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OpenStage · planning

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Global Logistics Services

TransportCPV 63120000
Value£250,000,000
Deadline
Published24 Mar 2023
RegionNationwide

£250,000,000 — stated in the notice.

Who to contact
Matt Dugher
matthew.dugher@nationalgrid.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£250.0mtotal contract value
median £246k
this tender£0£270.0m

This is a large award for Supporting Transport & Travel Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,020 valued Supporting Transport & Travel Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED has published 3 Supporting Transport & Travel Services notices, about every 21 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around June 2028.

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The brief

National Grid are seeking to establish a strategic partnership with a Third-party logistics provider who has the capabilities to support our entire supply chain.

National Grid UK Limited and National Grid USA Service Company Inc. are planning to go out to tender for a new long-term global agreement with a supplier which will provide Logistics Services to the company.

This tender is expected to cover our full end to end logistics process, including but not limited to the following: • Inbound freight • Outbound freight • Warehouse management • Inventory management • Customs management • Information and Control National Grid reserves the right to amend the scope of required services prior to tender launch, and it will be at National Grid's discretion to split the award into any division it deems logical, as well as to award all or part of the services that have been included in the tender.

Detailed scope of services will be shared with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) tender documentation.

National Grid UK Limited uses Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) for publishing contract notices.

The tender is currently being prepared and a PQQ is scheduled to be published on Achilles UVDB in April 2023 (subject to internal governance).

Suppliers willing to participate in the PQQ will be required to be registered on Achilles UVDB under both of the following codes PRIOR to National Grid launching the PQQ: • 2.8.6 Transportation Services • 2.8.7 Storage & Warehousing Services Any suppliers not registered under these codes at the time of launch will be unable to participate in the tender process.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

National Grid UK Limited and National Grid

National Grid UK Limited and National Grid USA Service Company Inc. are planning to go out to tender for a new long-term global agreement with a supplier which will provide Logistics Services to the company.

02

This tender is expected to cover our

This tender is expected to cover our full end to end logistics process, including but not limited to the following:.

03

Suppliers willing to participate in the PQQ

Suppliers willing to participate in the PQQ will be required to be registered on Achilles UVDB under both of the following codes PRIOR to National Grid launching the PQQ:.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

JOSCAR / Achillessays mustCertification & assessment schemes
Suppliers willing to participate in the PQQ will be required to be registered on Achilles UVDB under both of the following codes PRIOR to National Grid launching the PQQ:

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b5c7
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
008623-2023
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