BETAThis is a new independent transparency project, not an official government website. The data is sourced from public registers and may contain errors, so always verify against the official source. If you find a problem, please report it here.
Loading contract…
HVDC Cable Framework — NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED | UKGovscan
Loading contract…
AWARDEDProcurement notice · NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITEDRef ocds-h6vhtk-0420f3
HVDC Cable Framework
Save Track Track buyer
Contract Value
£21,300,000,000
Suppliers
2
NKT HV CABLES AB · PRYSMIAN POWERLINK S.R.L
Procurement
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
National Grid is an international Electricity and Gas
Network Company and one of the largest investor owned energy companies in the world, based in the
United Kingdom with operations in the north-east of the United States of America too.
National Grid has established a multi-year
HVDC Cable Framework to service its growing
HVDC requirements. National Grid also has a developing portfolio of HVDC projects in the US, these works will be subject to a separate
Procurement exercise.
Please note that the scope of the HVDC Cable
Framework includes but is not limited to the following areas:
Design, manufacture, testing and commissioning of HVDC submarine and underground cable systems, including but not limited to extruded and mass-impregnated non-draining cable systems at different voltage ratings as well as all associated cable accessories
HVDC submarine cable lay and burial
HVDC onshore underground cable system delivery, installation and associated civil engineering works as required (to be defined on a project-specific basis)
Cable spares requirements including spare cable storage (to be defined on a project-specific basis)
Design, engineer, prepare, procure and install landfall HDD (Horizontal Direct Drilling) ducts asrequired for each landfall (To be defined on a project-specific basis).
Front-end engineering design services, in relation to any or all of the aforementioned scope (to be defined on a project-specific basis)
Data note: the source feed marks these lots as cancelled even though their awards are active — an inconsistency in the published notice. The award status is shown above.
Key Dates
Published
1 October 2025
Tender Open
-
Tender Deadline
15 January 2024
Award Date
-
Contract Signed
11 March 2025
Contract Start
-
Contract End
-
Notice Amendments
Changes the buyer published to this notice after it first appeared.
Amendment 1
Change (V.2): - → 5 additional suppliers were logged but names were not published on to the original contract award notice, for transparency, these suppliers are below. The original 2 should remain, therefore 7 suppliers in total.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LS CABLE & SYSTEM UK LIMITED
New Malden
United Kingdom
Identifier: Companies house - 06482270
NUTS Cose: UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
Osaka
Japan
Identifier: Companies house - 1200-01-077450
NUTS Cose: JP - Japan
The contractor is an SME: No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAIHAN CABLE & SOLUTION CO., LTD
Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
South Korea
Identifier: Companies house - 1198110062
NUTS Cose: KR - South Korea
The contractor is an SME: No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HELLENIC CABLES S.A.
Athens
Greece
Identifier: Companies house - 117706401000
NUTS Code: EL302 - Dytikos Tomeas Athinon
The contractor is an SME: No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JAN DE NUL LUXEMBOURG SA
Grand Duchy
Luxembourg
Identifier: B 92.054
NUTS Code: LU000 - Luxembourg
The contractor is an SME: No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please be aware that HELLENIC CABLES S.A. & JAN DE NUL LUXEMBOURG SA have formed a consortium relationship, (together, the "Contractor")
Some supplier names who were appointed to the HVDC Cable Framework had not been published. Rather than selecting not to publish this information, National Grid should have selected to share information about other awards.
Procurement Details
Method
Selective — suppliers are shortlisted first
Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition