25/019 - NI Network Balancing Gas

Gas Networks Ireland

Northern Irelandโ€™s requirement for Balancing Gas Services Balancing Gas Sell and Balancing Gas Buy is being tendered by Gas Networks Ireland on behalf of GNI UK for the period from 1st October 2025 until 30th September 2026 on behalf of GNI UK, PTL, BGTL, and WTL, together the NI Network Operators.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-23. The procurement was published on 2025-07-02.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
  • โ€ข Northern Ireland โ€บ Belfast
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-07-02 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-07-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: 25/019 - NI Network Balancing Gas
Short description:
โ€œNorthern Irelandโ€™s requirement for Balancing Gas Services Balancing Gas Sell and Balancing Gas Buy is being tendered by Gas Networks Ireland on behalf of...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Natural gas ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 3
Tenders may be submitted for all lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 1
Title: Lot 1 Primary Buy Framework Agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 11 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œPrimary Buy Framework Agreement โ€“ up to 2 Balancing Gas Contracts (and therefore up to 2 places on the Framework Agreement)โ€
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Natural gas ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Duration: 12 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Maximum renewals: 0
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œNo Renewalsโ€
Award criteria
Price โœ…
Quality criterion (name): (MEAT) Price & Quality
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

2๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 2
Title: Lot 2 Secondary Buy Framework Agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 11 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œSecondary Buy Framework Agreement โ€“1 Balancing Gas Contract (and therefore 1 place on the Framework Agreement)โ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0002

3๏ธโƒฃ
Internal identifier: 3
Title: Lot 3 Sell Framework Agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 11 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œSell Framework Agreement โ€“ up to 3 Balancing Gas Contracts (and therefore up to 3 places on the Framework Agreement).โ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0003
Description
Place of performance: Belfast ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/25/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-23 00:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-07-23 00:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6028876
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-07-23 00:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6028876โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The contract has performance execution conditions โœ…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œN/Aโ€
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œN/Aโ€

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Gas Networks Ireland
National registration number: 555744
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal code: T12RX96
Postal town: Cork
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: tenders@gasnetworks.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +3530000000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: www.gasnetworks.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: www.gasnetworks.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=6028876 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6028876 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œPlease Refer to tender documents.โ€
Source: OJS 2025/S 126-435088 (2025-07-02)