Quick answer — Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PlcLast refreshed 21 Apr 2026

At a glance

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc has awarded £28.4bn across 366 suppliers, with 550 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 3% · 55 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 44% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration3%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share44%
Pipeline · open now55
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 208 published notices and 197 awards on PublicSupply.

208
Notices published
197
Awards
366
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£54.1bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£200.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£14883m£29766m£44649m£59532mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

55

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works63 · £5.8bn
services100 · £2.1bn
goods18 · £128.5m
Unspecified27 · £3.9m

Instrument type

contract208 · £8.0bn
Source:Find a Tender: 208

Awarded contracts · 550 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
FW-Supply, Deliver, Install & Cold Commission -Modular Substations SSENT-Multi Site-122531682540complete
OO Services - Facilities Management Kirriemuir 073179993100active
OO Services - Facilities Management Kirriemuir 073179993100active
FW Services - Overarching Agreement Flexibility Services - Multisite 0344Octopus Energy Limited£20.0mest.active
OO Services Peatland Rewetting Evenlode 0328Evenlode Landscape Recovery Limited21 Apr 2026active
OO Services Peatland Rewetting Evenlode 0328Evenlode Landscape Recovery Limited£794kpending
CO Services - Ardmaddy and Glenkinglass Compensatory Planting 0332Scottish Woodlands Limited77211600active
FW Services - Media Agency Services Distribution - Multi Site 082979340000active
FW Services- Partnership Customer Support- Multi Site 062879512000active
FW Services - Overarching Agreement Flexibility Services - Multisite 0434Ampverve Ltd£20.0mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
SI
9 contracts · 19 Dec22 Dec
£880.0mest.
3% of total
New
2
AL
8 contracts · 19 Dec22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
3
AC
5 contracts · 19 Dec22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
4
AU
4 contracts · 19 Dec22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
5
BP
3 contracts · 22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
6
NT
1 contract · 22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
7
CU
5 contracts · 22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
8
CI
4 contracts · 22 Dec
£820.0mest.
3% of total
New
9366
···
358 other suppliers
long tail · 210 SMEs
£21.8bn
77% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
447 contracts
£55.2bn
89%
Electrical machinery
72 contracts
£5.4bn
9%
Agriculture, forestry services
19 contracts
£857.1m
1%
Construction works
6 contracts
£470.5m
1%
Architecture, engineering
6 contracts
£275.0m
0%
Public utilities
5 contracts
£4.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
2
1
54120
Electrical machinery
Agriculture, forestry services
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Public utilities
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 3 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 3 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

44%
SME supplier share
target 33%
225
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
366
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Companies House
SC213460
Contact
Yvonne McKeown
Email
Susan.E.Beveridge@sse.com

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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