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# Customer Flexibility Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/customer-flexibility-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04022d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Powergrid: "Customer Flexibility Services". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Sept 2027. Published submission portal: picloflex.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (open for submissions, 344 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Powergrid](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-powergrid-coh-03271033)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 September 2027 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electricity, Electricity distribution, Generators
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/customer-flexibility-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04022d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04022d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/customer-flexibility-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04022d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [picloflex.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpicloflex.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/customer-flexibility-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04022d#participate

## Description
Northern Powergrid aims to develop a market for local flexibility, giving its customers the opportunity to take an active part in the energy system by using their energy resources to support the network, and be compensated for it. 
Northern Powergrid hopes to make use of DER's that can import or export energy, and of its customers' ability to reduce the amount of energy they are taking from the network. 
To help manage the network the Company wishes to contract with customers to turn up or turn down their electricity demand, generation and storage upon instruction from the Company.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 09310000, 31120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** The DPS will be split down by post code, however we reserve the right to add more locations throughout the life of the DPS.
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Customer Flexibility Services (active)
  - Award id: `017416-2024-NPg23371-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Customer Flexibility Services (active)
  - Award id: `017416-2024-NPg23371-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Customer Flexibility Services (active)

  - Signed Date: 16/02/2024

- **Contract:** Customer Flexibility Services (active)

  - Signed Date: 16/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017416-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-05T12:05:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:58:30.402Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04022d