AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc has published a contract award notice for an Information Systems Services Framework Agreement covering regulated-business digital, cyber and managed-service needs. Five pending awards are identified for Lots 1–5, with future signature dates scheduled for 28 October 2026; the notice does not evidence signed or started contracts.
Published outcomePending awards name TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED for Lots 1 and 2, I.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED for Lot 3, EXPLEO UK LIMITED for Lot 4, and MASTEK (UK) LTD. for Lot 5. Lots 6 and 7 are marked active in the source but have no named supplier, value or award date supplied.
Market significanceThe published gross values for the five pending awards total £42,424,583. The framework is described as potentially worth up to £455,000,000 gross, but that process-level maximum is not allocated across awards or suppliers.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
5 supplier records analysed
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 1 – Infrastructure Operations · £8,719,783 gross (£7,266,486 excluding VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 names Tata Consultancy Services Ltd; verified legal name supplied as TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED.
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots Lot 2 – Application Operations · £11,023,840 gross (£9,186,534 excluding VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 2 names Tata Consultancy Services Ltd; verified legal name supplied as TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED.
I.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots Lot 3 – End User Computing · £12,735,360 gross (£10,612,800 excluding VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 3 names IT Professional Services Limited; verified legal name supplied as I.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED.
EXPLEO UK LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 4 · Lots Lot 4 – Cyber Operations · £4,972,800 gross (£4,144,000 excluding VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 4 names Expleo UK Limited; verified legal name supplied as EXPLEO UK LIMITED.
MASTEK (UK) LTD.
99% confidenceAward 5 · Lots Lot 5 – Service Integration · £4,972,800 gross (£4,064,396 excluding VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 5 names Mastek UK Limited; verified legal name supplied as MASTEK (UK) LTD.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract award notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice type and document 098076-2026.
Published award position
98% confidenceFive awards are pending; two additional award records for Lots 6 and 7 are active but incomplete.
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Awards 1–5 have status pending; awards -1 and -2 have status active.
Signature status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed
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Awards 1–5 show futureSignatureDate scheduled for 28 October 2026.
Contract start status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as started
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Awards 1–5 specify a future contract start date of 28 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published gross value: Lot 1
99% confidence£8,719,783
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Award 1 value.amountGross.
Published gross value: Lot 2
99% confidence£11,023,840
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Award 2 value.amountGross.
Published gross value: Lot 3
99% confidence£12,735,360
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Award 3 value.amountGross.
Published gross value: Lot 4
99% confidence£4,972,800
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Award 4 value.amountGross.
Published gross value: Lot 5
99% confidence£4,972,800
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Award 5 value.amountGross.
Combined published gross value of pending awards 1–5
99% confidence£42,424,583
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Sum of gross values stated in awards 1–5.
Process-level maximum value
94% confidence£455,000,000 gross
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Process value_max is £455,000,000 and value_basis is gross.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice publication
99% confidence13 November 2025
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Release history records tender notice publication at 2025-11-13T17:03:35Z.
Award notice publication
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Document 098076-2026 datePublished.
Pending award date
99% confidence16 October 2026
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Awards 1–5 date field.
Standstill end
99% confidence27 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTC
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Awards 1–5 standstillPeriod.endDate.
Scheduled signature deadline
99% confidence28 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTC
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Awards 1–5 futureSignatureDate milestone.
Scheduled initial term
99% confidence28 October 2026 to 28 October 2029
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Awards 1–5 contractPeriod startDate and endDate.
Maximum stated extent
99% confidenceUntil 28 October 2034
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Awards 1–5 contractPeriod.maxExtentDate.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Framework scope
98% confidenceInformation systems services for regulated-business digital, cyber and managed-service requirements.
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Process description.
Lot model
99% confidenceTen lots are described: Infrastructure Operations, Application Operations, End User Computing, Cyber Operations, Service Integration, Oracle, Technical Services, Transformation Services, Platform Engineering and Testing Services.
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Process description.
Operating model
99% confidenceLots 1–6 are described as business-as-usual managed services; Lots 7–10 as future requirements responding to an evolving industry.
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Process description.
Published classification
99% confidenceCPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.
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Items in awards 1–5.
Delivery geography
99% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Delivery addresses in awards 1–5 specify region UK and country GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Process procurementMethod.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCompetitive flexible procedure
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Process procurementMethodDetails.
Regime
99% confidenceUtilities
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Tender specialRegime.
Framework arrangement
99% confidenceFramework agreement
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Tender techniques.hasFrameworkAgreement is true.
Competition data
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation results not supplied.
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No bid-count, score or evaluation-result fields are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidenceThree years, scheduled from 28 October 2026 to 28 October 2029 for awards 1–5.
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Awards 1–5 contractPeriod and renewal description.
Extensions
99% confidenceTwo stated extensions of three years and two years; maximum potential term is eight years.
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Awards 1–5 renewal description and maxExtentDate.
Options
99% confidenceBuyer has a right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
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Awards 1–5 options description.
Award status qualification
99% confidenceThe stated terms relate to pending awards and are not evidence that contracts have been concluded.
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Awards 1–5 status is pending and signature milestones are scheduled.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award concentration
99% confidenceOne supplier, TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED, is named for two of the five pending awards; each other named supplier is associated with one.
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Awards 1–5 supplier assignments.
Largest published pending award
99% confidenceLot 3 (End User Computing) has the largest published gross value at £12,735,360.
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Award 3 gross value compared with awards 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Value interpretation
99% confidenceThe £455,000,000 process maximum substantially exceeds the £42,424,583 gross total published for pending awards 1–5 and must not be treated as awarded value to those suppliers.
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Process value_max and awards 1–5 gross values.
Unallocated records
99% confidenceActive records exist for Lots 6 and 7, but no supplier, value or award date is supplied for them.
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Awards -2 and -1 respectively.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending award status
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: concluded or signed contracts. Awards 1–5 remain pending with scheduled signature milestones.
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Awards 1–5 status and milestones.
Lots 6 and 7
99% confidenceActive award records are incomplete: supplier, value, date and detailed terms are not supplied.
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Awards -1 and -2 contain only related lot and active status.
Lots 8–10
99% confidenceThe description lists Lots 8–10, but the structured tender lots include only Lots 1–7 and no award records are supplied for Lots 8–10.
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Process description versus tender.lots and awards.
Lot naming
94% confidenceFormal award titles identify Lots 1 and 3–5; Lot 2's award title does not state its service name, so Application Operations is taken from the numbered scope list.
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Award titles and process description.
Supplier naming
99% confidenceThe published source spelling for award 3 differs from the supplied verified legal name; this analysis uses I.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED and retains the source name as evidence.
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Supplier verification record for award 3.
Publication-date inconsistency
99% confidenceThe process-level published_at field states 13 November 2025, while the contract award document is dated 16 October 2026; release history identifies the earlier date as the tender notice publication.
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Process published_at, document datePublished and release history.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source does not evidence that any pending award has been signed, concluded or started.
- Lots 6 and 7 have active records without named suppliers, values, award dates or detailed terms.
- The narrative describes ten lots, but structured lot and award records cover only Lots 1–7; no structured records are supplied for Lots 8–10.
- Bid counts, tenderer lists, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing detail and reasons for award are not supplied.
- The £455,000,000 gross process maximum is not allocated by lot, award or supplier.
- The service label for Lot 2 is inferred from the numbered scope list because its award title does not specify the label.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Northern PowergridInformation Systems Services Framework AgreementTATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDI.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITEDEXPLEO UK LIMITEDMASTEK (UK) LTD.IT services framework
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named in Northern Powergrid's Information Systems Services Framework awards?
Pending awards name TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED for Lots 1 and 2, I.T. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED for Lot 3, EXPLEO UK LIMITED for Lot 4, and MASTEK (UK) LTD. for Lot 5.
What is the published value of the pending awards?
The five pending awards have a combined published gross value of £42,424,583. This is distinct from the £455m process-level maximum.
Have the framework contracts been signed?
The supplied award data does not evidence signed contracts. Awards 1–5 are pending and show a signature milestone scheduled for 28 October 2026.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.