Transformers: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 31170000Supplies · classin Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

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 transformers

1 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
2026 WS3282950901 Maintenance, Repairs and Operations Goods (MRO) (Interim)FrameworkAnglian Water Services14 Oct 202626d£14,000,000

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 36% (26 notices)
  • Central government 14% (10 notices)
  • Education & universities 13% (9 notices)
  • Local authorities 1% (1 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 1% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 35% (25 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks LimitedOther public bodies700
SSE plcnot classified710
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authoritynot classified400
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Central government330
UK Research and InnovationCentral government300
University of EssexEducation & universities300
University of StrathclydeEducation & universities300
City Building (Glasgow) LLPnot classified210
MSE Groupnot classified200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 49 of 72 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
South East England16 · 33%
Scotland13 · 27%
Northern Ireland9 · 18%
East of England6 · 12%
North East England6 · 12%
Greater London5 · 10%
North West England5 · 10%
East Midlands5 · 10%
Wales (Cymru)5 · 10%
West Midlands4 · 8%
South West England4 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 · 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 68% (49 notices)
  • Framework 29% (21 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (2 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 39% (28 notices)
  • Selective 33% (24 notices)
  • Route not published 21% (15 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (5 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 73% (8 notices)
  • Below threshold 27% (3 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=13median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (33) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Contract value, net
p25 £1,018,025median £1,966,108p75 £2,665,000
interquartile range of 16 awards · p90 £13,790,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=9middle half 2–5
Competed94%robust · n=33open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Awards won by SMEs25%robust · n=12single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned0%robust · n=33cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot6robust · n=815 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 407 awards to 279 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 24 of 72 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Delta eSourcing3 notices · 13%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution3 notices · 13%
SAP Ariba2 notices · 8% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract1 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 3117. 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 3117. 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.