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Published 18 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HV Cable Procurement — UK public procurement notice

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Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Public body)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: CPV 31 Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Published estimate £207,000£248,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 15 Oct 202612:00 BST · 26d 18h left
Clarification cut-off 1 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 5 mostarts 28 Oct 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 2division 31 · n=3 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKAEA is undertaking refurbishment works to the J5 electrical infrastructure to support the ongoing operation and reliability of the Culham Campus power distribution network. As part of these works, new 33 kV high-voltage cables are required to replace existing assets and support the future electrical capacity Requirements of the site. The procurement will secure the supply of 4,000 metres of 1C x 400 mm² single-core copper cable suitable for use within the private 33 kV network. The cables must meet the specified technical, performance and quality Requirements to ensure a safe, reliable and compliant installation that supports the long-term operation of the electrical network.

CPV: Connection cables · High-voltage cable · Insulated wire and cable · Low- and medium-voltage cable · Medium-voltage cable · Power distribution cables

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 5 moSMEVCSEPublished value£207,000
Contract period: 28 Oct 2026 — 31 Mar 2027 (5 mo)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: South EastTurnover guideline: ~£414,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£207,000 exc. VAT · £248,000 inc. VAT
31224400 Connection cables31300000 Insulated wire and cable31320000 Power distribution cables31321200 Low- and medium-voltage cable31321220 Medium-voltage cable31321300 High-voltage cable

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Price: 200
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Price — 100
  • Price — 100
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price — 100% weighting on price
  • Price — 100% weighting on price
Conditions of participation4
  • Economic & financial standing
    As per invitation to tender
  • Technical & professional ability
    As per invitation to tender
  • Economic & financial standing
    As per invitation to tender
  • Technical & professional ability
    As per invitation to tender

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How UK Atomic Energy Authority buys Power distribution cables (CPV 3132) — and who usually turns up

UK Atomic Energy Authority’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.

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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 contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

UK Atomic Energy Authority

contract notices in 36 months: 18 in division 31 · 123 in all categories (4 direct)

Bids per lot2division 31 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots0%division 31 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=23 pairs
Deadline → award23ddivision 31 · 36m · n=4 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=196 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 31 · 36m · n=18 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 67%
  • 4–6 33%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 31.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=23
  • Below estimate 43%
  • Within ±2% 35%
  • Above estimate 22%

23 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

South East England · Power distribution cables (CPV 3132)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 4 in CPV 3132 (4 contested) · 231 in division 31 (209 contested)

Bids per lot5CPV 3132 · 36m · n=4 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 3132 · 36m · n=4 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 31 · 36m · n=44 pairs
Deadline → award29ddivision 31 · 36m · n=38 notices
SME bidders63%division 31 · 36m · n=16 lots
Winners based in the region67%CPV 3132 · 36m · n=3 awards
Bids per lot moderate · n=4
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 100%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 5 · 4 lots on 1 contested notices · CPV 3132.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=44
  • Below estimate 39%
  • Within ±2% 36%
  • Above estimate 25%

44 lot pairs · division 31.

robust · n=23 Awards in UK Atomic Energy Authority (all categories, n=23 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £207,000 that is about £206,172. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
T_079BH_26
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Connection cablesHigh-voltage cableInsulated wire and cableLow- and medium-voltage cableMedium-voltage cablePower distribution cables
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f77b Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Authorised e-sourcing portalEU-Supply (CTM) ↗Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
Published estimate £207,000 excludes VAT (£248,000 including VAT).

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published8 days ago
    10 Sept 2026, 19:32 BST
  2. Next notice expected3 days ago
    15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement3 days ago
    15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTuk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
  4. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 16:02 BST
  5. Clarification questions byin 13 days
    1 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected byin 28 days
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract startsin 39 days
    28 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT

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 · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 16:02 BSTUK4
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Sept 2026, 19:32 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, South East, OX14 3DB +12 35528822
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Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure