Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-21
Buyer: National Grid Gas PLC
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 42961200
Submission deadline: 2019-06-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of an Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Solutions for Gas Transmission Industrial Control Environments
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.
The sites span across the UK Gas network — including AGI's, Compressor stations and 2 other COMAH sites.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.

Eligibility requirements: 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.