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
- SSE plc · Public Limited Company
- Supplier
- Hitachi Ltd SME
- Value
- £6,109,420
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Power supply transformers (CPV 31174000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 081023-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Jul 2026
- Published25 Aug 2026Published 48 days after the contract date
Description
Supply & Installation of 132kv SGT Transformer
About the supplier
Hitachi Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02985756).