The purpose of this tender is to put in place a framework agreement to procure street
lighting electrical connections services. The framework agreement will consist of five lots, of
which two of the lots will be distribution network operator (DNO) geographical lots and
three will be independent distribution network operator (IDNO) lots. All providers must be
accredited for the appropriate work categories under the National Electricity Registration
Scheme (NERS), presently operated by Lloyds Register, to operate on the incumbent
distribution network operator (DNO) electrical networks at any time during the term of the
framework agreement. The distribution network operators for the two geographical lots are
Electricity North West (Lot 1) and Scottish Power (Lot 2).The remaining three Independent
Distribution Network Operator lots will be Energetics IDNO Sites (Lot 3), IPNL
(Independent Power Networks) IDNO Sites (Lot 4) and ESP Electricity Limited IDNO Sites
(Lot 5).