Official UK procurement notice
LTC-UK Power Networks – Diversion Agreement – PEA Route
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Contract value (direct award)£8,920,090≈ £3.1m / year · £10,704,108 inc. VAT
Awarded 19 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to UK Power Networks
Contract term 2 yrs 10 moends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo underground the section of 132kV overhead line network between towers PEA7 and PEA16 and relocate UKPN tower PEA16
CPV: Electricity supply installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 16:16 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 14:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079034- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a218Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
These works can only be excuted by UK Power Networks
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 19 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published158 days ago22 May 2026, 16:16 BST
- Next notice expected158 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago19 Aug 2026, 14:10 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 16:16 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published19 Aug 2026, 13:38 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete19 Aug 2026, 13:38 BST
- Contract award notice published19 Aug 2026, 13:43 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published19 Aug 2026, 14:10 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-05: 1 release · 22 May 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £8,920,0901 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Power Networks31 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £8,920,090 | 19 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
LTC-UK Power Networks – Diversion Agreement – PEA Route · UK Power Networks
- Signed
- 19 Aug 2026
- Value
- £8,920,090
- Period
- 31 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
1 agreed KPI: Relocate UKPN tower PEA16
- Relocate UKPN tower PEA16
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UK Power NetworksAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender