Awarded contract

SW21/CI/1347 - Electrical Connections

Details

Buyer: BiP SOlutions
Supplier(s): FES Support Services Ltd, Integrated Utility Services Ltd
Value: £8,000,000
Duration: 8 years
Topic: Electricity supply installations
Published: 31 October 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Scottish Water requires a framework for the design, installation and testing of electrical connections either for a first-time supply, or as an upgrade to existing sites. This will include all materials, plant, manpower and equipment, etc. necessary to completely supply the Electrical Connection. The Contractor must be suitably accredited to National Electricity Registration Scheme (NERS) up to and including 33kV. The estimated value of spend through the framework will be c£1M per year and the proposal is a 6-year framework with a break-point review at year 3 and then options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months at Scottish Water's sole discretion thereafter. The total estimated value for the framework is c£8M. Further information on the scope and description can be found within the PQQ document 'PQQ Scope & Weightings Guidance Document'

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 November 2021
Completed: Award published31 October 2023
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 October 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

BiP Solutions is a private company, founded in 1984 and based in Glasgow, that builds procurement platforms for the public sector. Delta eSourcing, one of its platforms, gives public sector buyers tools for tendering, contracts and eAuctions. Public Contracts Scotland and CompeteFor are among the portals BiP Solutions also operates for public bodies. Notices under BiP Solutions itself cover the company's own purchasing of IT, software and business services. Tracker and Contrax, its business intelligence brands, alert suppliers to new contract opportunities. Training and consultancy work, including the Procurement Advice and Support Service, rounds out its offer to public bodies.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of BiP Solutions's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and real estate services.

Relevant CPV codes

45315300 · Electricity supply installations

Decision makers

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