National Grid Electricity Transmission is carrying out pre-procurement market engagement on the delivery model for the New Infrastructure Delivery Onshore Programme (NIODP) and says that parties who do not register to respond by Friday 20 January may not receive notice of future market engagement.
NGET has produced a market engagement document (MED) to describe the NIODP and NGET’s current thinking on the delivery model. It contains questions for market members NGET and the closing date for responses is 20 January 2023 at 16:00. The engagement exercise is open to companies who may bid for a partner or member role in the enterprise delivery model (as described below), directly contracted by NGET, rather than as part of a sub-tier contracting arrangement.
To access the MED, via a secure site, e-mail [email protected] with “Request for Access to MED” as the subject line and the full name and email address of the nominated person in the email. NGET wants parties to register their details and interest, because no further notice of subsequent events or activities will be given to the wider market.
NGET says the NIODP is “one of NGET’s most challenging and complex yet”, with over 1,000km of new overhead line and underground transmission lines, associated substation builds and extensions and customer connections to be added to the network.
It says, “The scale of work required to unlock the energy transition is unprecedented both in terms of the volume of infrastructure and the condensed timeframe… over five times the amount of new electricity transmission infrastructure will need to be delivered in the next seven years than has been built in the past 30 years”. Meanwhile the global race to clean power “ creates significant competition for supply chain resources and skills”.
NGET says it is reviewing its delivery model to be “more collaborative…, where NGET and supply chain experts will work together to influence solutions, increase efficiency and predictability to deliver the government’s desired outcomes”.
The enterprise delivery model will be based upon the long term strategic alignment of five main roles: NGET – the capable owner; the integrator; strategic partners; enterprise members; and the extended ecosystem.
NGET said the current timeframe indicates a contract notice will be published in or around 13 February 2023.