01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Award under framework
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
With the transition away from fossil fuels and towards greater electrification of transport and heating (net zero 2050) a significant increase in electrical demand is expected over the coming decades. As a result, growth in offshore renewable power generation, "bootstrap" cables to reinforce national power grids, and international interconnects to support energy trading, are all now driving considerable investment in submarine power cable infrastructure. As cable technology and installation techniques develop, it becomes feasible to deploy ever longer subsea cables, creating new opportunities for cable construction projects. When cable spans exceed 50-100km the cost of building HVDC converter stations can be outweighed by savings due to lower transmission losses, the current trend is therefore towards construction of very long subsea HVDC cables.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Subsea Cable Health/security Utilising Backscatter and Established Repeater Technologies (SCHUBERT)
- Awarded
- 2 August 2026
- Award value
- £1,343,500
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
1 - 3 Strand, London, UKI32, WC2N 5EH, United Kingdom
Companies House 02366977 →Southampton University
University Road, Highfield, Southampton, UKJ32, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Companies House RC000668 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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