Electricity distribution and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 65300000Services · classin Public utilities

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in electricity distribution and related…

4 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 42% (78 notices)
  • Other public bodies 22% (42 notices)
  • Central government 18% (34 notices)
  • Housing associations 3% (6 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 2% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 12% (23 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government911
Nottingham City CouncilLocal authorities510
Portsmouth City CouncilLocal authorities410
SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLCOther public bodies410
Suffolk County CouncilLocal authorities400
Choice Housingnot classified300
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLCOther public bodies310
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks LimitedOther public bodies300
OfgemOther public bodies320
Plymouth City CouncilLocal authorities300

125 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 141 of 189 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Scotland32 · 23%
South East England22 · 16%
Wales (Cymru)20 · 14%
North West England17 · 12%
South West England17 · 12%
Greater London16 · 11%
East Midlands14 · 10%
West Midlands14 · 10%
Northern Ireland12 · 9%
Yorkshire and the Humber11 · 8%
East of England10 · 7%
North East England9 · 6%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 79% (150 notices)
  • Framework 18% (34 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (5 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 39% (73 notices)
  • Route not published 36% (68 notices)
  • Selective 23% (43 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (5 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 91% (48 notices)
  • Below threshold 9% (5 notices)
Typical tender window34 daysrobust · n=48median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (87) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=30
  • 1 bid 17% (5)
  • 2–3 60% (18)
  • 4–6 13% (4)
  • 7 or more 10% (3)
Contract value, net
p25 £659,012median £7,900,000p75 £37,649,008
interquartile range of 22 awards · p90 £78,700,000
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=26middle half 2–3
Competed99%robust · n=87open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs71%robust · n=96of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs59%robust · n=22single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally36%robust · n=22winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned6%robust · n=87cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot7robust · n=1330 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 61 awards to 53 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 34% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 67 of 189 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract20 notices · 30% · 1 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)10 notices · 15% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution8 notices · 12%
Sell2Wales7 notices · 10%
In-tend Electronic Procurement6 notices · 9% · 1 open
eTendersNI3 notices · 4%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 6530. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 6530. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.