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title: "2025 - National Grid - Request to Participate in tender establishing a Global Capability Centre for Engineering Services"
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# 2025 - National Grid - Request to Participate in tender establishing a Global Capability Centre for Engineering Services

Buyer: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05939e

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## Summary

National Grid UK Limited has announced a public procurement process to establish a Global Capability Centre for Engineering Services. The process is currently in the tender stage, with a focus on a wide range of services, including engineering, IT, administration, defence, and business services. Interested parties are invited to submit a request to participate by 29th September 2025. The procurement is taking place under a selective method following a competitive flexible procedure, as outlined in Section 19 of the Procurement Act 2023. The initiative aims to strategically transform National Grid's Enterprise Business Services and expand its offshore operations, ideally in India, with an estimated total contract value ranging between £100 million and £250 million excluding VAT.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the engineering, IT, and consulting sectors, particularly those with experience in design, build, operate, and transfer (DBOT) models or similar setups. The successful party will collaborate closely with National Grid to design and operationalise the GCC, with potential benefits including a long-term partnership and opportunities for extensions beyond the initial five-year contract. Companies with strong technical capacities, project management skills, and a strategic approach to large-scale operations in Asia, particularly India, would find this tender aligns well with their growth ambitions.

## Notice

This notice invites participants to submit a request to participate in a competitive flexible procedure for the award of a contract under Section 19 of the Procurement Act 2023. This is not an invitation to submit tenders. National Grid (NG) is an energy company operating in the UK and US. We deliver electricity and gas safely, reliably and efficiently to the customers and communities we serve - all while working towards a clean energy future. The company is currently undergoing a strategic transformation of its Enterprise Business Services (EBS) organisation and as part of this initiative is successfully operating Engineering Support Services (ESS) activity in India via an incumbent supplier arrangement. ESS is a proven, flexible, and scalable model providing highly skilled engineering support services with diverse technical, project, and analytics skills via an outsource model that transforms engineering processes. At National Grid, these engineering services activities include, but are not limited to, System Modelling and Early Development, Work Management Support, Asset Management Support, Project Controls and Data Management Support. We now wish to create our own Global Capability Centre (GCC) to deliver engineering services at scale and at pace, and we are looking for a single supplier* to I. Establish, grow and deliver engineering services capability at pace II. Co-create and collaborate with us to design the road map to get to the desired end state of an NG-led GCC III. Play an active role as we develop a detailed project plan and Statement of Work that allows us to establish an NG-led Global Capability Centre. IV. Operationalise the Global Capability Centre This notice is for a wide range of services (and, where applicable, supporting goods, works or services) to support National Grid achieve its target end-state of a Global Capability Centre for engineering services in India. Our preference is to establish its GCC using a design build, operate and transfer model, however we are open to other pathways Phase 1 - Design The successful party collaborates with NG to define the requirements of our GCC including location, physical space, office layout, IT infrastructure and network connectivity, service standards and operational requirements and compliance with local laws and regulations. These requirements must satisfy our needs for today and future needs. This phase ensures the GCC is tailored to NG's strategic and operational needs before the Build phase and has the necessary plans and documentation, budget and internal approvals. Phase 2 - Build The successful party establishes the GCC infrastructure, recruits talent and focuses on delivering the planned design on time and within scope and budget. We expect National Grid will be responsible to set up legal entities and gain regulatory approvals. Phase 3 - Operate The successful party will deliver and manage day-to-day operations including engineering services and the necessary enabling functions such as HR, payroll, IT support, compliance, and employee engagement. This phase resembles traditional outsourcing, with service levels and governance models aligned to NG's expectations. Phase 4 - Transfer The successful party is jointly responsible with NG to complete appropriate transfers including operational knowledge, systems and staff to NG within the agreed timescale in such a way that service delivery and service standards are not affected. Phase 5 - After completion of the Transfer phase, both parties may agree additional works for example, enduring functional support such a Finance or IT etc. The deadline for completed requests to participate to be submitted via https://forms.office.com/r/37mdZZdR66 is 17:00 London 29-Sep-25. Please Note National Grid's offshore operations are currently based in India via an incumbent supplier arrangement and India is a preferred location for our Global Capability Centre. However, we intend to explore location strategy as part of our qualification and sourcing activities. National Grid wishes to provide additional insight into the estimated total value figure included in this notice because this public notice permits only a single figure. National Grid used best endeavours when estimating the total cost over the planned duration of this contract and believes the total cost to be in the range of PS100,000,000 to PS250,000,000 excluding VAT (PS100 million to PS250 million) Merger/Affiliates Participation Rule. Where two or more suppliers in this competition become connected persons (including by acquisition, merger or common control) at any time: (i) pre-completion they must participate independently and maintain effective information barriers; (ii) post-completion the group must nominate one supplier to remain in the competition within five (5) working days of completion and withdraw the other(s). National Grid may set evidence requirements, request undertakings and, where necessary, exclude one or more suppliers for breach of procedure or improper behaviour, applying equal treatment and proportionality. * A 'single supplier' could include a joint venture or prime contractor although it should be noted a prime contractor will be responsible for management and delivery of all sub-contract elements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The contract may include options to include emerging scope directly related to delivery of engineering services for example, if new technologies become available that enable faster or more efficient delivery of engineering services.

Renewal: National Grid intends to award an initial contract for 5 years with 3 possible 12-month extensions. National Grid reserve the right to determine the duration of any contract extensions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059304-2025 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000,000 |
| Lots value | £250,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection 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

### Codes

- 71300000 - Engineering 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

## Release History

- 24 Sep 2025 at 13:32 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059304-2025
- 3 Sep 2025 at 17:48 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053715-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059304-2025
  24th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053715-2025
  3rd September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://supplier.ariba.com
  Participants successfully requesting participation will be invited to participation in the qualification activity via National Grid's eSourcing system ( https://supplier.ariba.com )
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-4799
  20250818 Project Glossary for Participants in Engineering Services vFINAL.pdf

## Notice URLs

- https://forms.office.com/r/37mdZZdR66
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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