum of 250 front line workers and establishing referral pathways into the service.
  • 25 Carbon Monoxide awareness raising publicity events to help protect vulnerable clients from the dangers of carbon monoxide. These will focus on making sure clients know the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning and what to do if they suspect carbon monoxide.
  • Leading on local comms and marketing campaigns to include delivery of 40 pop-up sessions per year and reach 30-100 people per session ( a minimum of 1,200 - 4,000 consumers per year) to drive referrals into the service
  • 800 PSR referrals
  • 1,000 CO awareness surveys .

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Apr 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 11:04 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    7 Jul 2025, 12:57 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    7 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £553,8561 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Citizens Advice ManchesterSMEVCSEWarm Homes Network7 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£553,856 inc. VAT10 Apr 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 05167070 · GB-PPON: PRNB-9357-PVLR 1100 Century Way, Colton Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS15 8TUContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTERAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02697257GB-PPON: PJNQ-4269-GYNV Barlow House, Manchester, North West, M1 3DZContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender