← Back to opportunities

Central Area Campus HV replacement

University Of Edinburgh

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: University Of Edinburgh

Buyer Address: Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH1 1HT, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Colin Barlass

Contact Email: cbarlass@ed.ac.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1316502759

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
4158306.57 GBP
Published
16 Sep 2025, 08:38
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
works
CPV
45315400 - High voltage installation work
Region
n/a
Awarded To
FES Support Services
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Replacement of high voltage switchgear.

Linked Documents

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 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.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "awards": [
    {
      "id": "056798-2025-NCA31112-1",
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "status": "active",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-FTS-57880",
          "name": "FES Support Services"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "bids": {
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "measure": "bids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1
      },
      {
        "id": "2",
        "measure": "smeBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0
      },
      {
        "id": "3",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0
      },
      {
        "id": "4",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1
      },
      {
        "id": "5",
        "measure": "electronicBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-FTS-2023",
    "name": "University Of Edinburgh"
  },
  "contracts": [
    {
      "awardID": "056798-2025-NCA31112-1",
      "dateSigned": "2025-08-28T00:00:00+01:00",
      "id": "056798-2025-NCA31112-1",
      "status": "active",
      "value": {
        "amount": 4158306.57,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "date": "2025-09-16T09:38:19+01:00",
  "description": "(SC Ref:809994)",
  "id": "056798-2025",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000809994",
      "rel": "canonical"
    }
  ],
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-059aec",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Edinburgh",
        "postalCode": "EH1 1HT",
        "region": "UKM75",
        "streetAddress": "Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "cbarlass@ed.ac.uk",
        "name": "Colin Barlass",
        "telephone": "+44 1316502759"
      },
      "details": {
        "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Body governed by public law",
            "id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
          },
          {
            "description": "Education",
            "id": "09",
            "scheme": "COFOG"
          }
        ],
        "url": "http://www.ed.ac.uk"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-2023",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "University Of Edinburgh"
      },
      "name": "University Of Edinburgh",
      "roles": [
        "buyer",
        "centralPurchasingBody"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Stirling",
        "postalCode": "FK7 8HW",
        "region": "UKM77",
        "streetAddress": "Forth House, Pirnhall Business Park"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "telephone": "+44 1786819600"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "large"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-57880",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "FES Support Services"
      },
      "name": "FES Support Services",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Edinburgh",
        "postalCode": "EH1 1LB",
        "streetAddress": "27 Chambers Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "enquiries@scotcourts.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1312252525"
      },
      "id": "GB-FTS-3703",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court \u0026 Justice of the Peace Court"
      },
      "name": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court \u0026 Justice of the Peace Court",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "classification": {
      "description": "High voltage installation work",
      "id": "45315400",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "coveredBy": [
      "GPA"
    ],
    "description": "Replacement of high voltage switchgear.",
    "id": "NCA31112",
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "description": "High voltage installation work",
            "id": "45315400",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKM75"
          }
        ],
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "100",
              "name": "Quality",
              "type": "quality"
            },
            {
              "description": "0",
              "type": "price"
            }
          ]
        },
        "description": "Urgent safety works are required to replace existing VMX high voltage switchgear due to a nationally notified, failure incident.\nUniversity 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.",
        "hasOptions": false,
        "id": "1",
        "status": "cancelled"
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "works",
    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "Switchgear has been identified as being at high risk of failure, the impact of which could pose a very serious health \u0026 safety risk hazard and catastrophic damage to the University\u2019s Estate. Due to the nature of the failure, urgent works are required to replace the existing VMX high voltage switchgear identified as being at risk.  A specialist contractor suitably experienced in this type of works was required to be appointed urgently and did not provide sufficient time to undertake a competitive tender process.  An NCA was the only option to enable the appointment and work to mitigate the risk.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "description": "Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive",
        "id": "D_EXTREME_URGENCY",
        "scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Central Area Campus HV replacement"
  }
}