Official UK procurement notice
FW Supply & Deliver - 11kV Indoor Switchgear - Multi Site 0637
Authority: SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc and Southern Electric Power Distribution plc (SSEN) intends to establish multi-supplier Framework Agreements for the design, manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of 11kV indoor metal-enclosed primary switchgear for use across the SSEN Distribution network.
The Framework will support asset replacement, network reinforcement, customer connections and strategic investment programmes throughout the remainder of ED2, ED3 and the early years of ED4. Current planning assumptions indicate forecast demand of approximately 2,600 switchgear panels over the anticipated Framework lifecycle, although these volumes are indicative only and no minimum volume or value of work is guaranteed.
The procurement is structured across four lots:
Lot 1: Conventional CT/VT Fixed-Pattern Switchgear
Lot 2: LPIT-Enabled Fixed-Pattern Switchgear
Lot 3: Conventional CT/VT Withdrawable Switchgear
Lot 4: LPIT-Enabled Withdrawable Switchgear
The Framework will support SSEN's wider switchgear standardisation strategy, intended to improve affordability, manufacturing efficiency, security of supply, supply-chain resilience, lead-time performance and whole-life asset value through increased standardisation and product rationalisation.
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Fixed-pattern switchgear remains SSEN's preferred architecture and is expected to account for the majority of Framework demand. Dedicated withdrawable lots have been included to support specific project requirements and future network investment needs.
The scope may include, but is not limited to:
- 11kV indoor metal-enclosed primary switchgear;
- fixed-pattern and withdrawable switchgear assemblies;
- conventional CT/VT and LPIT-enabled instrument transformer solutions;
- protection and control interfaces;
- manufacturer testing and certification;
- technical support and engineering assistance;
- installation and commissioning support services;
- training, warranty and after-sales support;
- spare parts and lifecycle support; and
- associated software, firmware, cyber-security support and obsolescence management activities where applicable.
Applicants may apply for one, multiple or all lots. Framework appointments and subsequent call-off opportunities will be awarded in accordance with the procurement documents.
How the procedure runs: All interested parties are welcome to view the Opportunity Listing in our Source to Contract System, Jaggaer. Under 'Current Opportunites' you will find all the details on how to register and be invited to the Pre Qualification Questionnaire in Jaggaer: https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=454 more…
All criteria for the PQQ are included in the link above and on registration to participate in the PQQ. All eligible suppliers will be invited to participate in the tender (ITT) where all relevant critera will be provided.
CPV: Circuit breakers · Electric switchboards · Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits · Switchgear
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 8 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Jul 2027
Who may buy through it
In addition to the establishing contracting authorities, the Framework may be available for use by other eligible SSE Group entities. The full list of participating entities and any conditions relating to Framework access will be detailed within the Invitation to Tender documentation and the resulting Framework Agreement.
Published description of the framework
Suppliers will be appointed to the Framework following completion of the competitive procurement process described within the procurement documents. The Framework is anticipated to comprise four lots covering: • Lot 1 – Conventional CT/VT Fixed-Pattern Switchgear • Lot 2 – LPIT-Enabled Fixed-Pattern Switchgear • Lot 3 – Conventional CT/VT Withdrawable Switchgear • Lot 4 – LPIT-Enabled Withdrawable Switchgear Suppliers may apply for one, multiple or all lots. Framework appointments will be made separately for each lot. Framework awards will be made to the suppliers submitting the most advantageous tenders in accordance with the evaluation methodology detailed within the procurement documents. Public contracts may be awarded either directly or following a competitive selection process between the suppliers appointed to the relevant lot, in accordance with the Framework Agreement. Prices may be established through supplier framework pricing schedules, agreed pricing mechanisms, project-specific quotations and/or further competition, as detailed within the Invitation to Tender and Framework documentation. SSEN currently anticipates appointing multiple suppliers to each lot, although the final number of framework suppliers appointed to each lot will be determined through the procurement process and may vary by lot.
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lotLot #1Conventional CT/VT Fixed-Pattern SwitchgearRenewalPublished value£105,000,000
- Value
- £105,000,000 exc. VAT · £126,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial Framework term will be used until 30th June 2035 with the option of 2 x 1 year extension terms.
Award criteria (3)
- Technical Ability and Capability — Assessment of technical capability, product approval strategy, relevant experience, testing capability, support arrangements and other technical criteria as detailed within the procurement documents.
- Legal and Financial Capacity — Assessment of legal, financial and organisational capability in accordance with the Conditions of Participation detailed within the procurement documents.
- Health, Safety, Quality and Sustainability — Assessment of management systems, policies, compliance arrangements and other requirements specified within the procurement documents.
Lot #2LPIT-Enabled Fixed-Pattern SwitchgearRenewalPublished value£105,000,000
- Value
- £105,000,000 exc. VAT · £126,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial Framework term will be used until 30th June 2035 with the option of 2 x 1 year extension terms.
Award criteria (3)
- Technical Ability and Capability — Assessment of technical capability, product approval strategy, relevant experience, testing capability, support arrangements and other technical criteria as detailed within the procurement documents.
- Legal and Financial Capacity — Assessment of legal, financial and organisational capability in accordance with the Conditions of Participation detailed within the procurement documents.
- Health, Safety, Quality and Sustainability — Assessment of management systems, policies, compliance arrangements and other requirements specified within the procurement documents.
Lot #3Conventional CT/VT Withdrawable SwitchgearRenewalPublished value£105,000,000
- Value
- £105,000,000 exc. VAT · £126,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial Framework term will be used until 30th June 2035 with the option of 2 x 1 year extension terms.
Award criteria (3)
- Technical Ability and Capability — Assessment of technical capability, product approval strategy, relevant experience, testing capability, support arrangements and other technical criteria as detailed within the procurement documents.
- Legal and Financial Capacity — Assessment of legal, financial and organisational capability in accordance with the Conditions of Participation detailed within the procurement documents.
- Health, Safety, Quality and Sustainability — Assessment of management systems, policies, compliance arrangements and other requirements specified within the procurement documents.
Lot #4LPIT-Enabled Withdrawable SwitchgearRenewalPublished value£105,000,000
- Value
- £105,000,000 exc. VAT · £126,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial Framework term will be used until 30th June 2035 with the option of 2 x 1 year extension terms.
Award criteria (3)
- Technical Ability and Capability — Assessment of technical capability, product approval strategy, relevant experience, testing capability, support arrangements and other technical criteria as detailed within the procurement documents.
- Legal and Financial Capacity — Assessment of legal, financial and organisational capability in accordance with the Conditions of Participation detailed within the procurement documents.
- Health, Safety, Quality and Sustainability — Assessment of management systems, policies, compliance arrangements and other requirements specified within the procurement documents.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
Applicants will be required to demonstrate appropriate economic and financial standing to perform the Framework obligations. This will include provision of financial information and supporting evidence as set out within the procurement documents. Applicants more…
may also be required to provide information relating to insurance arrangements, although evidence of insurance cover will not be required prior to contract award. Equivalent information and evidence will be accepted where appropriate. - Technical & professional ability
Applicants will be required to demonstrate the technical ability and capability necessary to design, manufacture, test, supply and support 11kV indoor primary switchgear. Assessment may include evidence relating to relevant experience, manufacturing more…
capability, testing capability, product approval status or approval strategy, UK support arrangements, quality management systems, health and safety management arrangements and associated technical resources. Equivalent standards, certifications and evidence will be accepted where appropriate.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC buys Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (CPV 3121) — and who usually turns up
SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (CPV 3121) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 3121 · 6 in division 31 · 19 in all categories (1 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 31), last 36 months: 10 lots. All 10 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 31), last 36 months: 10 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 notices. Small sample.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 20 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 31), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Scotland · Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits (CPV 3121)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 7 in CPV 3121 (7 competed) · 97 in division 31 (87 competed, 8 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3121), last 36 months: 3 lots. All 3 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3121), last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 31), last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3121), last 36 months: 3 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 31), last 36 months: 198 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
By lot · 4 lots i
Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Lot | Awarded / admitted | Likely suppliers |
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| All 4 lotsCPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin. | — |
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Ranked by CPV market fit, scale and buyer history — historical public-sector wins, not the published bidder list or a predicted field. Lots with the same shortlist are grouped.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals Limited Large | 1 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer | this month | no comparable pairs | 57% |
| Kyte Powertech Limited Large | 2 class wins | this month | no comparable pairs | 42% |
| B & S GROUP LIMITED Large | 1 class wins | 1 months ago | no comparable pairs | 42% |
| Sureserve Compliance Holdings Limited Large | 1 class wins | 16 months ago | no comparable pairs | 41% |
| NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC Large | 1 class wins | 1 months ago | no comparable pairs | 41% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 3121 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 10:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 30 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Authority reference
PQQ_519- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776c1Find a Tender
- How it runs
All interested parties are welcome to view the Opportunity Listing in our Source to Contract System, Jaggaer. Under 'Current Opportunites' you will find all the details on how to register and be invited to the Pre Qualification Questionnaire in Jaggaer: https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=454 All criteria for the PQQ are included in the link above and on registration to more…
participate in the PQQ. All eligible suppliers will be invited to participate in the tender (ITT) where all relevant critera will be provided.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Jaggaer- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published2 days ago21 Sept 2026, 15:57 BST
- Latest notice publishedjust passed23 Sept 2026, 10:01 BST
- Clarification questions byin 33 days26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Expressions of interest byin 40 days2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 40 days · period end, not a bid countdown2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 220 days30 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 281 days1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2026- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 10:01 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 15:57 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- SOUTHERN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLCContracting authorityPrivate utility
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Service Information
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications PQQ Toolbox
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Document
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Additional procurement documents will be issued to applicants who successfully satisfy the Conditions of Participation and are invited to participate in subsequent stages of the competitive flexible procedure. Such documents may include the Invitation to Tender, Framework Agreement, contract conditions, pricing schedules, detailed technical specifications, evaluation criteria, call-off procedures and associated supporting documentation. Documents will be made available electronically through the SSE Jaggaer eSourcing portal.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender