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SONI078 Low Carbon Inertia Services in Northern Ireland - Phase 2

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BuyerSONI Ltd
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Jun 2026
Value£7,310,000
Published29 May 2026

What is being bought

SONI has the responsibility as the Transmission System Operator (TSO) under its license to operate and plan the development of the electricity transmission network. This requires SONI to complete all the relevant activities (‘pre-construction’) to enable Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, the Transmission Asset Owner (TAO), to carry out the construction and connection to the grid. Refer to PSQ for full details.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy 09000000Public utilities 65000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£7,310,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2035
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Previous Experience — Candidates are required to demonstrate that they have sufficient recent and relevant experience to deliver contracts / projects of this nature, specifically relating to the generation of electricity, energy storage or provision of system services through a connection to an electricity transmission system.
Financial & Legal Standing — Candidates must complete the Exclusionary Criteria Declaration satisfactorily. Candidates must complete the Self-Declaration questionnaire and provide details of turnover and profit.
HSE, QA Cyber Security — Candidates must complete the relevant questionnaires

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy, Public utilitiesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 09. The category anchor is Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 091,2733 median · 38.6 average (473 of 1,273 with a bid count)5.4 average (534 of 1,273 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK3385 median · 98.5 average (117 of 338 with a bid count)9.6 average (135 of 338 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7958 median · 58 average (1 of 79 with a bid count)27 average (1 of 79 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a8c9
Latest release ID050801-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 29 2026 11:25:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050801-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-06-30T12:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-06-12T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-08-31T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailswww.mytenders.co.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,310,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 May 2026tender050801-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
29 May 2026 · 050801-2026 · tender
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