The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The aim of this Tender Notice is to: * Ensure we provide bidders with adequate information to determine if they wish to proceed with this tender event. * Provide NGN with a more detailed understanding of the interest within the market. The Tender Notice process is the first stage of multistage procurement process. All interested suppliers must follow the below steps in order to proceed with the conditions of participation and PQQ stages of this procurement event: Sign up or Sign in to NGNs Tendering Portal - Market Dojo. Follow this link to do so: https://secure.marketdojo.com/signup When you have logged in to your dashboard, you'll need to click the 'Show all or enter invite code' button under the Event Invitations section. You'll need to enter this code: 74EF614731 It will then notify NGN to approve you onto the tender event. Once approved you will be given access to the event, where you'll be taken to the Conditions of Participation stage, this stage is a pass/fail and will be locked until after the PQQ submission deadline. Any supplier who fails this stage will automatically be withdrawn from the process and will not gain access to the PQQ. All suppliers who pass this stage will be automatically taken to the PQQ where they will be given a deadline and detail to complete. Once the PQQ has been evaluated by NGNs internal evaluation team all those who meet the criteria will be sent to the RFP stage where NGN will assess against award criteria.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) is seeking to establish a multi‑supplier IT Professional Services Framework to provide flexible, on‑demand specialist capability in support of its technology, digital, infrastructure, and cyber security programmes.

The Framework will enable NGN to access appropriately skilled resources to supplement internal teams and support the delivery of projects, programmes, service operations, and specialist technical activities.

Services may be required for short‑term assignments or longer engagements, depending on business need, and may be delivered on‑site, remotely, or through a hybrid model.

The scope of services is structured across the following LOTs: LOT 1 - Project & Programme Management Including project management, programme management, assurance, and business analysis services.

LOT 2 - Architecture Including applications, data, enterprise, solution, infrastructure, and security architecture services.

LOT 3 - Software & Infrastructure Delivery Including software development, testing, DevOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure configuration, and technical analyst services.

LOT 4 - Cyber Security Including cyber risk and threat assessment, penetration testing (IT and OT), red/blue/purple teaming, incident response planning and testing, and related cyber security services.

Suppliers may apply for one or more LOTs and will only be considered for those LOTs where they can demonstrate the required capability.

Appointment to the Framework does not guarantee any volume or value of work.

Call‑offs under the Framework may be made by direct award or mini‑competition, depending on the nature and value of the requirement, in accordance with the Framework terms.

The Framework will be awarded for an initial term of three (3) years, with the option to extend for up to five (5) additional one‑year periods, subject to NGN requirements and performance.

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, using the Competitive Flexible Procedure, with the Contract Notice published via the Find a Tender Service (FTS).

Full details of the scope, evaluation methodology, and procurement process are provided within the procurement documentation.