Official UK procurement notice
Global Corporate Communications · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Grid is issuing this tender to invite qualified agencies to submit proposals for global corporate communications strategy and messaging, thought leadership, issues management, crisis communications, and executive visibility. The company is conducting a review of its communications agency network and is seeking a global agency lead partner. This firm will partner with National Grid's corporate communications team to help define a unifying strategy, narrative, and communications framework to optimally position the company and tell its story of industry leadership, innovation, and commitment to the future state of energy delivery to its customers.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Mar 2028, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: The competitive flexible procedure has been outlined in the attached 'Expression of Interest' document.
CPV: Public relations services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£5,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Technical
- Commercial
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Mar 2028
- First published
- 15 Sept 2025, 15:03 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2025, 15:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056626- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a71Find a Tender
- How it runs
The competitive flexible procedure has been outlined in the attached 'Expression of Interest' document.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline
- 22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please use the contact details provided in the expression of interest form to be registered on the e-tendering platform Ariba for electronic PQQ and tender submission.
However, for reference it will be via our internal Ariba E-Tendering system:
Timeline
15 Sept 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 15:03 BST
- Submission deadline394 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by263 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts234 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 15:03 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender