# 2023-173 Network Reinforcement, Locational Pricing and Interconnection Modelling

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ofgem](/buyers/ofgem/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Lcp
- Award value: £75,000
- Tender value: £75,000
- Award date: 24 April 2024
- Published: 20 May 2024
- Contract start: 25 April 2024
- Contract end: 24 April 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 225a835c-93fd-43c1-859f-19fb77dfe233-752740
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-28966411-7395-410a-a966-5a2129f26eff

## Description

Ofgem is seeking to procure three separate but related modelling exercises exploring: 1\. The benefit of GB transmission reinforcement under a zonal wholesale market paradigm\. 2\. The marginal benefit of additional interconnection under a zonal wholesale market paradigm\. 3\. The total system cost implications of a local generation sensitivity, including implications on optimal transmission reinforcement, under a national wholesale market paradigm\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/225a835c-93fd-43c1-859f-19fb77dfe233-752740)