RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · tender

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc

FW Works - Underground Cable, Substation and Overhead Line Large Capital Delivery Projects - Scotland 1132

ConstructionCPV 45314300
Value£470.0m
Deadline9 May 2024
Published9 Apr 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 9 Apr 2024ClosedCloses 9 May 2024
Who to contact
Mick Cooney
Michael.Cooney@sse.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£470.0mtotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£507.6m

This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc has published 13 notices across all categories, and 29% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →


You'll hear when Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc publishes Construction work again. One email per notice, unsubscribe in one click. We don’t use your address for anything else.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD, the Authority) intends to award framework agreements to contractors who have the necessary capability, capacity, and expertise to Design & Build Underground Cabling, Substation & OHL Schemes within the SHEPD regions as detailed within the procurement documents.

Action to address the climate emergency is increasing in priority and pace and with aggressive pathways now set to deliver a net zero energy system by 2035, SHEPD must ensure that the electricity networks are an enabler for a smart, equitable transition to net zero, rather than a constraint.

The recent RIIO ED2 settlement, acknowledges the need for investment the networks and reconciles this with ensuring efficiency and affordability for all.

This significant programme of work within CAPEX & Connections amalgamates several scopes of work that SHEPD has traditionally delivered under separate contractual arrangements, including but not limited to substation, overhead line, cabling, civil works, design, associated services and works.

We are seeking long-term strategic partners to deliver our ambitious RIIO-ED2 Business Plan, play a significant role in our transition to net-zero and deliver great outcomes for our customers by driving efficiency through innovation, development of new technology and products, development of skills and supporting the growth of a locally sourced skilled workforce within our sector.

This strategy is underpinned by the intention to award frameworks based on the geographical lotting (as set out in the procurement documents), removing the need for mini competition, to provide commitment to our delivery partners to facilitate growth.

An initial view of our work bank is available as part of the PQQ pack.

Given the considerable growth within SHEPD it is the intention of this tender to enhance our supply chain and engage with contractors that can commit to our ambition who will collaborate with us in our delivery of the RIIO-ED2 Business plan and beyond.

How to register your interest The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire documents (Underground Cable, Substation and Overhead Line Large Capital Delivery Projects - PQQ Questions) can be downloaded from www.sse.com/potential-suppliers (Call for Competition drop down).

Should you wish to participate in this PQQ, please email Michael.Cooney@sse.com and Paul.Towert@sse.com and confirm your request to be invited to respond to the PQQ.

Please advise if you are are/are not registered on Jaggaer.

If your company is already registered on Jaggaer, please contact Michael.Cooney@sse.com and Paul.Towert@sse.com by email to register interest, you will be added to the event and a confirmation email will be sent to you, confirming the usernames registered to your Jaggaer account.

If your company is not already registered on Jaggaer, please contact Michael.Cooney@sse.com and Paul.Towert@sse.com with the name of your company and contact email address.

We will start the registration process for you and you will receive an invitation by email to complete this.

Once you have completed the registration, please let us know and we will activate your account, following which you will be able to access and complete the PQQ.

You will then be added to the PQQ event within our Jaggaer procurement system which can be accessed through the link already provided.

Any queries should be sent to the above email addresses unless you have been added to the Jaggaer event, in which case queries should be sent through the Jaggaer messaging system.

Full details of the opportunity can be found at https://sse.app.jaggaer.com/

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Action to address the climate emergency is

Action to address the climate emergency is increasing in priority and pace and with aggressive pathways now set to deliver a net zero energy system by 2035, SHEPD must ensure that the electricity networks are an enabler for a smart, equitable transition to net zero, rather than a constraint.

02

This strategy is underpinned by the intention

This strategy is underpinned by the intention to award frameworks based on the geographical lotting (as set out in the procurement documents), removing the need for mini competition, to provide commitment to our delivery partners to facilitate growth.

03

Given the considerable growth within SHEPD it

Given the considerable growth within SHEPD it is the intention of this tender to enhance our supply chain and engage with contractors that can commit to our ambition who will collaborate with us in our delivery of the RIIO-ED2 Business plan and beyond.

04

Should you wish to participate in this

Should you wish to participate in this PQQ, please email Michael.Cooney@sse.com and Paul.Towert@sse.com and confirm your request to be invited to respond to the PQQ.

05

Once you have completed the registration, please

Once you have completed the registration, please let us know and we will activate your account, following which you will be able to access and complete the PQQ.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Net zero commitmentsays mustPolicies & commitments
Action to address the climate emergency is increasing in priority and pace and with aggressive pathways now set to deliver a net zero energy system by 2035, SHEPD must ensure that the electricity networks are an enabler for a smart, equitable transition to net zero, rather than a constraint.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What this bid requires

Skills, tools & certifications

Detected from the notice — the capabilities and credentials this bid calls for. Click one to see who wins that work.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Sign up free to run a deep dive

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0450ba
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
011483-2024
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Construction

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

Capital Building Works Projects DPS

Argyll and Bute Council

Closes 16 Dec 2027Construction
Value not publishedValue

L3/L4 Substation works

Science Museum Group

Closes 8 Sept 2026Construction
£170kValue