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title: "NGET Call For Innovation - Innovative Substation Auxiliary Load Solutions"
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# NGET Call For Innovation - Innovative Substation Auxiliary Load Solutions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nget-call-for-innovation-innovative-substation-auxiliary-load-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-032134). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Grid Electricity Transmission plc: "NGET Call For Innovation - Innovative Substation Auxiliary Load Solutions". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.nationalgrid.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Grid Electricity Transmission plc](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc-coh-02366977)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 April 2022 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Installation services of electricity control equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032134`

## 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/nget-call-for-innovation-innovative-substation-auxiliary-load-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-032134#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nationalgrid.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrid.com%2Fgas-transmission%2Finnovation%2Fhow-to-work-with-us)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nget-call-for-innovation-innovative-substation-auxiliary-load-solutions-ocds-h6vhtk-032134#participate

## Description
The Call for Innovation (CFI) is an approach to the market to see what products and services are available in the industry with funding coming from Ofgem's Network Innovation Allowance.
A CFI is not a formal competitive tender process but is an approach to the market with a specific problem statement or topic of interest that National Grid would like to hear ideas about from the marketplace.
All information received will be used to consider whether we want to engage with a specific supplier or whether we believe a competitive tender approach is required. Essentially this CFI will inform or dictate our procurement strategy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** To tackle climate change by reducing emissions and enhance the reliability and resilience of backup power systems, NGET, is seeking to establish a new commercial approach with a 3rd party supplier, to trial new backup power systems or combined standb...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006829-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-14T11:17:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:37:44.062Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032134