Quick answer — NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITEDLast refreshed 16 Dec 2024

At a glance

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED has awarded £256.9bn across 98 suppliers, with 135 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 26 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 11% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share11%
Pipeline · open now26
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 91 published notices and 85 awards on PublicSupply.

91
Notices published
85
Awards
98
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£250.0m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£250.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£69m£138m£206m£275mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

26

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

26

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works13 · £62.6bn
goods24 · £15.5bn
services48 · £1.9bn
Unspecified6 · £250.0m

Instrument type

contract91 · £80.1bn
Source:Find a Tender: 88Contracts Finder: 3

Awarded contracts · 135 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Offsite biodiversity gains and climate contributions45262640active
Digital Twin for Electrical Power Systems - National Grid48000000planning
Digital Twin for Electrical Power Systems - National Grid48000000planning
National Grid Substation ConstructionBAM NUTTALL LIMITEDactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionCOSTAIN LIMITEDactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionLAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITEDactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionSIEMENS ENERGY LIMITEDactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionSKANSKA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITEDactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionKirby Group Engineering ULCactive
National Grid Substation ConstructionLAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITEDactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
BB
£25.5bnest.
10% of total
2
UG
£24.6bnest.
10% of total
3
ME
£24.6bnest.
10% of total
4
NH
£21.3bnest.
8% of total
5
PP
£21.3bnest.
8% of total
6
BN
£12.8bnest.
5% of total
7
LO
£12.8bnest.
5% of total
8
SC
£12.8bnest.
5% of total
998
···
90 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£101.0bn
39% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Electrical machinery
17 contracts
£208.8bn
64%
Construction works
45 contracts
£115.1bn
35%
Architecture, engineering
5 contracts
£1.0bn
0%
R&D services
16 contracts
£720.0m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
16 contracts
£705.2m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£450.0m
0%
Support transport services
1 contract
£250.0m
0%
IT services, software
6 contracts
£228.9m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Electrical machinery
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
R&D services
Business, legal, advisory
Radio, TV, communications
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

11%
SME supplier share
target 33%
12
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
98
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 11% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Companies House
04508773
Contact
Baljinder Besra
Email
baljinder.besra@nationalgrid.com

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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