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title: "SSEN Battery Back Up Provisions"
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# SSEN Battery Back Up Provisions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssen-battery-back-up-provisions-ocds-h6vhtk-044e48). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SSE PLC: "SSEN Battery Back Up Provisions". 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:** [SSE PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sse-plc-coh-sc117119)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Batteries, Battery packs, Emergency power supplies, Generators, Interruptible power supplies (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044e48`

## 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/ssen-battery-back-up-provisions-ocds-h6vhtk-044e48#tl-md)

## Description
SSEN is the electricity distribution network operator in two distinct regions in the United Kingdom and is legally obligated to maintain and operate the electricity distribution network to maintain supply to our customers.
As part of our license to operate, we have an obligation to provide back-up power arrangements to certain customer groups and one way of doing this is to provide batteries to our customer base to enable them to power key equipment during a power outage. As such, SSEN plans to purchase a number of batteries to give to our customers (free of charge).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 31120000, 31154000, 31156000, 31422000, 31440000, 31682530
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The aim of this Request for Information (RFI)  is for information to be provided to help develop a procurement strategy that will identify efficiency and will also assist with pre-qualification and/or invitation to tender process for the supply and d...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010310-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-28T13:56:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:52:57.364Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044e48