--- title: "Cost Intelligence Software" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06af41" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06af41" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06af41.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06af41.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED" published: "2026-06-08" --- # Cost Intelligence Software Buyer: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06af41 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06af41) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06af41.json) ## Summary The procurement process led by National Grid UK Limited is currently in the planning stage, seeking to implement a groupwide Cost Intelligence Software solution. The buying organisation, headquartered at 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5EH, aims to enhance its network capability through a substantial investment over the next five years. With the primary industry category being Software package and information systems, this open procurement method will operate under a competitive flexible procedure, potentially incorporating a pre-qualification phase. Interested parties need to submit Expressions of Interest by 12 June 2026, with the tender period concluding on 7 August 2026. National Grid's requirement for a cutting-edge digital solution reflects a commitment to supplier, project, and market cost data accessibility, envisaging a launch into the competitive flexible process via SAP Ariba. This tender presents a lucrative opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services, software development, and digital solutions to influence National Grid's strategic growth through data intelligence. Ideal contenders would feature advanced software capabilities, possibly with AI analytics or natural language processing, to provide insightful data benchmarking and supplier cost analysis. Firms experienced in delivering scalable SaaS products or bespoke digital solutions can significantly benefit, fostering growth within the utility sector. By participating, suppliers have the potential to form lasting engagements, contributing to National Grid's focus on data-driven efficiency and enhanced service solutions within the utility market, with a contract start aimed for September 2026 and an extension option until 2031. ## Notice National Grid is seeking the provision of a groupwide Cost Intelligence digital solution. National Grid Group is planning to invest around PS70 billion over the next five years to scale and strengthen its existing network, ensuring it can meet the needs of customers now and in the future. To support this, National Grid is seeking to establish a new groupwide cost intelligence capability that enables better access to supplier, project and market cost data across the business. A digital solution is required as part of this capability. The solution will focus on Supplier and Market Intelligence and is intended to provide estimating, procurement, commercial and finance users with access to comparable supplier cost data, project final account data and relevant market-based insight. The solution is expected to bring together supplier bid return data, project final account data and relevant market indices into a single digital tool environment. It should enable users to search, query, analyse and compare cost data across relevant dimensions, including asset archetypes, Cost Breakdown Structure items, activities, regions, suppliers and unit rates, where the underlying data structure allows. National Grid requires a user-centred digital capability that provides self-service dashboards, search, analytics and reporting tailored to different user groups. The solution may include AI-enabled analytics, natural language search or conversational query functionality to help users interrogate cost data, generate different types of benchmark insight and surface relevant intelligence more quickly. The solution will leverage a National Grid data lake or other approved data environment, with National Grid retaining ownership and control of its data. The solution should connect to, ingest from or consume data from approved customer data sources, including data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, APIs, enterprise systems, structured files or equivalent sources. National Grid is seeking a flexible and scalable solution that can evolve over time as data quality, user adoption and business requirements mature. The solution should support stronger cross-Business Unit comparability, more consistent supplier cost benchmarking, improved estimating confidence and more informed engagement with delivery partners and the wider supply chain. The solution may be delivered through an existing SaaS product, configurable platform, managed digital product, bespoke software build. National Grid is not seeking an advisory-only consultancy service. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053578-2026 | | Notice type | UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Jun 2026 | | Submission deadline | 7 Aug 2026 | | Future notice date | 13 Jul 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 3 Sep 2026 - 4 Sep 2029 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | 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 - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 8 Jun 2026 at 05:44 - Planning - UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053578-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053578-2026 8th June 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-17322 EOI and Ariba registration must be returned to baljinder.besra@nationalgrid.com - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-17326 The minimum technical system capabilities that are required for fulfilment of this service. - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-17365 Estimated timeline. ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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