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NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Enterprise Backup/Recovery & Cyber Resiliency Platform

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£15.0m
Deadline27 Jul 2026
Published1 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 1 Jul 20263 days leftCloses 27 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Cora Russell
cora.russell@nationalgrid.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.Ariba.com

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£15.0mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£16.2m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The contracting authority intends to procure an enterprise Cyber Resilience and Recoverability Platform to enhance and standardise backup, recovery, and resilience capabilities across its IT estate.

The objective is to establish a consistent, enterprise‑wide approach that improves service continuity and supports effective recovery from disruptive events.

The scope of the procurement will include the provision of a unified platform capable of supporting data protection and recovery across a range of enterprise environments, including infrastructure, cloud-based services, and software-as-a-service solutions.

The platform will also support associated services required to ensure resilience across critical systems and business services.

The solution is expected to deliver secure and resilient backup and recovery capabilities, supported by appropriate governance, policy management, and reporting.

Suppliers should be able to demonstrate the ability to support controlled and reliable recovery processes, alongside ongoing assurance activities such as testing and validation.

The intended outcome is the implementation of a scalable and robust enterprise capability that strengthens organisational resilience, enables timely restoration of services, and supports alignment with relevant regulatory, security, and operational requirements.

Further details will be provided as part of the formal procurement process.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The scope of the procurement will include

The scope of the procurement will include the provision of a unified platform capable of supporting data protection and recovery across a range of enterprise environments, including infrastructure, cloud-based services, and software-as-a-service solutions.

02

The platform will also support associated services

The platform will also support associated services required to ensure resilience across critical systems and business services.

03

The solution is expected to deliver secure

The solution is expected to deliver secure and resilient backup and recovery capabilities, supported by appropriate governance, policy management, and reporting.

04

Suppliers should be able to demonstrate

Suppliers should be able to demonstrate the ability to support controlled and reliable recovery processes, alongside ongoing assurance activities such as testing and validation.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b263
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
061668-2026
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