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title: "National Grid ESO - Cyber Incident Response and Digital Forensics"
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# National Grid ESO - Cyber Incident Response and Digital Forensics

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-grid-eso-cyber-incident-response-and-digital-forensics-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec91). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED: "National Grid ESO - Cyber Incident Response and Digital Forensics". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-energy-system-operator-limited-gov-pc1425)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ec91`

## 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/national-grid-eso-cyber-incident-response-and-digital-forensics-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec91#tl-md)

## Description
National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) moves electricity around systems to keep homes and businesses supplied with the energy they need 24/7. NGESO is a separate legal entity to National Grid Plc.
NGESO has a regulatory commitment to move all IT systems and shared services away from National Grid Plc and therefore NGESO requires a partner to provide on-demand Incident Response and Digital Forensics services aligned with NGESOs own incident management processes.
Currently, National Grid Plc provide these group-level services in-house and will continue to run these services whilst NGESO and National Grid Plc's IT environments are being separated. However, once any assets are transitioned, or when new assets are productionised into the new NGESO environments, the responsibility for Incident Response and Digital Forensics will transfer to NGESO, hence requirement for a 3rd party service to protect the business and systems. 
This Non-Call for Completion Request for Information Only.
RFI CONTENT
This is not a formal tender process and is not being undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
Please ensure responses to all questions and any supporting documentation is clearly referenced to the question they are answering.
NGSO will not be shortlisting suppliers based on their submissions and any future sourcing activities will be subject to a new event.
The RFI seeks for suppliers to provide answers to the points and questions detailed in the, II.2.14) Additional information, section of this document.
Please provide your response to each question in a separate Word document clearly stating the question number that your response relates to. If providing any supporting information in separate documents as appropriate, state the question reference number in the file name using the following naming convention:
ESO_CIR&DF_RFI_SUPPLIER NAME

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NGESO is looking to select a partner to enable the successful separation of the cyber security Incident Response and Digital Forensics services of the NGESO away from National Grid Plc at pace, by providing services as follows:-
•	Planning for Incide...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022522-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-02T16:26:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:51:13.027Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ec91