Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University Of Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- FES Support Services Ltd
- Value
- £4,158,306.57
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Construction work · High voltage installation work (CPV 45315400)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 056798-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date28 Aug 2025
- Published16 Sep 2025Published 19 days after the contract date
Description
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.
About the supplier
FES Support Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company SC387816).