Estimated Value
Up to £2,500,000
Deadline
11 May 2026
Published
2 October 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
Ofgem is looking to procure the necessary Technical Advisors for the Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTO) team to continue its regulatory duties. Provision of these services will be crucial and without this, Ofgem will be unable to run effective tender processes for the upcoming tender rounds.
This will include: Providing advice on the Information Memoranda, guidance documents, evaluation methodology documents, and any further documents as required. This may include helping to implement changes to the EPQ process and documentation if required. Undertaking comparative bid evaluation of the technical sections only at the EPQ Stage and the ITT Stage.
Eligibility & compliance
The successful supplier will be required to provide specialist technical support to review Ofgem's tender process in evaluating bidders.
Contact & helpdesk
The appointed financial advisor shall fulfil the role of Lead Evaluator and shall act as a single point of contact for these stages, by coordinating the technical and insurance advisors’ evaluation work and bringing together their respective evaluation reports Assessing bid submissions against the existing scoring methodologies and evaluation criteria and providing an overview of the robustness and cost effectiveness of technical aspects of each bid submission
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Award Details
Kelvin Construction Company Limited
£2,500,000
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
CEPA LLP
2 contracts wonlatest 1 Sept 2026ends 31 Jul 2030£11m
total awarded
- 2
S&P DOW JONES INDICES LIMITED
2 contracts wonlatest 20 Aug 2026£146,764
total awarded
- 3
8x8 UK Limited
2 contracts wonlatest 14 Aug 2026ends 25 Jul 2030£2m
total awarded
- 4
Chatham Financial Europe, Ltd
£542,500
total awarded
- 5
University of Strathclyde
1 contract wonlatest 2 Oct 2026£87,500
total awarded
CEPA LLP is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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OfgemKey Dates
Published
2 October 2026
Submission deadline
11 May 2026
Notice type
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