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Published 11 May 2026, 22:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

2025 - National Grid - Establishing a Dynamic Market for Outsourced Functional Services

Official notice

Authority: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED (Public body)

Dynamic marketServicesUtilities
Sectors: Real estate services (70)IT Services & Software (72)Administration, defence and social security services (75)+2 more Delivery: Delivery location not published
Framework ceiling (notional) Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submission deadline Not published

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice concerns a Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market (QUDM) within the meaning of sections 34 to 40 of the Procurement Act 2023 which allows all entities within the NG group to select suppliers for invitation to tender or negotiation.

Only members of the market, or part of the market, will be notified of a future intention to award a contract by reference to suppliers' membership of the market, or part of the market, and provided with a tender notice in accordance with section 40(1) and (2) of the PA23.

This QUDM is established by National Grid UK Ltd and may be used by National Grid UK Ltd and any other company listed under its corporate registrations, as published at https://www.nationalgrid.com/about-us/corporate-registrations, including any future additions to that list, provided they are engaged in utility activities as defined under the Procurement Act 2023.

This market is open-ended.

Procedure overview

Competitive flexible procedure may be used; negotiation may be conducted; award criteria may be refined between tender stages; there may be minimum/maximum suppliers per event; associated tender documents will be issued via NG's e-sourcing portal at event launch.

This QUDM is for a wide range of services (and, where applicable, supporting goods and works) to provide and support Functional Services (FS), including but not limited to:

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1. Record to Report (R2R)

2. Source to Pay (S2P)

3. Join to Leave (J2L)

4. Order to Cash (O2C)

5. Audit & SOX Compliance

6. ERP Security

7. Other emerging scope including, but not limited to, Data and Analytics, Learning Services, Procurement and IT Services.

8. Technology-driven transformation capability leveraging automation, AI analytics and lean process re-engineering

The precise delivery model will be developed and confirmed by the relevant NG group entity for each procurement event, on an event-by-event basis, and may include outsourcing, global support and other modes of delivery depending on the requirement.

National Grid intends to launch a tender utilising this QUDM in October 2025.

To allow reasonable time to review applications, you must register no later than 2pm London on Wednesday, September 17th 2025 and submit a fully completed membership application via National Grid's eSourcing system no later than 2pm London on Friday, September 26th 2025.

To complete a membership application, you must first register at https://forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A

CPV: Administration, defence and social security services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Education and training services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Real estate services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market · terminated
Market period
13 Oct 2025 — …
Buyer types
utilities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1
70000000 Real estate services72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support75000000 Administration, defence and social security services79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security80000000 Education and training services

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Suppliers must demonstrate legal and financial capacity and technical ability proportionate to the Functional Services in scope. Capabilities include: appropriate financial standing, relevant experience delivering comparable services, competent key staff and more…evidence of commitment/ability to obtain insurances prior to contract commencement.
    Verified by: We will verify using document checks (including financial checks), references and, where proportionate to risk and value, targeted audits.
  • Technical & professional ability
    Suppliers must demonstrate legal and financial capacity and technical ability proportionate to the Functional Services in scope. Capabilities include: appropriate financial standing, relevant experience delivering comparable services, competent key staff and more…evidence of commitment/ability to obtain insurances prior to contract commencement.
    Verified by: We will verify using document checks (including financial checks), references and, where proportionate to risk and value, targeted audits.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Dynamic market
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 May 2026, 22:38 BST
Last source update
11 May 2026, 22:38 BST
Authority reference
WS5328291640
Latest notice
Dynamic market cessation notice (UK16)
Classification (CPV)
Administration, defence and social security servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityEducation and training servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportReal estate services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05937d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run throughportal not identifiedElectronic submission allowed
Portal record ↗
Admission period ends
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Participation fee
submission fee · There are no fees charged to suppliers to participate in Qualified Utilities Dynamic Market, however each Participant shall be solely responsible for all the costs it incurs in the preparation and submission of its response up to and including the award of any contract by National Grid. This shall also be deemed to cover the cost of attending any pre or post Tender meetings and dialogue and, should more…a Participant be successful, the preparation of contract documents. National Grid shall in no event be responsible or liable for any such costs regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process, and in this respect, the Participant shall have no recourse to National Grid.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To complete a membership application, you must first register at forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A ↗ and once registered, complete the membership questionnaire using National Grid's eSourcing system at supplier.ariba.com ↗

Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published381 days ago
    3 Sept 2025, 16:30 BST
  2. Latest notice published131 days ago
    11 May 2026, 22:38 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 15admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates — see the supplier list below.

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2025
  1. Dynamic market cessation notice published
    11 May 2026, 22:38 BSTUK16
  2. Status changed to complete
    11 May 2026, 22:38 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    11 May 2026, 22:38 BST
  4. Dynamic market establishment notice published
    22 Oct 2025, 12:37 BSTUK14
  5. Status changed
    22 Oct 2025, 12:37 BST
  6. Procurement method changed
    22 Oct 2025, 12:37 BST
  7. Dynamic market intention notice published
    3 Sept 2025, 16:30 BSTUK13

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 04508773 · GB-PPON: PGTR-4481-CJPQ 1-3 Strand, London, London, WC2N 5EH
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Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market

15 commercial parties on the notice
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Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDF20250903 Copy of BPO QUDM Questionnaire_v5
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsRegistration is available at https://forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A Documents directly relating to this dynamic market are only available from National Grid's eSourcing system (https://supplier.ariba.com ) after successful registration.
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDF20250818 Project Glossary for Participants in Functional Services QUDM

Notices published for this procedure