Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
1 - 3 Strand
LONDON
WC2N5EH
SIProcurement@nationalgrid.com
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
02366977
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Great Grid Partnership
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45000000 - Construction work
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
NGET has appointed partners (Enterprise Partners) with the capacity and capability to deliver its strategic infrastructure priorities through a collaborative delivery model (the Great Grid Partnership). The procurement comprises two lots:
- Lot 1 is a design, consenting and environmental services lot under which NGET has appointed two Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
- Lot 2 is a construction works and services lot under which NGET has appointed five Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
The contractual arrangements comprise a main Enterprise Agreement regulating the rights and obligations of NGET and the Enterprise Partners, with call-off contracts for individual packages using the NEC4 family of contracts.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £9,280,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Design, consenting and environmental services
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 30 May 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-015304 (the Contract Notice).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Integration / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Behaviours / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Acceptance of Enterprise Agreement / Weighting: P/F
Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
As explained in the Contract Notice, the duration of the Enterprise Agreement is an initial 8 years, but extendable up to 12 years at NGET's option.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Construction
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- 51110000 - Installation services of electrical equipment
- 65300000 - Electricity distribution and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the Contract Notice.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Integration / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Behaviours / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Acceptance of Enterprise Agreement / Weighting: P/F
Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
As explained in the Contract Notice, the duration of the Enterprise Agreement is an initial 8 years, but extendable up to 12 years at NGET's option.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-015304
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
1
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WSP UK Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
01383511
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AECOM Arup Joint Venture
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
01846493 & 1312453
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jacobs UK Limited (Reserve Partner)
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
02594504
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £580,000,000
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
2
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited
Dartford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
04309402
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Limited (t/a Omexom); and VINCI Construction UK Limited (t/a Taylor Woodrow) JV
Belfast & Watford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
NI034635 & 02295904
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
J Murphy and Sons Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
00492042
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Limited
Rugby
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
04273754
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morrison Energy Services (Transmission Networks) Limited
Stevenage
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
00245626
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited (Reserve Partner)
Sheffield
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
01062438
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £8,700,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
As anticipated by the Contract Notice, NGET has appointed a Reserve Partner in each Lot, alongside the Enterprise Partners. The Reserve Partners are Jacobs UK Limited (Lot 1) and Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited (Lot 2). The final appointment of the Reserve Partners in each Lot remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice.
All financial values stated in this notice replicate those in the Contract Notice which were calculated using then-current prices plus assumed inflation based on RPI forecast rates to 2032. All of these values are estimates only and the final outturn values will depend on the precise works and services required to be delivered, the means of delivery, the way in which programme and project risks materialise, the actual rates of inflation up to completion of the programme, and other factors.
Please refer to the Contract Notice for details of the scale of this procurement, the identified projects and the wider scope of the Great Grid Partnership.
The Great Grid Partnership constitutes a single programme to achieve National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade (https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade). It is currently anticipated that this programme will be delivered by the Enterprise Partners through the Enterprise Agreement and the call-off contracts awarded under it, and the full scope of that is included in the scope advertised by the Contract Notice. However, and without limiting that, the works and services awarded to Enterprise Partner(s) may extend beyond that to involve additional works and services, through the award of further contracts in reliance on the procedure in Regulation 50(1)(f) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and/or any successor provision in the new Procurement Act 2023, when enacted, concerning direct awards for additional or repeat or similar works or services (including, without limitation, paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, for the purposes of which this contract award notice together with the Contract Notice is to be regarded as a "tender notice or any tender document"). Any contracts for new works or services consisting in the repetition of similar works or services will conform to the Great Grid Upgrade programme and / or a particular project for which packages are called-off under the Great Grid Partnership.
The Enterprise Agreement may be awarded by, or novated to, a member of the National Grid group other than NGET.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom