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Published 12 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Greenpower Park Electricity Infrastructure and Connection Works

Official notice

Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG33)
Awarded value£14,260,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to MATRIX NETWORKS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Coventry City Council owns the freehold of Coventry Airport which is under a long lease to Coventry Airport Limited. The two parties formed a joint venture in 2021 in order to promote the site for a battery gigafactory - a high-volume manufacturing facility for Electric Vehicle batteries. The site is now marketed as Greenpower Park. In 2022, Warwick District Council granted outline planning permission for a total of 5.7m square feet of

development on the site. In 2024, the site became part of the West Midlands Investment Zone (WMIZ). As well as providing tax incentives to attract new occupiers in the advanced manufacturing sector, WMIZ provides capital funding for site improvements.

Coventry City Council are conducting infrastructure upgrades to the Greenpower Park site, including a reinforcement to the power supply which has until now been a barrier to development of the site.

This work must be completed by Matrix Networks, as UK Power Distribution (UKPD) is the Independent Network Operator that owns the connection rights for the route necessary to deliver the power infrastructure and they also own the necessary equipment and reserved electrical capacity to deliver this work.

The Council intends to enter in to a PCSA in October 2025 with the main construction contract entered into in March 2026.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands
45230000 Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork45310000 Electrical installation work

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
Last source update
6 May 2026, 12:44 BST
Authority reference
COV-22136
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041490
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059927 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

This work must be completed by Matrix Networks, as UK Power Distribution (UKPD) is the Independent Network Operator that owns the connection rights for the route necessary to deliver the power infrastructure and they also own the necessary equipment and reserved electrical capacity to deliver this work.

Per Schedule 5 - Direct Award Justifications:

5 - The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

6 - The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Oct 2025 → 6 May 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends374 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published169 days ago
    6 May 2026, 12:44 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    12 Sept 2025, 10:55 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 09:29 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    6 May 2026, 12:44 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £14,260,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MATRIX NETWORKS LIMITEDGreenpower Park Electricity Infrastructure and Connections Works1 Feb 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2029Extensions: Allowing for defects£14,260,0002 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Greenpower Park Electricity Infrastructure and Connection Works · MATRIX NETWORKS LIMITED

    Signed
    26 Mar 2026
    Value
    £15,761,223
    Period
    10 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Allowing for defects

    No agreed KPIs: As a works contract, the required performance is delivery of the construction to the completion date.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMJC-6861-XJPP Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • MATRIX NETWORKS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 06024071GB-PPON: PTHG-3642-MDMM Eleanor House Queenswood Office Park, Northampton, East Midlands, NN4 7JJContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender