Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
National Grid Gas PLC
National Grid Gas Plc02006000WarwickCv34 6DAUnited Kingdom
Warwickshire
CV346DA
UK
Contact person: Sam Grundy
Telephone: +44 7866792561
E-mail: sam.grundy2@nationalgrid.com
NUTS: UKG13
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nationalgridgas.com/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
www.nationalgrid.com
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
National Grid
Warwick
UK
Contact person: Sam Grundy
E-mail: sam.grundy2@nationalgrid.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nationalgrid.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.Nationalgrid.com
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Utility — Energy
I.5) Main activity
Other: Utility — Energy
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of an Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Solutions for Gas Transmission Industrial Control Environments
II.1.2) Main CPV code
42961200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Evolving National Grids cyber detection and response capabilities is key to ongoing protection of the gas transmission assets. Investment in this space is closely aligned to the guidance set out within the Network Information Systems (NIS) directive and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cyber security framework.
Deployment of additional cyber intrusion detection system (IDS) hardware and software at approximately 90 operational sites will enable us to enhance our OT system monitoring capabilities for malicious threats and unusual traffic which could be indicative of a cyber-attack.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
The sites span across the UK Gas network — including AGI's, Compressor stations and 2 other COMAH sites.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Intrusion detection solution:
Evolving National Grids cyber detection and response capabilities is key to ongoing protection of the gas transmission assets. Investment in this space is closely aligned to the guidance set out within the Network Information Systems (NIS) directive and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cyber security framework.
Deployment of additional cyber intrusion detection system (IDS) hardware and software at approximately 90 operational sites will enable us to enhance our OT system monitoring capabilities for malicious threats and unusual traffic which could be indicative of a cyber-attack.
As part of this Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), National Grid wishes to have a future IDS capability which will deliver faster response times and more effective action to detect and protect against cyber-attacks on our operable sites.
Key objectives:
Objective 1:
Appropriate levels of experienced and knowledge to support solution delivery to operational sites within an Industrial Control System (ICS) environment should be demonstrable.
The work will be completed under the appropriate regulatory and governance frameworks and within an aggressive timeframe, suppliers must be confident of their abilities.
Objective 2:
The delivery timescales of an IDS to all sites are by the end of March 2021, with all work to be completed by this date. This date wholly aligns with the end of the current UK regulatory transmission industry price control period (i.e. RIIO T1).
This procurement event focuses around the purchasing of the IDS unit and associated services. A prior phase of “preparation” of the sites will have been carried out.
To participate in this event please contact Sam Grundy — Sam.grundy2@nationalgrid.com to express interest and receive the appropriate PQQ documentation.
Following stages of this procurement event will move to a different platform for ease.
National Grid reserve the right to use an E-auction following RFP Stage if appropriate.
The below Split of 60/40 weighting will be for the RFP. The PQQ and DAQ stages will be a series of scored and pass/fail questions. This appropriate scoring methodology will be attached to the documents sent out via Email (contact sam.grundy2@nationalgrid.com).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical evaluation
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
30/07/2019
End:
01/03/2021
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 8
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
National Grid will assess fully compliant proposals in the first instance after that point variants may be considered.
Where a variant, whether this is technical or commercial has been proposed and submitted in accordance with the instructions to tenderers, National Grid will, if the option is technically and/or commercially acceptable, consider and assess it under the principles of these Contract.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
UVDB Achilles registration will be required for winning tenderer. This process can take up to 3 months therefore we would recommend if reaching RFP stage that suppliers onboard earlier rather than later to minimize any issues.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
Additional information about electronic auction:
National Grid Reserve the right to use an E-auction if appropriate. National Grid may use more different negotiation techniques if E-Auction is not seen to be appropriate.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
07/06/2019
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
11/06/2019
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
To participate in the upcoming procurement event — please begin by express interesting to Sam.Grundy2@nationalgrid.com
— following this a PQQ will be ran during the window of the Contract Notice,
— following this additional questions will be asked,
— following this an RFP issued,
— National Grid reserves the right to use an E-auction following RFP,
— National Grid reserves the right to use other negotiation methods if E-auction is not applicable,
— all PQQ submissions will include a non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality, safety and well-being policies.
For any further details please contact Sam Grundy (Sam.grundy2@nationalgrid.com).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/05/2019