Distribution Contract (05)

Tender description

Phoenix Natural Gas continue to develop their natural gas distribution network throughout the east of Northern Ireland and are soon to enter into the final year of an existing Contract which was let for Works associated with an overall Engineer, Procure & Construct (EPC) service. The Works currently undertaken will continue to be developed in the future - hence the requirement for a Distribution Contract to continue on after the expiry of the current Agreement in July 2023. The succeeding Works Contract for the EPC service will be entitled Distribution Contract (05) - otherwise referred to as DC (05). This would be anticipated, at this stage, to last for an eight-year term - i.e. July '23 - July '31. The Works over the 8 year term are estimated to consist of 380,000 metres of polyethylene gas mains and 55,000 connections to individual properties (domestic & commercial). The estimated value during this 8-year term being approximately 90 Million GBP. There are no further details available at this time as this Notice is for information purposes only. A Contract Notice acting as a Call for Competition shall be issued, via the same channel, later in 2022. The overall tender process shall be conducted via the web portal eSourcingNI (https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk). Interested Parties shall require to register with this Provider. Lot 1: Apart from the details outlined in this Periodic Indicative Notice, there are no further details available. Nor is there any pre-condition nor requirement to register any interest at this time. A subsequent Contract Notice announcing the commencement of the procurement process shall be published at a later date. Additional information: The tender process shall be adminstered via the eSourcingNI web portal.