Contract awardedCrane hire

Duke Street Transformer Lift

UK Power Networks
London
Direct award
25 August 2026 to 24 August 2027

Removal of existing transformers and the delivery, lifting, and precise positioning of new heavy transformers at Duke Street site. Executed as a direct award specialist logistics and engineering project.

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Awarded value: £670k; As published
Published: 11 August 2026
Awarded: 11 August 2026; J.B. Rawcliffe & Sons Limited
Contract length: 12 months; Ends 24 August 2027

What the contract covers

Provision of heavy lifting, transport, and positioning services for electrical transformers at utility substations.

Removal of existing transformers
Delivery, lifting and positions of new transformers at Duke Street

Terms and requirements

Procedure: Direct award
Initial term: 12 months
Contract dates: 25 August 2026 to 24 August 2027
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
CPV codes: 42414310

Services in this contract

Crane hire and contract liftingMain service£197k typicalRemoval, lifting and positioning of transformers at a substation site

Lifecycle

Published
11 August 2026
Contract awardedto J.B. Rawcliffe & Sons Limited
11 August 2026
Contract starts
25 August 2026
Contract ends
24 August 2027

The buyer

UK Power Networks

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The supplier

J.B. Rawcliffe & Sons Limited

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3853257/duke-street-transformer-lift
Buyer reference: CW36340
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e187
Last checked: 5 November 2026

UK Power Networks. Duke Street Transformer Lift. Contract award, 11 August 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3853257/duke-street-transformer-lift (accessed 5 November 2026).