United Kingdom-LEEDS: Contract for the Provision of Leakage Repair Products

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-021805/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED
National registration number: 05167070
Postal address: 1100 Century Way Thorpe Park
Town: LEEDS
Postal code: LS158TU
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Elle Flood
Telephone: +44 7714144335
Email: eflood@northerngas.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.3)Communication
I.6) Main activity:
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Contract for the Provision of Leakage Repair Products
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 39812500
II.1.3) Type of contract : Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Leakage repair sealants are widely utilised within the NGN operational network to repair mains gas pipes. The current contract expires shortly but due to the new BSI standards being in the early stages of use, a new tender event has not been undertaken to allow time for NGN to understand the best approach to leakage repair sealants to allow for a meaningful tender event to take place in circa 6-7 months time. Therefor NGN are seeking to extend the current contract that’s in place with multiple suppliers for a 13 month period, until the new tender is complete and awarded.

II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Leakage repair sealants are widely utilised within the NGN operational network to repair mains gas pipes. The current contract expires shortly but due to the new BSI standards being in the early stages of use, a new tender event has not been undertaken to allow time for NGN to understand the best approach to leakage repair sealants to allow for a meaningful tender event to take place in circa 6-7 months time. Therefor NGN are seeking to extend the current contract that’s in place with multiple suppliers for a 13 month period, until the new tender is complete and awarded.

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:no
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2023/S 000-001955

Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2023-01-01
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2023-01-01
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2023-01-01
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2023-01-01

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Northern Gas Networks
Town: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-07-27

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

2.Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official
Journal of the European Union
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

3.Explanation
Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union
is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive:
NGN are unable to award the contract at present as the British Standards Institution (BSI) have only just published some of the standards for the correct products and methods of leakage repair application, NGN require time and consultation to understand the new standards to allow for a meaningful and robust tender strategy/scope to be written.