Official UK procurement notice
Lynemouth Solar DNO grid upgrade
Authority: Mining Remediation Authority (Central government)
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09)Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Awarded value£63,158published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for grid upgrade works at Lynemouth MWTS to enable the connection to the grid of the solar PV system that is to be installed over the coming months. These works fall under non-contestable works, which means that the works must be completed by the Distribution Network Operator (DNO), in this instance that is Northern Powergrid.
Scope of work
The Works are:
- At Lynemouth Pumps replace the existing LV board and Transformer with 20kV 1MVA transformer
with 1600A ACB transformer LV board
- Install system monitoring and SCADA
- Witness test
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Nov 2025, 14:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Nov 2025, 14:14 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-074417- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e286Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Nov 2025, 14:14 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £63,1581 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC | £63,158 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lynemouth Solar DNO grid upgrade · Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC
- Signed
- 17 Nov 2025
- Value
- £63,158
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 27 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Dependent on DNO scheduling
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender