Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO)
Authority: NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Grid manages a portfolio of major transmission infrastructure projects across onshore and offshore programmes. As the scale and complexity of delivery increases, National Grid requires a more integrated and digitally enabled approach to project controls, governance and performance management.
The initial phase of the requirement will support the Onshore GGP programme, with the potential to extend to additional delivery programmes and operating models in the future.
National Grid is seeking an Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO) capability that provides a consolidated view of project and portfolio performance information across areas such as cost, schedule, risk, commercial management, change management and baseline control. The objective is to improve visibility, assurance and decision-making while reducing reliance on manual and fragmented processes.
As part of this requirement, National Grid is seeking a digital solution that supports project controls, commercial, finance, PMO and leadership teams through the integration of data and processes across existing business systems and reporting platforms.
The solution is expected to support integrated project controls activities including baseline management, change control, forecasting, contingency management, cost management, cost-value reconciliation and payment management. It should provide auditable workflows, role-based access controls and portfolio-level reporting, while supporting alignment between cost and schedule information through standardised project control structures.
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National Grid requires a scalable and flexible solution capable of supporting current requirements while providing a foundation for future enhancements in project controls, reporting and analytics capabilities.
The solution must integrate with approved National Grid systems and data sources, while ensuring National Grid retains ownership and control of its data. The solution should support appropriate governance, data quality controls, metadata management, historical data retention, multi-currency capability and role-based access management.
National Grid is seeking a solution that can evolve over time as business requirements mature and adoption increases, supporting improved portfolio transparency, consistent project controls processes and effective collaboration across multiple delivery programmes and delivery partners.
How the procedure runs: National Grid intends to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure with a multi-stage process submission stage. Suppliers are requested to register their interest to enable secure onboarding to National Grid's Ariba sourcing platform. Following onboarding, National Grid will issue the confidential procurement documents through Ariba, more…
a Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) and associated documents. Suppliers must submit a completed request to participate by the deadline stated in the notice. National Grid will assess responses against the published conditions of participation and, where applicable, the published criteria for limiting supplier numbers. Suppliers selected to proceed will then be invited to submit tenders through Ariba. Steps will be undertaken in the following order; Stage A - Pre-qualification. Including an assessment of scored and Pass /Fail questions. To be considered for shortlisting, suppliers must successfully pass all pass/fail technical and financial capability questions detailed in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) All compliant, passing submissions will then be scored against the objective selection criteria set out in the PSQ. National Grid will select up to the top 6 highest-scoring suppliers for Request for Proposal Stage B: Request for Proposal (RFP) 1. Release of the RFP on SAP Ariba. 2. Desktop evaluation of RFP written responses for all criteria; quality, commercial and due diligence fulfilment. 3. Following completion of the desktop evaluation, suppliers will be scored and ranked in accordance with the award criteria set out in the RFP Documents. 4. National Grid intends to limit the number of suppliers invited to presentation and system demonstration stage up to the top 3 suppliers. Suppliers that are not part of the selected three shall be relegated and notified. 5. Following presentations and system demonstrations, suppliers will be ranked from the highest to the lowest in accordance with the objective selection criteria to be set out in the RFP Documents 6. In the event of a tie for the final shortlisted place, the tie-break methodology detailed in the RFP will be applied. 7. National Grid reserves the right to conduct negotiations with up to the top 2 suppliers, from the 3 invited to presentations. 8. Any negotiation will be intended to seek to, agreement of contractual terms and acceptance of the commercial offer. 9. National Grid may seek BAFO's. BAFO's affect commercial scores only. 10. The scope should not change during negotiations. 11. The Contract Award Criteria will remain fixed during the negotiation period and will not change. 12. Following agreement of contractual Terms & Conditions including the commercial offer; ideally, the successful Tenderer should be confirmed, and award will be placed with the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). An estimated timeline is provided in the PSQ.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£2,389,250
- Value
- £2,389,250 exc. VAT · £2,867,100 inc. VAT
- Extensions
In addition to the solution, Implementation services are an optional element of the procurement. Suppliers are required to provide details of their implementation capability, methodology, resource model and associated costs, which may be evaluated as part of the overall tender assessment. National Grid reserves the right to award, partially award, or not award any implementation services. · May be extended annually more…
for up to 2 years. Above threshold - National Grid estimates the value of the contract as an amount of more than the threshold amount for the type of contract.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Functional & Technical — 80%
- Commercial — 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Functional & Technical — Functional & Technical Capability
- Commercial — Pricing & Commercial terms
- Economic & financial standing
Suppliers may be required to demonstrate that they have the legal and financial capacity to perform the contract. This will include demonstrating sufficient financial standing, taking account of the nature, complexity, value, duration and risk profile of the more…
contract, and an ability to meet all applicable legal, statutory and regulatory requirements relevant to its performance. The detailed conditions of participation, supporting evidence requirements, assessment methodology and any applicable minimum thresholds will be set out in the associated tender documentation issued to suppliers. - Technical & professional ability
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements more…
and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Software package and information systems (CPV 48) in Greater London — and who usually turns up
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Greater London market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in division 48 (1 route not published) · 13 in all categories (2 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 19 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 11 notices.
Greater London · Software package and information systems (CPV 48)
contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 474 in division 48 (202 competed, 140 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 97 lots. 41 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 56 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 97 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 45 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 47 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 53 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 48), last 36 months: 197 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on the Greater London market’s usual movement over 45 lots (division 48), applied to the £2,389,250 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for expressions of interest
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 13:49 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 13:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 25 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c86Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- National Grid standard is 42 days payment terms
- How it runs
National Grid intends to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure with a multi-stage process submission stage. Suppliers are requested to register their interest to enable secure onboarding to National Grid's Ariba sourcing platform. Following onboarding, National Grid will issue the confidential procurement documents through Ariba, a Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) and associated documents. Suppliers must submit more…
a completed request to participate by the deadline stated in the notice. National Grid will assess responses against the published conditions of participation and, where applicable, the published criteria for limiting supplier numbers. Suppliers selected to proceed will then be invited to submit tenders through Ariba. Steps will be undertaken in the following order; Stage A - Pre-qualification. Including an assessment of scored and Pass /Fail questions. To be considered for shortlisting, suppliers must successfully pass all pass/fail technical and financial capability questions detailed in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) All compliant, passing submissions will then be scored against the objective selection criteria set out in the PSQ. National Grid will select up to the top 6 highest-scoring suppliers for Request for Proposal Stage B: Request for Proposal (RFP) 1. Release of the RFP on SAP Ariba. 2. Desktop evaluation of RFP written responses for all criteria; quality, commercial and due diligence fulfilment. 3. Following completion of the desktop evaluation, suppliers will be scored and ranked in accordance with the award criteria set out in the RFP Documents. 4. National Grid intends to limit the number of suppliers invited to presentation and system demonstration stage up to the top 3 suppliers. Suppliers that are not part of the selected three shall be relegated and notified. 5. Following presentations and system demonstrations, suppliers will be ranked from the highest to the lowest in accordance with the objective selection criteria to be set out in the RFP Documents 6. In the event of a tie for the final shortlisted place, the tie-break methodology detailed in the RFP will be applied. 7. National Grid reserves the right to conduct negotiations with up to the top 2 suppliers, from the 3 invited to presentations. 8. Any negotiation will be intended to seek to, agreement of contractual terms and acceptance of the commercial offer. 9. National Grid may seek BAFO's. BAFO's affect commercial scores only. 10. The scope should not change during negotiations. 11. The Contract Award Criteria will remain fixed during the negotiation period and will not change. 12. Following agreement of contractual Terms & Conditions including the commercial offer; ideally, the successful Tenderer should be confirmed, and award will be placed with the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT). An estimated timeline is provided in the PSQ.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Suppliers wishing to participate in this opportunity should complete the attached 'Expression of Interest (EOI) & SAP Ariba On-boarding Form' and return it to: [email protected] Tender documents will be made available following completion of the SAP Ariba onboarding process. The procurement event is expected to be released in SAP Ariba on 12 October 2026. www.ariba.com Suppliers are requested to register their interest by 23:59 25/10/2026 to enable more…
Ariba onboarding and secure access to the documents. Registration is an administrative access step and is not an evaluated stage. Suppliers that miss this date should contact National Grid promptly. Access may be facilitated where reasonably practicable before the submission deadline.Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed29 Sept 2026, 13:49 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 27 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 177 days25 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 187 days5 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Sept 2026, 13:49 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications Complete Expression of Interest response form to begin registration on the Ariba platform. The Pre-Selection Questionnaire (PSQ) will be provided on our e-tendering platform (Ariba)
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender