S1138 (2027) The Hire, Erection and Dismantling of Scaffold Services
- Buyer
- Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited
- Value
- £4,800,000
- Closes
- 3 December 2026
- Where
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
NIE Networks, the electricity network operator in Northern Ireland, is setting up a framework agreement for the hire, erection, inspection and dismantling of scaffolding. The scaffolding will support work on electricity poles, overhead lines, customer low voltage cables, fault repairs and substation equipment, split into two lots.
What the buyer wants
• Design, plan and document each scaffold, including design calculations, drawings, certification, testing where needed, and task-specific risk assessments and method statements. • Supply, erect, alter, inspect, maintain and dismantle scaffolding with all labour, supervision, materials, plant and transport, with inspections before first use, at least every 7 days, and after any alteration, adverse weather or impact. • Provide suitably qualified, trained and competent personnel and inspection records and scaffold status information to NIE Networks as required.
Lots
- Lot 1 - Hire, Erection and Dismantling of Scaffold (Distribution Overhead lines)
- Hire, Erection and Dismantling of Scaffold (Distribution and Transmission Substations and Transmission Overhead Lines)
Requirements
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): The notice requires in-house scaffold design, engineering calculations, certification, testing and competent personnel across a £4.8 million framework covering two lots, which would most likely rule out small businesses that lack qualified designers, engineers or the capacity to cover the full scope.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
Where to apply
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