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Supply of 33kV Switchboard extension panels

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 10:01.

Opportunity overview

In order to provide capacity for customer connections, network development projects, and to provide system spares, a direct award is required to source additional panels to extend existing 33kV Switchboards. Compatible extension panels are required from the existing Original Equipment Manufacturer. The value of this direct award is anticipated to be up to £2.40 million.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

ABB Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£2.4m
Awarded
27 Mar 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PRNV-1848-CWTH
Location
Dublin, IE, Dublin 18, Ireland

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-0676df
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
In order to provide capacity for customer connections, network development projects, and to provide system spares, a direct award is required to source additional panels to extend existing 33kV Switchboards. Compatible extension panels are required from the existing Original Equipment Manufacturer. The value of this direct award is anticipated to be up to £2.40 million.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
urgency

Special regime

utilities

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited
Id
GB-COH-NI026041

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
NI026041

Address

Street Address
120 Malone Road
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT9 5HT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UK

Contact

Name
Ruadhrai O'Kane

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply
Organisation 2
Name
ABB Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PRNV-1848-CWTH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRNV-1848-CWTH

Address

Street Address
5th Floor The Concourse, Beacon Court, Sandyford
Locality
Dublin
Postal Code
Dublin 18
Country
IE
Country Name
Ireland
Region
IE

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Date
27 Mar 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
31214520
Description
Medium-voltage switchboards

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
2,880,000
Amount
2,400,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRNV-1848-CWTH
Name
ABB Limited

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
27 Jun 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
028669-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
27 Mar 2026, 15:38
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
30 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UK · BT9 5HT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 028663-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 028669-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·