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Published 18 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Mobile Transformer Oil Processing Vehicles (Trailer Mounted) - Design, Manufacture, Supply, Commissioning and Support

Authority: National Grid Electricity Transmission plc

GoodsCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdUtilities
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 29 Sept 2031 · up to 29 Sept 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is seeking a supplier to design, manufacture, supply, commission and support two (2) fully integrated, trailer-mounted mobile transformer oil processing vehicles, with an option, at NGET's sole discretion, to purchase up to two (2) additional equivalent units under the resulting contract. Any additional purchases will be subject to business requirements, funding approval and satisfactory performance of the initial units. The solutions shall be road-legal, self-contained and suitable for deployment at operational substations and construction sites throughout UK.

The scope includes:

  • Design, manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of two (2) mobile transformer oil processing trailers, with an option for NGET to purchase up to two (2) additional equivalent units under the resulting contract.
  • Provision of transformer oil treatment plant capable of oil filtration, drying, degassing and vacuum processing operations, including a minimum oil processing capability of 7,500 litres/hour at 50°C.
  • Integrated vacuum systems capable of transformer and chamber vacuum treatment, both independently and simultaneously.
  • Supply of an onboard power generation system including generator, fuel storage, distribution equipment and changeover facilities for external power sources.
  • Installation of monitoring, control and automation systems, including PLC/SCADA functionality, process alarms, operational data recording and remote-access capabilities.
  • Provision of welfare facilities, environmental controls, storage arrangements and operational workspaces suitable for field personnel.
  • Incorporation of all required safety, fire protection, emergency lighting, access and environmental protection systems in accordance with applicable UK legislation and industry standards.
  • Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), commissioning and demonstration of operational performance.
  • Delivery of complete technical documentation, operating manuals, maintenance schedules, drawings, software licences and spare parts recommendations.
  • Provision of operator and maintainer training, warranty support, technical assistance and after-sales service arrangements for the lifecycle of the asset.

Expected Outcome:

Two (2) fully operational mobile transformer oil treatment and vacuum processing vehicles that enable safe, reliable and efficient transformer oil conditioning, moisture removal, degassing and associated maintenance activities across the NGET transmission network, while maximising operational availability and long-term asset value. The resulting contract will also provide NGET with the option to procure up to two (2) additional equivalent units, subject to business requirements, funding approval and satisfactory performance of the initial units.

CPV: Electrical insulating oils · Instrumentation and control equipment · Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery · Mobile units on trailers · Oil filters · Special-purpose motor vehicles · Trailers · Vehicle bodies

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 – 29 Sept 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 29 Sept 2033 with extensions
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Final Outcome: Two (2) fully operational mobile transformer oil treatment and vacuum processing vehicles that enable safe, reliable and efficient transformer oil conditioning, moisture removal, degassing and associated maintenance activities across the NGET transmission network, while maximising operational availability and long-term asset value. The resulting contract will also provide NGET with the option to procure up to two (2) additional equivalent units, subject to business requirements, funding approval and satisfactory performance of the initial units. · By Mutual Agreement

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How National Grid Electricity Transmission plc buys Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers (CPV 3422), and who usually turns up

National Grid Electricity Transmission plc’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers (CPV 3422) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNational Grid Electricity Transmission plc · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 16 known-size awards · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=13
0%69%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=15
67%47%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 34 · UK-wide, n=172
—45 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 45 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 7 of 11 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3422 · UK-wide, n=28
64%50%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo bid counts published
The market359 lots with bid counts · division 34 · UK-wide
25% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid25%
Market: 88 of 359 lots with published bid counts.
2–344%
Market: 159 of 359 lots with published bid counts.
4–625%
Market: 90 of 359 lots with published bid counts.
7+6%
Market: 22 of 359 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3422 · UK-wide
80% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate80%
Market: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%0%
Market: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20%
Market: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 092148 monthsEstimate not published

This lot is listed as CPV 0921. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 183 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet6% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 183 similar lots
1 bid6%
11 of 183 similar past lots received 1 bid (6%).
2–337%
68 of 183 similar past lots received 2–3 (37%).
4–643%
79 of 183 similar past lots received 4–6 (43%).
7+14%
25 of 183 similar past lots received 7+ (14%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Sept 2027
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088533
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Electrical insulating oilsInstrumentation and control equipmentMiscellaneous special-purpose machineryMobile units on trailersOil filtersSpecial-purpose motor vehiclesTrailersVehicle bodies
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07751e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Submission deadline
7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Suppliers wishing to participate in this opportunity should complete the attached 'Expression of Interest (EOI) Form' and return it to hrushikesh.keshavanarayana@nationalgrid.com

After the Tender Notice is issued on Find a Tender, National Grid Procurement will issue the tender documents via SAP Ariba to those suppliers that have expressed their interest in response to this notice.

Timeline

18 Sept 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published40 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
  2. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 33 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 40 days
    7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 308 days
    1 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract startsin 337 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
    UK3

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02366977 · GB-PPON: PHHJ-6513-BWZT 1 - 3 Strand, London, London, WC2N 5EHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure