Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 09300000Supplies · classin Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

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, heating

6 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
  • Other public bodies 29% (100 notices)
  • Local authorities 26% (89 notices)
  • Central government 16% (55 notices)
  • Education & universities 6% (19 notices)
  • Housing associations 1% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 23% (78 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies1231
Sellafield LimitedOther public bodies1130
NI Water and its subsidiariesnot classified1000
Places for People Group LtdOther public bodies931
Ministry of DefenceCentral government810
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITEDCentral government710
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritynot classified700
London Borough of LambethLocal authorities600
OfgemOther public bodies610
The Crown EstateCentral government660

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 217 of 347 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
Scotland50 · 23%
North West England50 · 23%
South East England45 · 21%
Greater London37 · 17%
Yorkshire and the Humber35 · 16%
Wales (Cymru)33 · 15%
East of England31 · 14%
South West England29 · 13%
West Midlands27 · 12%
East Midlands26 · 12%
North East England23 · 11%
Northern Ireland20 · 9%

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 71% (245 notices)
  • Framework 23% (81 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (21 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 41% (143 notices)
  • Route not published 33% (113 notices)
  • Selective 21% (74 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (16 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 83% (57 notices)
  • Below threshold 17% (12 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=71median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (128) · 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=55
  • 1 bid 9% (5)
  • 2–3 40% (22)
  • 4–6 22% (12)
  • 7 or more 29% (16)
Contract value, net
p25 £844,340median £4,800,000p75 £25,000,000
interquartile range of 67 awards · p90 £73,404,085
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=45middle half 2–8
Competed92%robust · n=128open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs66%robust · n=229of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs54%robust · n=48single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally71%robust · n=49winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate1% above the estimaterobust · n=2912 below · 4 above
Abandoned5%robust · n=128cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot13robust · n=3170 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 274 awards to 165 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 19% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 89 of 347 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution12 notices · 13%
myTenders11 notices · 12%
Proactis / ProContract10 notices · 11% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing9 notices · 10% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement9 notices · 10% · 2 open
Sell2Wales7 notices · 8%

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 0930. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 16 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 0930. 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.