Tender: Independent Connection Provider for Permanent High‑Voltage Supply and Primary Substation to Support Acute Hospital HHRP/RAAC Transition

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A healthcare client is seeking a single specialist delivery partner to provide the contestable high‑voltage electrical infrastructure required to enable the HHRP and support the safe transition away from RAAC‑affected facilities. The works must maintain continuous, uninterrupted electrical supply to an operational acute hospital throughout delivery while providing a permanent, resilient solution fully compliant with NHS technical requirements and statutory obligations. The contract will appoint an Independent Connection Provider (ICP) under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option A, with a single contractor responsible for design development, construction, testing, commissioning and handover leading to formal adoption of installed HV assets by an iDNO. The scope includes, as a minimum, a permanent 33kV supply and primary substation (HV cabling and civil works, protection systems, SCADA/telemetry, revenue metering and earthing), primary intake infrastructure, and modifications to the existing 11kV private network serving the retained hospital, with an optionally priced interim 11kV supply to provide programme flexibility and reduce temporary arrangement cost and duration.