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title: "LV Voltage Control devices: Request for Information (Project SILVERSMITH)"
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# LV Voltage Control devices: Request for Information (Project SILVERSMITH)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lv-voltage-control-devices-request-for-information-project-silversmith-ocds-h6vhtk-035231). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC: "LV Voltage Control devices: Request for Information (Project SILVERSMITH)". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: rfxxp.westernpower.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-distribution-plc-coh-09223384)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 August 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, Electricity distribution and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035231`

## 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/lv-voltage-control-devices-request-for-information-project-silversmith-ocds-h6vhtk-035231#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [rfxxp.westernpower.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Frfxxp.westernpower.co.uk%2FECE%2FPages%2FRFxDetails.aspx%3FRFxId%3D11804)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lv-voltage-control-devices-request-for-information-project-silversmith-ocds-h6vhtk-035231#participate

## Description
SILVERSMITH (Solving Intelligent LV - Evaluating Responsive Smart Management to Increase Total Headroom) is a 10 month NIA project investigating the future challenges and opportunities for our LV network. It aims to identify the scale and demographic of thermal, voltage, and power quality based compliance issues due to the proliferation of Low Carbon Technologies (LCTs), and Distributed Generation (DG) being connected to our Low Voltage (LV) network. We will explore new and upcoming devices and strategies to address these issues.
In partnership with EA Technology Ltd, we are conducting a network evaluation study to model our LV network considering the projected uptake of new LCTs and DG. This will provide us with insights into the types of issues we are most likely to experience in the future, and enable us to work closely with suppliers to ensure the future reinforcement or upgrade requirements can be achieved at the lowest cost at this pre-adoption stage.
What are we hoping to achieve?
Whilst we already have several tried and tested means to address compliance issues, engagement with suppliers such as yourself has suggested that we should be considering all approaches going forwards. Through a literature review of past innovation projects and peer-reviewed academia, along with this Request for Information (RfI), we want to capture the state-of-the-art LV Voltage Control devices. Pairing this with our network study and an understanding of the functional requirements we will need, SILVERSMITH will create a methodology for us and other DNOs to follow when making procurement and investment decisions on their LV networks.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 31000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** SILVERSMITH (Solving Intelligent LV - Evaluating Responsive Smart Management to Increase Total Headroom) is a 10 month NIA project investigating the future challenges and opportunities for our LV network. It aims to identify the scale and demographic...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019337-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-14T17:41:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:48:30.727Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035231