Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Additional Wood Poles
Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Construction Materials & Prefab (44) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£2,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 30 Jun 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to ESB Networks
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn order to maintain existing operations in respect of the Overhead Line Network, A direct award is required to source Wood Poles in additional to that in existing contracts. A renewal Procurement process is also underway.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2025, 15:41 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036191- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0555efFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
In order to maintain existing operations in respect of the Overhead Line Network, A direct award is required to source Wood Poles in additional to that in existing contracts. A renewal Procurement process is also underway.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 Jun 2025 → 11 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published30 Jun 2025, 15:41 BST
- Standstill ends11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published30 Jun 2025, 14:05 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published30 Jun 2025, 15:41 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESB Networks15 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026 | £2,000,000 | 30 Jun 2025standstill to 11 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ESB NetworksAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender