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title: "2025 - National Grid - Establishing a Dynamic Market for Outsourced Functional Services"
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# 2025 - National Grid - Establishing a Dynamic Market for Outsourced Functional Services

Buyer: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05937d

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## Summary

National Grid UK Limited, based in London, is engaging in a procurement process titled "2025 - National Grid - Establishing a Dynamic Market for Outsourced Functional Services." This procurement falls under industry categories related to IT and business services and is located in the United Kingdom. The process is currently in the tender stage with an active status as of September 2025. The tender follows an open procurement method, structured as a Dynamic Market aimed at outsourcing functional services such as ERP security, data and analytics, and IT services. Interested parties were required to register by 17 September 2025, and the submission deadline was set for 26 September 2025. The process adheres to the economic and technical criteria for suppliers' participation, ensuring the suppliers demonstrate adequate capability and financial standing.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for companies specialising in IT services, business process outsourcing, and technology-driven transformation capabilities. Qualified suppliers, including large enterprises and SMEs, can leverage this dynamic market to establish or expand their presence within National Grid's extensive supply network. Engaging in this tender allows businesses to showcase their expertise in providing comprehensive functional services and accessing a broad spectrum of potential contracts within the National Grid group. The inclusion of a flexible procedure that accommodates negotiation and refinement of award criteria offers further opportunity for diverse businesses to align strategically with National Grid's complex service requirements.

## Notice

This notice concerns a Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market (QUDM) within the meaning of sections 34 to 40 of the Procurement Act 2023 which allows all entities within the NG group to select suppliers for invitation to tender or negotiation. Only members of the market, or part of the market, will be notified of a future intention to award a contract by reference to suppliers' membership of the market, or part of the market, and provided with a tender notice in accordance with section 40(1) and (2) of the PA23. This QUDM is established by National Grid UK Ltd and may be used by National Grid UK Ltd and any other company listed under its corporate registrations, as published at https://www.nationalgrid.com/about-us/corporate-registrations, including any future additions to that list, provided they are engaged in utility activities as defined under the Procurement Act 2023. This market is open-ended. Procedure overview Competitive flexible procedure may be used; negotiation may be conducted; award criteria may be refined between tender stages; there may be minimum/maximum suppliers per event; associated tender documents will be issued via NG's e-sourcing portal at event launch. This QUDM is for a wide range of services (and, where applicable, supporting goods and works) to provide and support Functional Services (FS), including but not limited to: 1. Record to Report (R2R) 2. Source to Pay (S2P) 3. Join to Leave (J2L) 4. Order to Cash (O2C) 5. Audit & SOX Compliance 6. ERP Security 7. Other emerging scope including, but not limited to, Data and Analytics, Learning Services, Procurement and IT Services. 8. Technology-driven transformation capability leveraging automation, AI analytics and lean process re-engineering The precise delivery model will be developed and confirmed by the relevant NG group entity for each procurement event, on an event-by-event basis, and may include outsourcing, global support and other modes of delivery depending on the requirement. National Grid intends to launch a tender utilising this QUDM in October 2025. To allow reasonable time to review applications, you must register no later than 2pm London on Wednesday, September 17th 2025 and submit a fully completed membership application via National Grid's eSourcing system no later than 2pm London on Friday, September 26th 2025. To complete a membership application, you must first register at https://forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043253-2026 |
| Notice type | UK16 - Dynamic Market Cessation Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Dynamic market |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 May 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | Missing |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC2N 5EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 15 |
| Supplier names | ACCENTURE (UK; CAPGEMINI; COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE; DATAMATICS INFOTECH; EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS; GENPACT (UK; HCL TECHNOLOGIES; IBM UNITED KINGDOM; INFOSYS; NORTH HIGHLAND; TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES; UST GLOBAL; VERILAND CONSULTING; WIPRO; WNS GLOBAL SERVICES (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 70 - Real estate services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 70000000 - Real estate services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 11 May 2026 at 21:38 - TenderCancellation - UK16 - Dynamic Market Cessation Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043253-2026
- 22 Oct 2025 at 11:37 - Award - UK14 - Dynamic Market Establishment Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067449-2025
- 3 Sep 2025 at 15:30 - Tender - UK13 - Dynamic Market Intention Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053666-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043253-2026
  11th May 2026 - Dynamic market cessation notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067449-2025
  22nd October 2025 - Dynamic market establishment notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053666-2025
  3rd September 2025 - Dynamic market intention notice on Find a Tender
- https://forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A
  Registration is available at https://forms.office.com/r/Ewb4b8VX7A Documents directly relating to this dynamic market are only available from National Grid's eSourcing system (https://supplier.ariba.com ) after successful registration.
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-4796
  20250818 Project Glossary for Participants in Functional Services QUDM
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-4798
  20250903 Copy of BPO QUDM Questionnaire_v5

## Notice URLs

- http://www.capgemini.com/
- http://www.cognizant.com
- http://www.exlservice.com
- http://www.hcltech.com
- http://www.ibm.com/uk-en/
- http://www.ust.com
- http://www.wns.com
- https://northhighland.com/
- https://supplier.ariba.com
- https://www.accenture.com/gb-en
- https://www.datamatics.com/
- https://www.infosys.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.nationalgrid.com/
- https://www.nationalgrid.com/about-us/corporate-registrations
- https://www.tcs.com/
- https://www.veriland.co.uk
- https://www.wipro.com/

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