Contract for the provision of Leakage Repair Sealants

Tender description

Northern Gas Networks currently have an existing contract with 5 suppliers to provide leakage repair sealants to assist in its operational requirements. Following expiry of the existing framework agreement on 30/06/2021, a single source contract extension is now required. The current specifications for these products (GIS/LC1:2018) is currently under review with BSI (British Standards Institute), the revised document is due to be published later on this year. As a result, NGN would like to extend the existing contract for a further 12 months to ensure compliance with the new standards and until a tender event can be conducted with the correct standards. NGN will conduct a full tender event during the course of this extension provision and once the standards have been approved, in order to be compliant with NGN's procurement policy and the UCR 2016. Lot 1: Northern Gas Networks currently have an existing contract with 4 suppliers to provide leakage repair sealants to assist in its operational requirements. Following expiry of the existing framework agreement on 30/06/2021, a single source contract extension is now required. The current specifications for these products (GIS/LC1:2018) is currently under review with BSI (British Standards Institute), the revised document is due to be published later on this year. As a result, NGN would like to extend the existing contract for a further 12 months to ensure compliance with the new standards and until a tender event can be conducted with the correct standards. NGN will conduct a full tender event during the course of this extension provision and once the standards have been approved, in order to be compliant with NGN's procurement policy and the UCR 2016.