National Grid picks nine contractors for £1.5bn framework
National Grid has picked nine contractors for its forthcoming £1.5bn RIIO-2 electricity construction EPC framework.
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, Murphy and Babcock are among the winners on the new framework, which will cover the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, project management, construction and erection and commissioning of various aspects of the UK’s power infrastructure.
The body has split the framework into three lots covering overhead lines, undergrounding and substations. The framework is set to cover the next five years with the option to extend for a further two.
The framework is effective from April 2021 and will involve the construction, refurbishment and decommissioning of both overhead line (OHL) and underground cable systems operating between 33kV to 400kV across National Grid’s transmission network.
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Murphy big winners on £1.5bn National Grid framework
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Murphy have won multiple lots on National Grid’s £1.5bn RIIO-2 electricity transmission construction framework.
They are among nine contractors to have won places on the framework.
The three lots in the five-year framework cover construction, refurbishment and decommissioning of both overhead line and underground cable systems and substations.
Balfour Beatty has secured places on all three lots, while Morgan Sindall and Murphy have won spots on two.
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure managing director Simon Smith said: “We are extremely pleased to have secured a position on this framework.
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