2025 - National Grid - Updated Request to Participate in tender establishing a Global Capability Centre for Engineering Services

PLEASE NOTE THIS UK4 NOTICE IS RELATED TO A PREVIOUS NOTICE (OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05939e) AND IS NOT A NEW PROCUREMENT BUT AN UPDATE REGARDING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE. Having considered its requirements in more detail and the form of Competitive Flexible Procedure it wishes to run for this Procurement, National Grid has decided to re-open the qualification event on the terms set out in this tender notice and attached document. National Grid is publishing this notice in order re-open qualification for the existing tender notice (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05939e) which, due to constraints with the Find a Tender Service platform, cannot be achieved via another route. If you have already submitted a request to participate in response to the original or revised notice, you should not submit another request to participate. You will shortly receive an email via Ariba eSourcing with instructions on revising your response. If you originally requested to participate but did not submit a response, you will shortly receive an email with further instructions. ----- National Grid 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. As National Grid's business units pursue ambitious growth and prioritise system resilience and affordability, ESS continues to serve as a key enabler-providing quality, cost-efficient, and scalable solutions. ESS is now recognised by National Grid's senior executive team as a foundational component of our business unit operating model and a strategic lever for delivering long-term value. 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 supplier to: a. Establish, grow and deliver engineering services capability at pace during the Build & Operate phase. b. Collaborate with us to validate, and in some cases inform, our design principles and road map to get to the desired end state of an NG-owned GCC. c. Play an active role as we develop a detailed project plan and Statement of Work that allows us to establish an NG-owned GCC, including approach to Integration and Transfer. d. Operationalise the GCC, including the Integration and Transfer of services. 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. The two Core Capabilities we are seeking are: 1. Engineering capability in the context of National Grid's Engineering Support Services 2. Capability to deliver a GCC via Design, Build, Operate & Transfer Detailed descriptions of both capabilities are included in Appendix B of the the attached Instruction document. For the qualification phase of this procurement activity, it is not essential that Suppliers have both Core Capabilities and Suppliers may submit on the basis of only one Core Capability, in accordance with the instructions set out in the attached Instruction document. 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. 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. As at the date of this document, National Grid estimates the total cost to be in the range of £100,000,000 to £250,000,000 excluding VAT (£100 million to £250 million). National Grid is keen to ensure that this procurement is open to a wide market and that there is genuine competition. The resources, range and depth of skills needed could reside entirely within a single organisation or may involve collaboration between suppliers or a wider supply chain. Please refer to Appendix C (Bid Group rules) of the Instruction document for further information about how Suppliers may organise themselves to respond to this opportunity. 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. Please refer to the Instruction document for more information about the requirements for responding to this opportunity and participating in the procurement process.