Official UK procurement notice
Digital and Data Capabilities Framework
Authority: NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe tender was completed under the new NESO entity with Public procurement organisation number (PPON) PHQL-5234-MWWV
National Grid Electricity System Operator Limited (NGESO), a legally separate business
within the National Grid Group, is the electricity system operator for Great Britain. NGESO
moves electricity around the system to keep homes and businesses supplied with the
energy they need 24/7.
NGESO became a legally separate business from the rest of the National Grid Group in
2019. In summer 2024, NGESO will change its name to National Energy System Operator
(NESO) and become owned by the UK government. Where in this notice we refer to
NGESO, this should be understood as also including NESO after the change is taken
place.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DD&T) organisation within NGESO provides the
sourcing capabilities, roles and skills required to achieve NGESO digital deliverables.
To support the role of the National Energy System Operator (NGESO), we are looking to
put in place a digital and data capabilities framework, encompassing the following lots:
- Lot 1: All Digital & Data
- Lot 2: Data & AI
- Lot 3: Security
- Lot 4: Engineering and Architecture
- Lot 5: Management
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 7 bids received
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1All Digital & DataAwarded
this lot encompasses all competences and skills required to
achieve NGESO's objectives under its business plan, digitalisation strategy, and digital
first ambitions, as well as supporting NGESO as a full end to end business, and
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expanding these same capabilities to cover NGESO's new roles and ambitions.
Working under multiple digital delivery methods (from Waterfall to Agile) and different
types of technology, from ideation and design stages to implementation, configuration,
and support as well as maintenance, these services will span software, hardware,
infrastructure, and network solutions. Our current technology estate encompasses
combinations of in-house built solutions, PaaS, SaaS; hosted either on-prem, data
centres, public cloud, private Cloud; and classified between CNI and non-CNI.
The successful tenderer(s) for this lot will be responsible for providing end to end
capabilities to enable partnership delivery of turnkey types of agreement. This Lot will be
used for call off which span two or more capabilities in the other Lots, with the expectation
of full end to end management of the relevant call off. As such, capabilities for this Lot
should be considered as the capabilities referred to in all other Lots, being the sum of Lots
2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as the ability to deliver these in a coordinated way under the call off.
Lot #2Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)Awarded
this lot will provide NGESO with specialist data capabilities
including management, processing, storage, and analysis of data to inform and support
data-led strategic decision-making, system related innovation, and operational efficiency.
We will look to it for application of Artificial Intelligence (AI), be it in current legacy
systems, new transformational platforms, or standalone solutions.
Lot #3SecurityAwarded
This lot will enable NGESO to cover both physical and digital
specific security needs. This would range from internal to external threats and encompass
work from policy creation to incident response.
Call off for this Lot will require the successful tenderer to deliver an outcome and/or
resource augmentation.
Indicative examples of required capabilities are as follows:
- Threat intelligence
- Security operations
- Vulnerability assessment and management
- Incident response
- Security consultancy and expert advice
- Software and application security engineering
- Security architecture
- Data security
- Security awareness and training
- Risk assessment
Lot #4Engineering and ArchitectureAwarded
this lot encompasses the application of principles and
practices involved in the development and maintenance of digital solutions and platforms
which make up NGESO's digital landscape, including but not limited to software
development, platform architecture, Agile DevSecOps, cloud computing. It also includes
the application of architecture standards in line with NGESO defined solution strategy and
modernisation practices.
Lot #5ManagementAwarded
This Lot will enable NGESO to cover its portfolio supporting
needs. This will range from ideation type of engagements, creation of policies and
procedures, and thought leadership papers to manage digital deliverables, as well as
supporting maintenance services.
Call off for this Lot will require the successful tenderer to deliver an outcome and/or
resource augmentation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Oct 2025, 13:13 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2025, 15:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063829- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a984Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement does not fall outside the scope of the application of the regulation however:
A PIN was published in FTS with the following details:
NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED F04: Periodic indicative notice - utilities Periodic indicative notice only Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-009204 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-044b40 Published 21 March 2024, 2:36pm
Company number 10841592
Unfortunately we were unable to link the PIN to the CAN when selecting the Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition in the system as no such PIN was found. NESO has undergone a change of company status since the tender was issued and more than 12 months has passed. As we were unable to link the above PIN to this CAN it was necessary to publish as "Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition" in order to allow the CAN to be published on the system.
Publisher note: A PIN was published in FTS with the following details: NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED F04: Periodic indicative notice - utilities Periodic indicative notice only Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-009204 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-044b40 Published 21 March 2024, 2:36pm Company number 10841592 Unfortunately we were unable to link the PIN to the CAN when selecting the Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition in the system as no such PIN was found. NESO has undergone a change of company status since the tender was issued and more than 12 months has passed. As we were unable to link the above PIN to this CAN it was necessary to publish as "Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition" in order to allow the CAN to be published on the system.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextInformation about Suppliers · V.2.2 | — | Section V. Award of contract Lot No 1 Title All Digital & Data A contract/lot is awarded: Yes V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract 9 September 2025 Number of tenders received: 7 The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No ACCENTURE (UK) LIMITED London Country United Kingdom • UK - United Kingdom Companies House 04757301 The contractor is an SME No Country: United Kin… |
Due to a technical issue on award notice submission supplier name details were included but not visible/published. In order to give required transparency these have been included in this note.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast25 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates; the JSON mirror lists them.
Contracts
All Digital & Data
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-10
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-11
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-12
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-13
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-14
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-15
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-16
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-17
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-18
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-19
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
All Digital & Data
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-20
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-21
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-22
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-23
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-24
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 062862-2025-25
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
All Digital & Data
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
All Digital & Data
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · All Digital & Data | 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.