Official UK procurement notice
SPT - Strategic Agreement for Transmission Overhead Line Works
Authority: SP Transmission plc
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSPT has appointed partners with the capacity and capability to deliver its strategic infrastructure priorities through a strategic collaborative delivery model.
The agreement comprises three (3) Lots: -
- Lot 1 is for 400kV Overhead Line Works involving a HTLS (High Temperature Low Sag) conductor system
- Lot 2 is for 275kV and 400kV Overhead Line Works
- Lot 3 is for 132kV Overhead Line Works
The partners appointed to the agreement may be allocated projects and they will provide engineering and design, procure any materials and equipment, and carry out the construction works as per the agreed design with SPT.
The contractual arrangements comprise a main Framework Agreement regulating the rights and obligations of SPT and the partners, with call-off contracts for individual packages using the NEC4 family of contracts.
There is no guarantee, express or implied, that the appointed partners under the Framework Agreement will receive any, or a particular volume or value of work.
CPV: Construction work for electricity power lines
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 8 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 8 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Design & Construction of 400kV Overhead Lines with HTLSCancelledRenewalPublished value£600,000,000
Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 21 December 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-037752 (the Contract Notice).
Lot #2Design & Construction of 275kV and 400kV Overhead LinesCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,875,000,000
Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 21 December 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-037752 (the Contract Notice)
Lot #3Design & Construction of 132kV Overhead Line WorksCancelledRenewalPublished value£525,000,000
Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 21 December 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-037752 (the Contract Notice).
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Non-Commercial: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-Commercial: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
- Suitability
Please refer to the AQ
- Legal form for consortia
- Where a group of economic operators are bidding, SPT may require the group to assume a specific legal form for the purpose of the award of the Framework Agreement, or to require that each economic operator assumes joint and several liability.
- Shortlisting
- Please refer to the rules and criteria for participation and shortlisting as stated in the AQ.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “SPT - Strategic Agreement for Transmission Overhead Line Works” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Dec 2023, 16:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Aug 2025, 13:35 BST
- Authority reference
SPT-OHL-SA- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050887- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04295bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to the contract documentation
- Review procedure
Any proceedings relating to a breach of a duty owed by SPT to an economic operator under the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 in relation to this procurement must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen unless the court considers that there is a good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from that date.
Publisher note: All financial values stated in this notice are calculated using current prices plus assumed inflation based on RPI forecast rates to 2034. All values are estimates only and the final outturn values will depend on the precise works and services required to be delivered, the means of delivery, the way in which programme and project risks materialise, the actual rates of inflation up to completion of the programme, and other factors. The precise details of each identified project, including specific location, route, form of electricity network infrastructure, construction methodology, and any associated mitigation or enhancement schemes are indicative and remain to be confirmed. The final project details are subject to all necessary consents being obtained (such as any required DCO, Electricity Act 1989 consent or planning permission), the requirements of those consents, and the terms of any necessary land rights to be secured to enable project delivery. SPT gives no commitment as to the basis on which any necessary consents or land rights will be applied for, or obtained. This Framework Agreement, along with other framework agreements that SPT may procure through separate procurement processes, will contribute to SPT's delivery of its strategic projects under the Holistic Network Design (HND) model (which are funded by the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment, Large Onshore Transmission Investment and Medium Sized Investment Project frameworks) as well as any baseline projects forming part of SPT's RIIO-T2 and RIIO-T/3 price control settlements and any customer connection projects that SPT considers appropriate to be delivered under this model. For the avoidance of doubt, SPT may have separate arrangements for the delivery of similar works to the works which SPT intends to procure under the Framework Agreement but such arrangements may be based on a different delivery model. It is currently anticipated that SPT's HND programme will be delivered by the partners through these Framework Agreements and the call-off contracts awarded under them, and the full scope of that is included in the scope advertised by this notice. However, and without limiting that, the works and services awarded to the partners through this Framework Agreement, and the other framework agreements, may extend beyond work required for the HND programme to involve additional works and services, through the award of further contracts in reliance on the procedure in Regulation 48(4)(e) of the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 concerning direct awards for new works, services or both, consisting of the repetition of similar works or services. Any contracts for new works or services consisting of the repetition of similar works or services will (as relevant in the circumstances) conform to the requirements of SPT's HND programme and / or for a particular project for which contracts are called-off under these Framework Agreements
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
SPT may require that suppliers provide a parent company guarantee/guarantees or other form of suitable security (depending on the corporate structure) to cover all call-off contracts which may be issued to them under the Framework Agreement. Any bond requirements would be set out on a case-by-case basis in each call-off contract. Further details will be provided in the procurement documents.
Timeline
31 Jan 2024 → 22 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected26 Feb 2024
- Notice published22 Aug 2025, 13:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Aug 2025, 13:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Design & Construction of 400kV Overhead Lines with HTLS
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £600,000,000
- Status
- active
Design & Construction of 275kV and 400kV Overhead Lines
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £1,875,000,000
- Status
- active
Design & Construction of 132kV Overhead Line Works
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2024
- Value
- £525,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Design & Construction of 400kV Overhead Lines with HTLS | 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
| 2 · Design & Construction of 275kV and 400kV Overhead Lines | 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
| 3 · Design & Construction of 132kV Overhead Line Works | 8bids · 8 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
8 commercial parties on the notice- Aureos Energy LimitedFramework contractor
- Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios SAFramework contractor
- M Group Energy (Network Infrastructure) LimitedFramework contractor
- Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure LtdFramework contractor
- Painhas S.A.Framework contractor
- Power Lines, Pipes and Cables LimitedFramework contractor
- Wood Transmission And Distribution LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria