Quick answer — NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITEDLast refreshed 22 May 2026

At a glance

NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED has awarded £165.4m across 415 suppliers, with 591 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 40% · 54 open notices now · 54 awards in last 90 d (£156.6m) · SME share 59% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration40%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share59%
Pipeline · open now54
Awards · 90 d54

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKE42. Tracks 412 published notices and 262 awards on PublicSupply.

412
Notices published
262
Awards
415
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£165.9m
12 m spend
£2.8m
Prior 12 m
+5806%
YoY change
£1.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£40m£79m£119m£159mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

54

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

54

£156.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works19 · £482.2m
Unspecified63 · £111.4m
services244 · £50.0m
goods86 · £2.5m

Instrument type

contract410 · £646.1m
call off2 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 412

Awarded contracts · 591 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Scope DES collaborative projectSCOPE£1.1mpending
End of Life Energy Support ServicesMARIE CURIE£821kpending
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4GUIDEHOUSE EUROPE LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4BARINGA PARTNERS LLP£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4RINA TECH UK LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4DNV UK LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4ELLWOODS LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4BARINGA PARTNERS LLP£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
East Coast Hydrogen Specialist Services Framework Lots 3 and 4GUIDEHOUSE EUROPE LIMITED£8.0mest.22 May 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
SL
3 contracts · 02 May
£66.3m
40% of total
▼ 100%
2
NE
4 contracts · 31 Mar
£12.4m
7% of total
New
3
BP
7 contracts · 08 Jan22 May
£9.4mest.
6% of total
New
4
TL
2 contracts · 05 Mar
£7.2m
4% of total
New
5
YS
2 contracts · SME · 17 Dec
£7.0m
4% of total
New
6
OA
4 contracts · 19 May22 May
£5.3mest.
3% of total
New
7
GE
4 contracts · SME · 19 May22 May
£5.3mest.
3% of total
New
8
KL
3 contracts · 19 May22 May
£4.0mest.
2% of total
New
9415
···
407 other suppliers
long tail · 255 SMEs
£48.4m
29% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
610 contracts
£741.2m
94%
IT services, software
12 contracts
£23.7m
3%
R&D services
28 contracts
£19.0m
2%
Public utilities
1 contract
£5.0m
1%
Construction works
14 contracts
£2.0m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
36 contracts
£1.3m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
0
0
0
4
1
11
5
144
IT services, software
R&D services
Public utilities
Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 3 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 3 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

59%
SME supplier share
target 33%
329
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
415
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKE42
Companies House
05167070
Contact
Annette Cotton
Email
acotton@northerngas.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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