Official UK procurement notice
FW Supply & Deliver – LV & MV Cables – Multi Site 1232
Authority: SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionScottish and Southern Electricity Networks, comprising Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc and Southern Electric Power Distribution plc, intends to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of low voltage (LV) and medium voltage (MV) cable products. The Framework Agreement may also be called off by SSEN Transmission, SSE Renewables, SSE utility Solution Ltd, TESGL Ltd and SSE Heat Networks Ltd where technically appropriate.
The scope will include LV concentric cables, LV waveform cables, LV auxiliary “fast runner” cables, and 11kV and 33kV cable products. By combining these requirements into a single procurement exercise, SSEN aims to improve security of supply, maximise competition, support supplier participation, provide greater demand visibility, and deliver value for customers. The arrangement is also intended to support SSEN Distribution’s ED3 and ED4 investment programme and future network requirements.
The proposed scope of the new framework is intended to be, but not limited to:
• LV Concentric Cables
• LV Waveform Cables
• Selected LV Auxiliary ("fast runner") Cables
• 11kV Cables
• 33kV Cables
The current proposed lotting strategy is:
Lot Description
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Lot 1 LV Concentric & Auxiliary Cables North
Lot 2 LV Concentric & Auxiliary Cables South
Lot 3 LV Waveform Cables North
Lot 4 LV Waveform Cables South
Lot 5 MV Cables North
Lot 6 MV Cables South
SSEN intends to establish a multi-supplier framework and currently anticipates appointing up to the three highest ranked suppliers per lot, subject to receipt of sufficient compliant, suitable and competitive tenders. Suppliers will be ranked following evaluation; however, SSE would retain flexibility to allocate requirements between awarded suppliers based on operational requirements, service performance, lead times, product availability, manufacturing capacity, quality performance and overall value delivered.
As part of the tender process, suppliers may be required to submit pricing against a range of indicative award and allocation scenarios, which may include sole supplier, dual-source and multi-supplier models. This will allow SSEN to assess the relationship between volume allocation, pricing efficiency, supply chain resilience and value for money before finalising the award strategy.
Suppliers may also be invited to identify any additional commercial benefits, capacity commitments, service improvements or efficiencies that could be achieved through the award of multiple lots. SSEN will consider these alongside the need to maintain appropriate supply chain resilience and continuity of supply.
Suppliers will not be required to hold full SSEN technical approval prior to framework award. This approach is intended to support participation from a wider range of technically credible manufacturers. All suppliers will remain subject to SSEN’s technical assessment and approval requirements, and no supplier will be permitted to supply cable under the framework until the relevant approvals have been successfully completed.
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=451 more…
All criteria for the PQQ are included in the link above and on registration to participate in the PQQ.
CPV: Low- and medium-voltage cable
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 5 yrs 9 mo · up to 12 yrs 9 mo from 1 Apr 2027
Who may buy through it
SSE Stock Limited Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc SSE Renewables SSE Utility Solution Ltd TESGL Ltd SSE Heat Networks Ltd
Published description of the framework
All PQQ criteria can be found under 'Current Opportunites' in Jaggaer. https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=451 All eligible suppliers following PQQ stage, will recieve all relevant contract & criteria information for the award will be provided at Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage. SSEN are looking for up to 3 Suppliers to be awarded per Lot.
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1LV Concentric & Auxiliary Cables NorthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
Lot #2LV Concentric & Auxiliary Cables SouthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
Lot #3LV Waveform Cables NorthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
Lot #4LV Waveform Cables SouthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
Lot #5MV Cables NorthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
Lot #6MV Cables SouthRenewalPublished value£0
- Value
- £0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- SSEN anticipates establishing a framework arrangement for a maximum duration of up to 12 years, comprising an initial 5-year term with optional extension periods of up to a further 7 years. The current proposal under consideration is: • Initial term: 5 years • Extension option 1: Up to 5 years • Extension option 2: Up to 2 years Giving a maximum potential framework duration of 12 years, subject to performance and business approval.
- Second stage
- up to 10 candidates invited to tender
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- FW Supply & Deliver – LV & MV Cables – Multi Site 1232 — 100%
- Condition of participationTop 10 ranked suppliers. shortlisting
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC buys Power distribution cables (CPV 3132) — 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: Power distribution cables (CPV 3132) →
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: 2 in CPV 3132 · 6 in division 31 · 18 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 sector (CPV 3132), last 36 months: 5 lots. All 5 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 sector (CPV 3132), last 36 months: 5 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 · Power distribution cables (CPV 3132)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 8 in CPV 3132 (8 competed) · 96 in division 31 (86 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 3132), last 36 months: 4 lots. All 4 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 3132), last 36 months: 4 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 3132), last 36 months: 4 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 sector (CPV 3132), last 36 months: 41 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07809dFind 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=451 All criteria for the PQQ are included in the link above and on registration to participate in the PQQ.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Jaggaer- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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=451 General Jaggaer Supplier Guide can be accessed here: https://www.sse.com/potential-suppliers and all questions can be sent to Nicola Compton, more…
[email protected]. All PQQ responses must be submitted via Jaggaer, we will not accept email submissions. To progress from the PQQ to ITT, Suppliers will be required to be in the top ranked 10 Suppliers per Lot. Suppliers who do not meet this mark, will not progress to ITT. Tenderers will be required to meet the requirements of both Networks, North and South. Each legal entity (distribution and Transmission) will be governed by their own contract and pricing method at point of tender.Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed5 Oct 2026, 12:02 BST
- Clarification questions byin 18 days23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 25 days30 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 25 days · period end, not a bid countdown30 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 177 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 178 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 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
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Oct 2026, 12:02 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender