We examined 41 tender records to show what sits behind an electrical search result: the work being purchased, the buying route, the conditions and the usable deadline.
A descriptive pilot covering January–August 2026 publications. These are historical records, not a list of currently open jobs or a representative estimate of the UK market.
A systematic sample of 41 records from a 203-record title-based retrieval. Categories describe the primary offer, with the reasoning and source link available for every row.
| Primary offer | Records |
|---|---|
| Electrical installation, testing or maintenance | 12 |
| Bundled works | 8 |
| Framework, supplier-panel or DPS admission | 6 |
| Consultancy or independent assurance | 7 |
| Materials or equipment | 4 |
| Training | 2 |
| Overseas works | 1 |
| Scope unresolved | 1 |
The twelve electrical-work records include specialist industrial and design-and-build packages. This does not establish suitability for a typical small electrician. Some consultancy and materials records also use frameworks; the six admission records are not an exhaustive framework count.
YPO’s highway electrical installations publication updates a dynamic purchasing system running from 2019 to 2029. The stated £100 million is the system’s estimated value, not a new job for one contractor. Categories have different entry conditions and lead to subsequent purchasing.
Read the YPO noticeNetwork Rail’s £70 million Eastern Region M&E notice sets a maximum of three framework suppliers. Suppliers first request to participate; the tender stage is invitation-only. Its operating rules then distinguish smaller reactive work, quotations and larger mini-competitions.
Read the Network Rail noticeNorth Wales Police and Fire’s contractor-list notice describes installation projects capped at £30,000 within a £350,000 whole estimate. Contractors must also provide two-hour response and round-the-clock coverage. A small individual job does not remove the wider service commitment.
Read the North Wales noticeAn official publication for Cambridgeshire’s county farm estate testing states £15,000 and expressly requires CHAS accreditation and a qualified electrician or electrical engineer. Parallel records use different procurement identifiers; the pilot does not silently merge them or add their values.
Read the farm estate noticeThe IWM Duxford electrical infrastructure tender required a mandatory visit on 21 July. Its stored Find a Tender submission deadline was 31 July, while the public mirror’s summary displays 1 August. We exclude that conflicting interval from the calculation. The earlier mandatory visit is explicit in the published scope.
Read the Duxford noticeTen of the twelve electrical-work records had a stored stated value. Values span different contract periods and lots; VAT presentation is not harmonised, so we do not sum them as market size.
| Stored stated value | Records |
|---|---|
| Up to £100,000 | 2 |
| Over £100,000 to £500,000 | 2 |
| Over £500,000 to £1 million | 1 |
| Over £1 million | 5 |
| Missing from selected record | 2 |
Missing from a selected record does not mean missing from every public source. The sampled Annalong record had no stored value, while a parallel official notice gives £85,000. Announced contract values are not evidence of money paid.
Nine electrical-work records had a stored publication-to-deadline interval without an identified missing or conflicting date. One missing deadline and two source conflicts were excluded.
| Recorded interval | Records |
|---|---|
| 14 days or fewer | 1 |
| 15–28 days | 2 |
| 29 days or more | 6 |
| Missing or conflicting deadline (excluded) | 3 |
These are calendar date differences, not verified bid preparation windows. Earlier publications, amendments, site visits and participation stages can change when a contractor needs to act.
The evidence was extracted and reviewed on 6 September 2026. Download the method and row-level decisions to check or challenge the findings.
Produced by BidSkim Limited, which sells procurement discovery tools. Public-sector source information is credited to the linked notices. For a correction or a question about the analysis, contact our data desk. We will date substantive corrections on this page.
