Public utilities contracts in Scotland
1 live and 13 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 65000000 in Scotland.
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Procuring public utilities in Scotland
This page tracks public-sector demand for public utilities (CPV 65000000) published by contracting authorities in Scotland. Tendarix has indexed 13 matching contracts here, 1 of which is open for bids right now.
Division 65 covers public utilities — water supply and distribution services, gas and electricity distribution, and utility infrastructure services. Energy as a commodity is division 09; this division covers utility services and connections.
Scotland runs its own procurement regime: the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act rather than the Procurement Act 2023, with all public notices published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Thirty-two councils, NHS Scotland boards, Scottish Government directorates and agencies like Scottish Procurement and Scotland Excel (the councils' centre of expertise) structure the market, with national frameworks covering many common categories.
Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in Scotland use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
4 contracts worth £785.7m in disclosed value were published for Public utilities in Scotland in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Public utilities opportunities in Scotland
EV Infrastructure Back Office
£315kON STREET EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
PKC13480 - Data Collector (DC), Data Aggregator (DA) and Meter Operator (MOP)
£417kExpanding the Publicly Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Network in Glasgow City Region
£785000kTender for EV Charging Hubs / Infrastructure Management
£45199kSouth of Scotland Electric Vehicle Charging Delivery Partner
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007000-2025
£400k–500kBattery Energy Storage System (BESS) – Torvean Quarry, Inverness
OO Services - Shetland Standby Solution - 0936
Expanding the Publicly Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Network in Glasgow City Region
£480000kHalf Hourly Electricity Meters
£67kSouth of Scotland Electric Vehicle Charging Delivery Partner
PfH Energy Supply and Services DPS
£500000kFrequently asked questions
How many Public utilities tenders are live in Scotland?
There are 1 live Public utilities opportunities in Scotland right now, out of 13 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.
Who buys Public utilities in Scotland?
The most active buyers in Scotland for this category on Tendarix include The City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, Dundee City Council. Public bodies with large estates — councils, NHS trusts, universities, the MoD — tender utility infrastructure works, private-wire and heat-network operation, and water/wastewater services for sites off the public network.
What does CPV code 65000000 cover?
Division 65 covers public utilities — water supply and distribution services, gas and electricity distribution, and utility infrastructure services. Energy as a commodity is division 09; this division covers utility services and connections.
How do I win Public utilities contracts in Scotland?
Heat networks are the live opportunity: councils are procuring design-build-operate-maintain (DBOM) contracts for district heating with Heat Network Efficiency/Green Heat Network funding attached. These are long, technical procurements — early engagement at soft-market-testing stage materially shapes specifications, so respond to every PIN in your patch. Register on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender — nothing Scottish reaches English portals reliably. Scottish policy emphasises community benefits (their social-value equivalent), fair work practices (real Living Wage, no inappropriate zero-hours) and SME access through lotting; Scotland Excel frameworks are the route into council goods and care markets, and Quick Quotes on PCS distribute sub-threshold work to registered suppliers only.
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