2025-122 OFTO Cost Assessment Advisors
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
- Value
- £1,666,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Financial consultancy services
- Published
- 24 July 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Ofgem is looking to procure the necessary Cost Assessment 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. Ofgem are required to run a tender exercise for all offshore transmission projects that qualify under the Tender Regulations 2015. Provision of Cost Assessment consultancy support services will be crucial to ensure that a robust tender process takes place for upcoming tender rounds and without this, Ofgem will be unable to run an effective tender process. To facilitate a robust tender evaluation process, Ofgem requires the services of a supplier on various aspects of the tender and transaction process - evaluation of bidder submissions, and financial assessment required to bring the project to close/appoint an OFTO. Ofgem are required to undertake a cost assessment review of the OFTO assets for those projects that will be the subject of the tender process. This review is fundamental in determining the cost of building the transmission assets to ensure that those costs stated by the developer fairly reflect what will be transferred and that consumers are receive value for money. With this being the case, data submitted by the project developer must be carefully evaluated to ensure that assets are being transferred in the most economic and efficient manner possible. ## Contract award Title: 2025-122- Cost Assessment Advisors to OFTO team for Tender & Policy
Timeline
- Completed: Award published24 July 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date24 July 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date9 August 2030in 4 years
About the buyer
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) is Britain's energy regulator, a non-ministerial government department. Tenders appear on Ofgem's own tendering portal, alongside Contracts Finder and the Find a Tender Service. Most goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks, chiefly its Energy and Economic Services and Advice agreement. Ofgem then runs a further competition or awards work directly to a supplier on the relevant lot. Lots span gas and electricity engineering, distributed energy resources, and economic and financial advice. Smaller businesses are encouraged to bid, with technical ability weighed alongside value for money.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Ofgem's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems, and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 66171000 · Financial consultancy services
- 76500000 · Onshore and offshore services
- 79212100 · Financial auditing services
- 79412000 · Financial management consultancy services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-ofgem.gov |
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