Official UK procurement notice
SONI064 – DS3 System Services – Volume Capped – Gate 13
Authority: SONI Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought12 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFollowing review by the Regulatory Authorities of the TSOs’ Report on Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and Efficient Power System in July 2011 the TSOs were requested by the SEM Committee to put in place a programme of work to solve the challenges associated with increased levels of penetration of variable non-synchronous renewable generation.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Energy and related services
Lots and requirements (12)Procurement structure
12 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 11 and win at most 11 of themLot #1POR L1NI - Primary Operating ReserveRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Primary Operating Reserve or ‘POR’ has the meaning given to it in the grid code
Lot #2SOR L2NI - Secondary Operating ReserveRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Secondary Operating reserve or ‘SOR’ has the meaning given to it in the grid code
Lot #3TOR1 L3NI - Tertiary 1 Operating ReserveRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Tertiary 1 operating reserve or ‘TOR1’ has the meaning given to it in the grid code.
Lot #4TOR2 L4NI - Tertiary 2 Operating ReserveRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Tertiary 2 operating reserve or ‘TOR2’ has the meaning given to it in the grid code
Lot #5RRD L5NI - Replacement Reserve (De-Synchronised)RenewalPublished value€6,640,422
RR (De-synchronised)’ means replacement reserve provided by the providing unit when: (i) not Synchronised to the power system in the
case of a synchronous providing unit, or
(ii) when connected to the power system and operating at a level less or equal to 0 MW in the case of an energy storage providing unit, or
(ii) when connected to the power system in the case of a demand side unit
Lot #6RRS L6NI - Replacement Reserve (Synchronised)RenewalPublished value€6,640,422
RR (Synchronised)’ means Replacement Reserve provided by the Providing Unit when: (i) synchronised to the power system in the case of
a synchronous providing unit, or
(ii) when connected to the power system and operating at a level greater than 0 MW in the case of an energy storage providing unit or
power park module.
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Lot #7SSRP L7NI - Steady State Reactive PoweRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Steady-state reactive power or ‘SSRP’ means reactive power capability (Leading) and reactive power capability
Lot #8SIR L8NI - Synchronous Inertial ResponsRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Synchronous Inertial Response (SIR) is the kinetic energy (at a Frequency of 50 Hz) of a centrally dispatched synchronous providing unit
multiplied by the SIR factor (SIRF)
Lot #9RM1 L9NI - Ramping Margin 1 HourRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Ramping Margin 1 is the increased MW Output and/or MW Reduction that a providing unit can provide to
the company within one hour of the company issuing a dispatch instruction to a service provider and that the providing unit can maintain
for a further two hours after the one hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest availability in that three hour period.
Lot #10RM3 L10NI - Ramping Margin 3 HourRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Ramping Margin 3 is the increased MW Output and/or MW reduction that a providing unit can provide to the company within three hours
of the company issuing a dispatch instruction to a service provider and that the providing unit can maintain for a further 5 hours after the 3
hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest availability in that 8 hour period
Lot #11RM8 L11NI - Ramping Margin 8 HouRenewalPublished value€6,640,422
Ramping Margin 8 is the increased MW Output and/or MW reduction that a providing unit can provide to the company within eight hours
of the company issuing a dispatch instruction to a service provider and that the providing unit can maintain for a further 8 hours after the 8
hour period has elapsed. It is limited by the lowest availability in that 16 hour period.
Lot #12FFR L12NI - Fast Frequency ResponseRenewalPublished value€6,640,432
Fast Frequency Response (FFR) is the additional MW Output or MW reduction required compared to the pre- incident MW output or MW
reduction, which is fully available from a providing unit within 2 seconds after the start of an event and sustainable up to 10 seconds after
the start of the event.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jan 2026
- First published
- 23 Jun 2025, 11:45 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2025, 11:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
SONI064- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034327- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055192Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published23 Jun 2025, 11:45 BST
- Clarification questions by4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by391 days ago25 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts386 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Jun 2025, 11:45 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender