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Hydrogen Pipe Mapping

NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 07:16.

Opportunity overview

National Gas proposes to award this contract to Contiuum Industries Ltd. The contract scope requires: • A configured route‑optimisation software tool (the "Tool") capable of analysing a wide range of potential pipeline corridors and route alignments against technical, environmental and stakeholder constraints. The Tool must generate and compare routing options against defined criteria and enable rapid re‑assessment in response to changes in project assumptions or external factors, expanding the range of viable options beyond traditional manual methods. • A tool to be delivered through an intuitive, self‑serve software platform that can be operated by the client's in‑house team with minimal support and without the need for GIS expertise or prior technical experience. • The solution to utilise AI, automation, or equivalent algorithmic capabilities to enable rapid iteration and generation of corridor and route options, and must present results with full supporting metrics and analysis tools to facilitate efficient route comparison and decision‑making. • The platform to also support multi‑party access, enabling stakeholders to view outputs, comment, provide feedback and collaborate in a single environment. It must allow capture and export of project assumptions, changes, comments and decision‑making records to ensure transparency and traceability throughout the process.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-067a28
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This direct award is made under Section 41(1)(a) and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 and 6 of the Procurement Act 2023. 1.The proposed supplier has exclusive (intellectual property) rights in the software already supplied to National Gas and do not share /re-sell/licence any of its designs/intellectual property with/to third parties. Without these, no other supplier could provide the support and maintenance services under the proposed contract to the preexisting platform. For the same reasons, no other supplier could provide upgrades to existing platform. 2. The only means by which another supplier could provide services and supplies similar to those under the proposed contract would be to replace the existing platform with an alternative solution. To undertake a replacement of the platform at this juncture would therefore be disproportionate and unreasonable.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Special regime

utilities

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC
Id
GB-COH-02006000

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02006000

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBXW-9626-VNZM

Address

Street Address
National Grid House Warwick Technology Park
Locality
Warwick
Postal Code
CV34 6DA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG13

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
38221000
Description
Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent)
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
44162000
Description
Piping
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
48326000
Description
Mapping software package
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
90712000
Description
Environmental planning

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
500,000
Currency
GBP

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
030083-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
1 Apr 2026, 08:36
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Warwick · UKG13 · CV34 6DA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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