Closed

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

Descriptions

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 £100,000,000 to £250,000,000 excluding VAT (£100 million to £250 million) * 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.

Timeline

Published Date :

3rd Sep 2025 4 months ago

Deadline :

29th Sep 2025 4 months ago

Contract Start :

31st Aug 2026

Contract End :

31st Aug 2031

Keywords

office support

IT consulting

legal services

web services

network support

cloud services

IT outsourcing

professional engineering

institutional governance

engineering expertise

marketing consulting

software development

cybersecurity support

engineering consultancy

business services

application maintenance

government services

state-run initiatives

regulatory enforcement

advisory services

engineering advisory

help desk services

digital transformation

technical support

corporate support

security services

system integration

software customization

printing services

professional services

civil service delivery

recruitment services

technical engineering provision

IT infrastructure management

public welfare management

engineering project support

technical engineering solutions

multidisciplinary engineering

national defense operations

expert engineering services

social protection programs

specialist engineering services

public sector administration

defense and security coordination

Tender Lot Details & Award Criteria

1 Tender Lots

Let’s Get you Started ✍

Get to see all tender details more briefly

Already have an account ?

Workflows

Status :

Closed

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

N/A

Nationwide :

No

Assign to :

Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk