UK managed telecommunication network services

This notice concerns the short-term extension of a managed telecommunication network services agreement, awarded by National Grid UK Limited (NG) to Verizon on 29 November 2010 (UK MSA). The services under the UK MSA include provision of a network and infrastructure operations centre (NOC) and network management services (together, the Relevant Services).

The original duration of the UK MSA was up to 12 years, comprised of an initial transition period (2 years and 6 months), a service period (up to 8 years) and a handback period (18 months), with Verizon obliged to continue providing all services during the handback period.

The UK MSA has been the subject of two previous amendments (in July 2018 and January 2021), including to extend the duration of the service period by one year.

For the reasons described in this notice, NG is now extending the UK MSA by a further 18 months.

Due to the current and future public procurement events NG is unable to disclose commercially sensitive price information concerning the UK MSA or the extension. The contract values stated in this notice have therefore been set at £1 (and have been completed only due to mandatory fields) and should be disregarded when viewing this notice.