Awarded contract

DoF - Collaborative Arrangement - Provision of Natural Gas 2026 -2029 (ID 5828888)

Details

Buyer: Department of Finance
Supplier(s): Firmus Energy (Supply) Limited
Value: £202,000,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases
Published: 19 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This contract will be for the supply of blended Natural Gas for a term of 3 years. The blend will be 90 percent brown gas and 10 percent renewable gas. For the avoidance of doubt the premium for the 10 percent renewable gas must be fixed for the period of the contract, the commodity for the 10 percent will be fixed as directed by CPD after award of contract. The anticipated commencement date shall be 1st April 2026 and expire on 31st March 2029. The Contract will used by the Clients listed in Table 1 of the specification of requirements ## Contract award Title: DoF – Collaborative Arrangement – Provision of Natural Gas 2026 -2029 (ID 5828888)

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 January 2026
Completed: Award published19 January 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

The Department of Finance is a Northern Ireland devolved department housing Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD), the central purchasing body for departments, agencies and arm's length bodies. Every tender is advertised on eTendersNI, the portal introduced in April 2015 for Northern Ireland public bodies. Suppliers register on the portal with a free D-U-N-S number. Two CPD divisions buy separately, covering supplies and services, and construction works and services. A published pipeline lists planned procurements and preliminary market engagement opportunities. Both divisions are among six Centres of Procurement Expertise, alongside the Education Authority and the Housing Executive.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department of Finance's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

09121000 · Coal gas, mains gas or similar gases
09121200 · Mains gas
09123000 · Natural gas

Decision makers

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