Digital and Data Capabilities Framework

Our current thinking is that this lot encompasses all competences and skills required to achieve NESO's objectives under its business plan, digitalisation strategy, and digital first ambitions, including without limitation the provision of all current services fulfilled by the National Grid Group, as well as supporting NESO as a full end to end business, and expanding these same services to cover the new roles within, and ambitions of, NESO.

The supplier for this lot will be responsible for providing end to end capabilities to enable partnership delivery of large or more specific projects.

Indicative examples of required capabilities are as follows:

Project Management Office

Business Analysis

Product Design and Management

Infrastructure Management and Support

Solution Delivery Management

Release Management

End-to-end user experience (UX) management

UVDB Codes to be registered on Achilles:

2.1.2.0 Software Development Services

2.1.3.0 Software Support Services

2.1.10.0 Data Collection & Handling Services

2.2.0 Business Consultancy

2.2.3.0 IT Consultancy

2.2.10.0 Security Consultancy

2.2.22.0 Risk Management Consultancy

2.6.41.0 Business Project Management

Our current thinking is that this lot will provide NESO with specialist data capabilities including management, processing, storage, and analysis of data to inform and support data-led strategic decision-making, innovation, and operational efficiency. We will look to it for application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), be it in current legacy systems, new transformational platforms, or standalone solutions.

Indicative examples of required capabilities are as follows:

Data engineering

Data science

Business intelligence

Data management

AI/ML implementation and management

UVDB Codes to be registered on Achilles:

2.1.2.0 Software Development Services

2.1.10.0 Data Collection & Handling Services

2.2.3.0 IT Consultancy

Our current thinking is that this lot will enable NESO to cover both physical and digital specific security needs. This would range from internal to external threats and encompass work from policy creation to incident response.

Indicative examples of required capabilities are as follows:

Threat intelligence

Security operations

Vulnerability assessment and management

Incident response

Security consultancy and expert advice

Software and application security engineering

Security architecture

UVDB Codes to be registered on Achilles:

2.2.3.0 IT Consultancy

2.2.10.0 Security Consultancy

2.2.22.0 Risk Management Consultancy

Our current thinking is that this lot encompasses the application of principles and practices involved in the development and maintenance of digital solutions and platforms which make up NGESO's digital landscape, including software development, platform architecture, DevSecOps, cloud computing. It also includes the application of architecture standards in line with NGESO defined solution strategy and modernisation practices.

Indicative examples of required capabilities are as follows:

Solution architecture

Systems and Software development management

Quality Engineering

Application, infrastructure and network support

end-to-end user experience management

DevSecOps

Agile Development

Design thinking

UVDB Codes to be registered on Achilles:

2.1.2.0 Software Development Services

2.2.3.1 Infrastructure/Hardware

2.2.3.3 Software Implementation