Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution · Utility
- Suppliers
- Ziv Automation UK Ltd SME, Abb Ltd
- Value
- £8,000,000 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Substation equipment (CPV 31682540)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 089662-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Apr 2026
- Published22 Sep 2026Published 173 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority intends to award a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of protection relays. The Authority currently utilise a single relay product range to cover backup protection and bay control functions across multiple applications at 33kV, and as the main protection relay at 11kV. This relay range is coming to the end of its production life; therefore, the Authority is looking to proactively replace this device with modern suitable alternatives. The functional requirements and aim of this tender are to cover existing BAU applications as well as providing ‘digital’ substation features accessible in the future. This is to ensure business continuity with pipeline projects as well as mitigate the risk of having to change a protection relay when transitioning to digital substation technology or applying extended features.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| FW Supply & Deliver - Protection Relays - Multi Site 0330 | Ziv Automation UK Ltd SME | £4m |
| FW Supply & Deliver - Protection Relays - Multi Site 0330 | Abb Ltd | £4m |
About the suppliers
Ziv Automation UK Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Abb Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03780764).