Quick answer — UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITEDLast refreshed 07 May 2026

At a glance

UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED has awarded £9.8m across 259 suppliers, with 285 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 24 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£4.4m) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now24
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKI44. Tracks 104 published notices and 17 awards on PublicSupply.

104
Notices published
17
Awards
259
Suppliers engaged
2026
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£12.8m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£750k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£3m£7m£10m£13mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

19

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

24

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£4.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services65 · £9.9m
goods20 · £6.0m
Unspecified17 · £4.5m
works2 · £0

Instrument type

contract104 · £20.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 104

Awarded contracts · 285 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Supply and delivery of fall arrest equipmentcomplete
National GridNational Grid electricity Transmission Plc£477k07 May 2026active
National GridNational Grid electricity Transmission Plc£477kpending
WS3013725477- Provision of Vehicle Livery Services50100000£750kest.active
UK Power Networks Vehicle Electrical Installation & Repair ServicesVEHICLE ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED£2.0mest.19 Mar 2026pending
UK Power Networks Vehicle Electrical Installation & Repair ServicesT.A.D. COMMUNICATIONS LTD£2.0mest.19 Mar 2026pending
Aerial Inspections71631000complete
Project Shared - Alpha PhaseFRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED£563k02 Mar 2026pending
Project Shared - Alpha PhaseTHE FIRST ELEMENT GROUP LTD£563k02 Mar 2026pending
WS3013725477- Provision of Vehicle Livery Services50100000£750kest.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
CE
1 contract · SME · 03 Mar
£1.7mest.
17% of total
New
2
HL
1 contract · SME · 03 Mar
£1.7mest.
17% of total
New
3
FC
2 contracts · 02 Mar
£1.1m
11% of total
New
4
TF
2 contracts · SME · 02 Mar
£1.1m
11% of total
New
5
1G
1 contract · SME
£1.0m
10% of total
6
VE
1 contract · SME · 19 Mar
£987kest.
10% of total
New
7
TC
1 contract · SME · 19 Mar
£987kest.
10% of total
New
8
NG
£954k
10% of total
New
9259
···
251 other suppliers
long tail · 170 SMEs
£1.4m
14% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
312 contracts
£16.3m
61%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£7.3m
27%
Education, training
4 contracts
£1.8m
7%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£1.5m
6%

Activity heatmap

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

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Feb
Mar
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Other
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0
Software packages, IT
Education, training
Repair & maintenance
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
178
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
259
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI44
Companies House
03870728
Contact
Gulhayat Eren
Email
wilson.olanya@ukpowernetworks.co.uk

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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