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Flexible Benefits Platform (including Brokering Service) and Employee Reward & Recognition Platform

Northern Gas Networks Limited · Private utility

In brief

Northern Gas Networks Limited has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £13,180,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 31 October 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 29 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £13,180,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is an independent, public corporation at the centre of the energy system with a view to create access to reliable, clean and affordable energy in the UK. Following its transition into public ownership, NESO is seeking to appoint a provider(s) to provide for the People function a reward and benefit software as a service platform solution for their 2,800 primarily UK based employees. Lot 1 Flexible Benefits Platform and brokering service (Estimated spend £7681779 of which 52% is pass through spend to benefit providers) Lot 2 Employee Reward & Recognition Platform (Estimated spend £5498319) NESO is exploring competitive options via public sector frameworks and is therefore starting the process as a PA23 engagement to get market insight. We are releasing the Pre Market Engagement questionnaire which will help us validate the strategy at Gate 0 and to understand what the market is able to offer.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 001614-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 001650-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 004650-2026

About the buyer

Northern Gas Networks LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

109

Awards

56

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

All tenders and awards from Northern Gas Networks Limited

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From notice 001614-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 8 January 2026, last updated 20 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.