Notice Information
Notice Title
Central Area Campus HV replacement
Notice Description
Replacement of high voltage switchgear.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Urgent safety works are required to replace existing VMX high voltage switchgear due to a nationally notified, failure incident. University of Edinburgh Estates, on behalf of UoE Estates Services Company Ltd, wishes to appoint a specialist high voltage contractor for the major replacement of 11kV high voltage (HV) switchgear at 40 George Square, Appleton Tower and Main Library substations.
Procurement Information
Switchgear has been identified as being at high risk of failure, the impact of which could pose a very serious health & safety risk hazard and catastrophic damage to the University's Estate. Due to the nature of the failure, urgent works are required to replace the existing VMX high voltage switchgear identified as being at risk. A specialist contractor suitably experienced in this type of works was required to be appointed urgently and did not provide sufficient time to undertake a competitive tender process. An NCA was the only option to enable the appointment and work to mitigate the risk.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059aec
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056798-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45315400 - High voltage installation work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,158,306 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
- Contact Name
- Colin Barlass
- Contact Email
- cbarlass@ed.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1316502759
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH1 1HT
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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