Northern Ireland Electricity Networks: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks has published 42 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 11 CPV divisions, most often electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting.

Across 22 awarded contracts the median value is £951k.

Its published awards total £464.7m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Northern Ireland Electricity Networks's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 29 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.7 tenders a month, measured over 62 months of history.
Half of their 22 awarded contracts are worth £951k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
Their most frequent suppliers are IBM United Kingdom Limited (4), Hitachi Energy Ireland Limited (2), EA Technology Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
CA300 (2025) – Provision of Pension Accounting Advisory Serv...	Mercer Limited	12 December 2025	£890k
Flame Retardant/Arc Protective Workwear	Skanwear Clothing Company Ltd	4 July 2023	£940k
Supply of LV Distribution Fuse Cabinets, Mini Pillars and Si...	Ensto Renley Limited	27 June 2023	£2.1m
Installation of LV Planning Model	EA Technology Limited	2 December 2022	£775k
Installation of LV Planning Model	EA Technology Limited	26 October 2022	£775k
Supply of Pole Mounted Transformers	Hitachi Energy Ireland Limited	21 October 2022	£4m

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
IBM United Kingdom Limited	4	£2.9m
Hitachi Energy Ireland Limited	2	£7.9m
EA Technology Limited	2	£1.6m
Bytes Software Services Ltd	2	£1.5m
BRUSH Switchgear	2	£962k
Cloud Software Operations (Ireland) Limited	2	-