Planning

Property Professional Services

  • CADENT GAS LIMITED

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-050851

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-058cd1

Published 22 August 2025, 12:06pm



Scope

Description

1. Introduction:

Cadent Gas Limited is a standalone Gas Distribution business that owns and operates four of the eight UK Gas Distribution Networks, covering the East of England (EoE) which includes both the East Midlands (EM) and East Anglia (EA), London (Lon), North West (NW) and the West Midlands (WM). Cadent is the largest Gas Distribution company in the UK with a revenue of circa £1,850m per annum. Cadent relishes the role of providing an essential service that keeps the energy flowing to over 11 million homes, schools and businesses through a 131,000-kilometre pipe network.

To support the delivery of our Depot Improvement Programme as part of the RIIO3 price control period, Cadent Gas want to establish Property Professional Services Framework.

Cadent is seeking feedback on its requirements for the following scope. This is a request for information/feedback and not part of a formal tender process. The formal tender process will be run once the market engagement stage is complete.

2. Proposed Scope of Requirements:

Services such as feasibility studies, project management services, construction management services, advice for both pre-construction and construction phases, design and technical support. This will enable effective implementation of schemes for the delivery of quality solutions, additional services to include post-handover support, training, guarantee, certifications and advice.

Further support in standalone consultancy services and civil engineering works that may arise, will be of a peripheral nature only to the main subject of this framework agreement.

Projects under the awarded framework will be scoped on an individual basis and the framework contractors shall be appointed Principal Designer in line with CDM regulations.

3. Lots:

The framework will be made up of 3 lots with national coverage required:

- Lot 1: Project Management, Quality Management, Cost Management, Employers Agent Services.

- Lot 2: Engineering Services i.e. Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical.

- Lot 3: Architectural, Design & Technical Services (Design of buildings, spaces and infrastructure).

4. Proposed Minimum Requirements

- Insurance: Professional indemnity - £5m, Employer's Liability - £10m, Public Liability - £10m

- Liability: £2m minimum

- Coverage: National

- Turnover: £5m per annum

If your company does not meet this requirements please contact the responsible buyer to discuss.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 December 2025 to 1 December 2030
  • Possible extension to 1 December 2033
  • 8 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Contract locations

  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London

Engagement

Engagement deadline

29 August 2025

Engagement process description

If your company has experience in providing services as outlined in the Scope, please express your interest via emailing chloe.flynn1@cadentgas.com to engage further.


Procedure

Special regime

Utilities


Contracting authority

CADENT GAS LIMITED

  • Companies House: 10080864
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNHM-3269-DNNL

Cadent Gas Limited, Pilot Way

Coventry

CV7 9JU

United Kingdom

Contact name: Chloe Flynn

Email: chloe.flynn1@cadentgas.com

Website: https://cadentgas.com/

Region: UKG13 - Warwickshire

Organisation type: Private utility