Procurement Services

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is separate to any other tender opportunity and its purpose is to consult the market to improve NESOs knowledge of current Suppliers or Capable Economic Operator's able to provide comprehensive Procurement Service's covering both Indirect and IT categories.

NESO National Energy System Operator for Great Britain main function is making sure that Great Britain has the essential energy it needs by ensuring supply meets demand every second of every day. The support functions specifically procurement help NESO achieve their key objectives to Britain.

It is the intention of NESO to further consult those organisations who express an interest to identify dates which Supplier engagement will take place ahead of any future tendering opportunities.

Scope of Work - Indirect & IT Categories.

The preferred Supplier will be UK based with a wealth of onshore experience. They will provide procurement operations, category support and sourcing capability services. This project aims to enhance our procurement processes for indirect and IT procurement categories, ensuring efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and compliance.

They will lead sourcing activities end-to-end for new contracts and frameworks across various indirect categories such as HR, Benefits, Rewards, General Management Consulting, Technical Management Consulting, Learning and Development, Professional Services, and IT (Hardware, Software, Infrastructure, Platforms, Networks, etc).

The supplier must bring public sector procurement expertise and ensure compliance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations (UCR) and Public Contracts Regulations (PCR), including competence and capability to meet PA 2023 requirements.

A call for competition will be published on the 19/2/2025 and all participants will be required to complete their submission according to the timetable outlined with the Invitation to Tender Information pack when published at the time of Call for Competition.