Closed tender

Campus HV Infrastructure Upgrade

Details

Value
£350,000
Topic
High voltage installation work
Published
25 April 2024
Submission
15 May 2024

Tender description

The age of the existing cable infrastructure on the Peel Park Campus has been flagged by the University's estates department as a high risk item, with cabling in parts being circa 50-60 years old. To mitigate any potential disruption to teaching, and to provide resilience in the existing in the HV infrastructure, the University have decided to undertake a cable upgrades. This involves the installation of a new HV ring for future development and a substation. The project will briefly consist of: • The erection of a standalone substation to house HV and LV switch gear • The installation of a new GRP enclosure • The installation of new cable ducts • Supply and install new HV cabling • Associated excavation works • Testing and commissioning For full tender information and to express an interest please visit our InTend portal via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/salford/aspx/Home

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published25 April 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date15 May 2024

About the buyer

University of Salford is a higher education institution in Salford, running a formal, structured procurement process across its schools and services. Open competitive tenders are advertised through the university's InTend portal and on Contracts Finder. Commodity purchases run through consortium frameworks such as the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium. Formal routes to market include RFQs, invitations to tender and structured supplier onboarding. Every tender carries minimum scoring for social value, sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion. Suppliers onboarded this way invoice against a university-issued purchase order under its no purchase order, no pay policy.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Salford's contract awards have been in software and information systems, construction work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 45315400 · High voltage installation work

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