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# Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Scotland, UK.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pumped-storage-hydro-project-in-scotland-uk-ocds-h6vhtk-035728). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Drax Power Ltd: "Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Scotland, UK.". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Drax Power Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/drax-power-ltd-coh-04883589)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Engineering works and construction works
- **Delivery Location:** UKM63
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035728`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pumped-storage-hydro-project-in-scotland-uk-ocds-h6vhtk-035728#tl-md)

## Description
Expressions of interest are sought from globally experienced pump storage power station designers and construction execution companies & consortia who have proven capabilities to deliver a new build 600MW Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Scotland, UK.  Geotechnical investigations commence from Q4 2022 in support of a FEED study and eventual detailed design works.  The construction phase starts in Q4 2025.
Project Description;
The physical construction works include the construction of a new intake structure within an operational upper reservoir connected via new hydraulic tunnel systems to the powerhouse complex excavated in quartz dolorite rock 400m below ground level.  The powerhouse will be a series of underground caverns containing reversible pump-turbines, motor-generators and associated equipment including transformers and switchgear. A new tailrace tunnel will be constructed from the powerhouse to a new outfall structure in an existing lower reservoir.  A vertical ventilation shaft from the powerhouse will connect through to an expanded existing above ground sub-station complex. A new 1.45km main access tunnel will link the powerhouse to a new jetty constructed along the lower reservoir.  Forming the main access tunnel portal will require the diversion of a trunk road.  The construction spoil is planned to be taken out through the mountain to the jetty and stored prior to off-site removal. New administration and workshop buildings will be built on the jetty. Existing access roads will be upgraded together with the construction of new roads as required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 45220000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Expressions of interest are sought from globally experienced pump storage power station designers and construction execution companies & consortia who have proven capabilities to deliver a new build 600MW Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Scotland, UK....

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020708-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-28T18:14:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:35:35.075Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035728