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title: "Request for Information – Engineered Electricity Poles – SSEN 2025"
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# Request for Information – Engineered Electricity Poles – SSEN 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-information-engineered-electricity-poles-ssen-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-054329). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southern Electric Power Distribution plc: "Request for Information – Engineered Electricity Poles – SSEN 2025". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southern Electric Power Distribution plc](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-electric-power-distribution-plc-GB-COH-04094290)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electricity poles, Poles for carrying overhead lines
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-information-engineered-electricity-poles-ssen-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-054329#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054329`

## 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/request-for-information-engineered-electricity-poles-ssen-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-054329#tl-md)

## Description
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), comprising both Transmission and Distribution businesses, is seeking suppliers capable of providing Engineered Electricity Poles.
For further details regarding the requirement and instructions on how to respond, please refer to the opportunity listing available on our Jaggaer e-procurement system:
https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=430
The purpose of this market engagement is to gather information from the market at this stage only. This engagement does not constitute a pre-qualification process, a tender, or a guarantee of any future procurement opportunities. 
Participation in this process does not imply any commitment by SSEN to enter into agreements, award contracts, or proceed with the delivery of the requirement. 
The details provided are not final or binding. They serve as a preliminary guide or general indication. Changes may occur based on market conditions and final requirements. 
Please note that SSEN may utilise Achilles UVDB as the initial stage of supplier selection for any procurement activity that follows this preliminary market engagement process. 
Please submit your responses via email to Deborah Johnstone (deborah.johnstone@sse.com) and Susan Beveridge (susan.e.beveridge@sse.com) by 3:00 PM on Thursday, 26 June 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 44212224, 44212226
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 26/06/2025 to 26/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030065-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-04T23:00:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:01:33.141Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054329