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title: "PE3 Blue Light Innovation"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0646f8"
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# PE3 Blue Light Innovation

Buyer: UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0646f8

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## Summary

UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited, based in London, is overseeing the PE3 Blue Light Innovation initiative under the utilities special regime, with the procurement process entering the award stage. This project aims to deliver a digital planning tool for emergency services to decarbonise their vehicle fleets and operational estates, leveraging strategic electrification planning. The procurement method employed was a direct award, specifically to Dotted Eyes Solutions Limited, due to exclusive intellectual property rights and technical reasons. The MVP is scheduled for completion by March 2026, aligning with strategic deadlines. The award, valued at £450,000, was announced on 12th February 2026, with the standstill period ending on 23rd February 2026, and the contract starting on 24th February 2026, running until 23rd July 2026, with potential extensions up to 2031.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly in consulting and software development related to strategic electrification solutions for emergency services. Dotted Eyes Solutions Limited, known for its competence in IT services, is well-positioned to leverage this contract for future prospects, especially given the technical integrations required with UKPN systems and the adherence to strict cyber security and governance protocols. Businesses with expertise in integrating complex datasets, providing smart charging solutions, and enhancing digital infrastructure are poised to benefit greatly from such projects, particularly those geared towards the utilities sector. The direct award process and the opportunity for contract renewal and additional services highlight the favourable circumstances for companies with a proven track record in managing intellectual and technical challenges in similar environments.

## Notice

This requirement is for the delivery of a production-ready digital planning tool that enables emergency services (Police, Fire and Rescue, and Ambulance Trusts) to effectively plan and deliver the decarbonisation of their vehicle fleets and operational estates. The solution must support strategic electrification planning, improve visibility of electricity network headroom, and reduce the likelihood of unnecessary or premature network reinforcement, while embedding the operational resilience requirements unique to blue light organisations. The requirement builds directly on the outputs of the completed Phase 1 innovation activity, which validated user need, defined functional and non-functional requirements, and produced tested wireframes and user journeys with engagement from over 60 emergency service organisations. The scope of this commission is therefore delivery focused, translating those agreed designs into an operational system rather than rerunning discovery or design activity. Core Functional Requirements: The supplier is required to deliver a minimum viable product (MVP) that provides an endto-end planning journey for a defined set of emergency service sites, including: - A guided workflow enabling users to model fleet electrification, estate electrification, and associated load impacts. - Visibility of site-level electrical capacity and network headroom, including constraint indicators and reinforcement triggers. - Scenario modelling to assess different decarbonisation pathways, including: - ICE-to-EV fleet replacement logic, charger sizing and charging profiles. - Specialist vehicle considerations. - Heat pump, solar PV, battery storage and smart charging options. - Indicative costs, timescales, and lead-time estimates to support funding, business case development, and connection decisions. - Portfolio-level aggregation to support roadmap development and prioritisation (post-MVP expansion). Technical and Delivery Requirements : The solution must: -Be delivered as a logically separate, multi-tenanted application built on the existing UKPN ChargePoint Navigator platform and infrastructure, enabling interaction with UKPN systems such as Smart Gateway, NetMap, Autoquote and connection application services. - Configure and extend existing backend services, data models and APIs to operationalise the agreed wireframes. - Integrate multiple datasets, including estate data, fleet data, and network capacity information, with appropriate validation, error handling and feedback mechanisms. - Comply with UK Power Networks' cybersecurity, information governance, and Azure hosting requirements, including agreed authentication and SSO arrangements. - Be designed from the outset for replication, scale, and transition to business-as-usual (BAU) The MVP must be production-ready by March 2026 to meet project and customer timelines and to generate evidence for wider rollout decisions.

### Procurement Information

Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of PA23 applies: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract: (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Schedule 5, paragraph 6 of PA23 applies: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract: (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Schedule 5, paragraph 7 of PA23 applies: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract:The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013162-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | 24 Feb 2026 - 23 Jul 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £450,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 6NP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | St George's |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DOTTED EYES SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 12 Feb 2026 at 17:03 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013162-2026
- 4 Feb 2026 at 13:32 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009990-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013162-2026
  12th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009990-2026
  4th February 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.field-dynamics.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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