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# Great Grid Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/great-grid-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03c630). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Grid Electricity Transmission plc: "Great Grid Partnership". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £9,280,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: service.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Grid Electricity Transmission plc](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc-coh-02366977)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £9,280,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Construction work, Electricity distribution and related services, Installation services of electrical equipment, Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/great-grid-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03c630#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c630`

## 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/great-grid-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03c630#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [service.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fservice.ariba.com%2FSourcing.aw)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/great-grid-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03c630#participate

## Description
NGET has appointed partners (Enterprise Partners) with the capacity and capability to deliver its strategic infrastructure priorities through a collaborative delivery model (the Great Grid Partnership). The procurement comprises two lots:
- Lot 1 is a design, consenting and environmental services lot under which NGET has appointed two Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
- Lot 2 is a construction works and services lot under which NGET has appointed five Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
The contractual arrangements comprise a main Enterprise Agreement regulating the rights and obligations of NGET and the Enterprise Partners, with call-off contracts for individual packages using the NEC4 family of contracts.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Design, consenting and environmental services
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £580,000,000
- **Description:** Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 30 May 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-015304 (the Contract Notice).

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Construction
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45200000, 51110000, 65300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £8,700,000,000
- **Description:** Please refer to the Contract Notice.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 016929-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AECOM Arup Joint Venture, Jacobs U.K. Limited, WSP UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:01846493 & 1312453`, `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £580,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 016929-2024-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, J. MURPHY & SONS LIMITED, Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-112333`, `GB-COH-492042`, `GB-FTS-169765`, `GB-COH:00245626`, `GB-FTS-77386`, `GB-COH:NI034635 & 02295904`
  - Value: £8,700,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 016929-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £580,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/04/2024

- **Contract:** 016929-2024-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,700,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016929-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-30T15:07:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T16:06:22.563Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c630