Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC
National Grid House,Warwick Technology Park Gallows Hill
WARWICK
CV346DA
Contact
National Gas Transmission Procurement
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG13 - Warwickshire
Companies House
02006000
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Utilities
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
National Gas Enterprise Networks Enduring
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72700000 - Computer network services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
National Gas is seeking to engage with the market to explore opportunities to procure UK-based services for the provision of a network management and support partner for its enterprise network including LAN / WAN / remote sites / WiFi provision. As part of its separation from National Grid, National Gas has engaged its incumbent network partner to separate its existing network from that of National Grid - this includes the physical and logical separation of LAN / WAN / WiFi and the supporting management services (e.g. NOC, monitoring software, etc).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 72511000 - Network management software services
- 72700000 - Computer network services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
The services will be primarily performed at National Gas HQ in Warwick and suppliers will need to make provisions to offer the services at additional National Gas sites across the UK mainland (c.40 sites) excluding Northern Ireland.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
National Gas is undertaking Early Market Engagement (EME) to validate its indicative strategy to procure a UK-based service (excluding Northern Ireland) which will deliver a "walk in take-over" of a newly built enterprise network which provides connectivity to National Gas HQ and satellite sites. It is envisaged that this may encompass the support and maintenance of WAN, LAN and WiFi, including hardware and software maintenance, network monitoring (NOC) and control (though not CSOC which is provided by National Gas) and incident management (to be managed through National Gas Service Management service desk - that is currently being procured through a separate procurement activity).
Staff involved in the delivery of the services will require appropriate security clearance - it is currently envisaged that this will be United Kingdom Security Vetting - Security Check (SC).
It should be noted that National Gas are considering retaining ownership and governance of the Enterprise Network. The indicative requirement is for a partner to provide the ongoing management and maintenance of the hardware and software and to ensure the Enterprise Network is appropriately monitored and to resolve issues as they arise - this is subject to validation through early market engagement.
two.2.14) Additional information
National Gas envisages launching a formal procurement process in due course and requires no active engagement from prospective partners at this stage. National Gas will be running a supplier event (indicatively in Q3 of calendar year 2023) to provide further information and undertake some Early Market Engagement (EME) to solicit feedback from the market on indicative procurement strategies for this requirement. This EME activity will likely include 1-2-1 sessions with interested suppliers to discuss and validate procurement options, along with potential written submissions in response to questions posed by National Gas. Should you wish to register an email address for attendance at such an event (likely virtual) please send the details of your interested party to the following address.
Procurement Lead: Ben Farn
Contact Details: ben.farn@nationalgas.com
All communications and queries arising from this PIN should be conducted on email through the Procurement Representative detailed above. Please ensure all emails on this notice include the following in the subject box:
National Gas Enterprise Network Enduring Sourcing (expression of interest)
Any queries must be submitted no later than 18:00 hrs (UK time) 8th September 2023 for this PIN and expressions of interest to participate in early market engagement. Please note, your decision to participate or otherwise in this early market engagement does not preclude your later participation in the next phase of the process.
National Gas shall not be responsible for or pay for any costs or expenses that may be incurred by the supplier in the preparation and submission of a response to this event.
The submission deadline for you to register your 'expression of interest' in the Early Market Engagement call for Q3 of calendar year 2023 is 18:00 hrs (UK time) 8th September 2023.
Your expression of interest should be sent to the Procurement representative for this tender event, as follows: ben.farn@nationalgas.com
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
27 October 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
8th September 2023
Local time
6:00pm