Official UK procurement notice
Off Site Energy Capacity Upgrade Aether
Authority: AWE PLC
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInfrastructure programme for offsite electrical capacity requirements across the Aldermaston and Burghfield sites. The requirement includes offsite connectivity for items including new electricity network connections, substations, transformers, cable infrastructure, protection systems, transmission interfaces and associated network modifications.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld Section 94 SupplierProject_35426 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2031 | £0 | — | Standstill |
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
- 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
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:41 GMT
- Authority reference
Project_3542- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102780- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0793e2Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Urgency
- Published justification
The single supplier has exclusive rights on the basis of a regulated monopoly. The supplier is a Distribution Network Operator (DNO) and responsible for works on their assets and within a geographical area.
The value of Works cannot be identified at present as we have to wait until the designs have been undertaken, this will form the basis of Non-Contestable and Contestable works.
- Risks
Non contestable works via the distribution network operator (DNO)
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 29 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published29 Oct 2026, 15:41 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld Section 94 SupplierAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender