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OO Services - iHawk SaaS Distribution & Transmission

SSE SERVICES PLC · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 02:16.

Opportunity overview

The iHawk service supports both Distribution and Transmission business units, enabling efficient management of infrastructure risk and compliance with regulatory requirements. The iHawk platform is materially embedded within existing operational processes for asset inspection, UAS imagery management, geospatial analysis and condition based reporting. Over several years, Cyberhawk has developed customised workflows, dashboards and reporting modules specifically for our operational environment, meaning that substitution would require wholesale transition to a new platform, re engineering of data ingestion models, re training teams, and conducting large scale re processing of historical asset imagery and asset condition information. A technical review was conducted of comparable UAS‑data management and visual‑asset platforms currently on the market. Although several vendors offer generic imagery repositories or GIS‑adjacent tools, none provide a like‑for‑like replacement for iHawk’s integrated inspection, analytics, condition assessment and reporting capabilities, nor can they ingest existing structured datasets without a bespoke and cost‑prohibitive redevelopment programme. Engagement with Cyberhawk has also confirmed that the proprietary nature of their platform prevents direct replication by any other supplier.

Awarded to

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Cyberhawk Innovations Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£4m
Awarded
8 Apr 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PLZC-6662-MXPZ
Location
Edinburgh, UKM75, EH28 8AA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-066f8a
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights and technical reasons

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Special regime

utilities

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
SSE SERVICES PLC
Id
GB-COH-02366879

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02366879

Address

Street Address
No.1 Forbury Place
Locality
Reading
Postal Code
RG1 3JH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ11

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility
Organisation 2
Name
Cyberhawk Innovations Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PLZC-6662-MXPZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLZC-6662-MXPZ

Address

Street Address
EICA 5th Floor, South Platt Hill
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH28 8AA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKM75

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Date
9 Apr 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72222300
Description
Information technology services

Value

Including VAT
4,000,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLZC-6662-MXPZ
Name
Cyberhawk Innovations Limited

Standstill Period

Ends
21 Apr 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
22 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
032657-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Apr 2026, 09:36
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
22 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Reading · UKJ11 · RG1 3JH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 025424-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 026136-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 032594-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 032657-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·