The Invitation to tender (ITT) is issued to establish a gas portfolio services framework for a central purchasing body covering the UK. The lead contracting authority for this tender is Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust. The tender process and resulting framework agreement is managed by Inenco, acting as the agent for the central purchasing body. The framework is available for use by all National Health Service (NHS) organisations across England, Scotland and Wales and is also available for use by all current and future members of the central purchasing body. The client is seeking bids from suppliers to participate in a single lot gas portfolio services framework. The framework agreement is to be four years in duration from the commencement date, anticipated to be during December 2016. Please see the tender documents for further details of the framework requirements.

The primary requirement for this framework is a gas procurement solution, where clients are aggregated into a trade shape to enable consolidated trading of the commodity via the wholesale market. Further details of the framework requirements can be found within the tender documents.