Grid assets, outage windows and the compliance behind a connection
Transmission and distribution work is bought against a grid code rather than against a drawing. Equipment -- transformers, switchgear, conductors, protection and control systems -- must be type-tested to recognised standards and demonstrably compatible with the network it joins, and the compliance evidence is assessed before the commercial offer matters. Factory acceptance testing witnessed by the buyer, then site acceptance and energisation under the network operator's procedure, are defined stages with payment attached.
The scarcest resource in this category is not money or plant but the outage. Work on a live network happens in planned windows agreed months ahead with the system operator, frequently at night or in a season of low demand, and a window missed is not simply rescheduled. Contracts therefore concentrate risk and liquidated damages on the outage rather than on overall completion, and bidders are assessed on the credibility of their resourcing and logistics for those specific windows. Working near live conductors requires authorised personnel under a permit regime, and the authorisations are individual.
Lead times shape the programme more than construction does. Large transformers, high-voltage cable and switchgear are made to order with delivery measured in many months and a global order book competing for the same factory slots, so tenders commonly ask bidders to evidence a secured manufacturing slot rather than to state a delivery date. Land rights, wayleaves, environmental consent and public inquiry risk sit with the buyer on most schemes but govern when site work can start, and the contract's provisions for delayed access are worth reading before the programme is priced.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys power transmission in Switzerland?
GlobalGov holds 91 power transmission records from 55 distinct buying organisations in Switzerland. The most frequent publishers are Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (9 records); Swissgrid AG - Asset & Maintenance (9 records); BKW Energie AG (5 records); Swissgrid AG, Procurement & Claim Management (5 records); Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (ewz) Finanzen und Controlling Projekteinkauf, FEP (4 records); Kempter Meile AG, Engineering Leitsysteme (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 38% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich | 9 | 9.9% |
| Swissgrid AG - Asset & Maintenance | 9 | 9.9% |
| BKW Energie AG | 5 | 5.5% |
| Swissgrid AG, Procurement & Claim Management | 5 | 5.5% |
| Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (ewz) Finanzen und Controlling Projekteinkauf, FEP | 4 | 4.4% |
| Kempter Meile AG, Engineering Leitsysteme | 3 | 3.3% |
How long do bidders get to respond to power transmission tenders in Switzerland?
Across the 56 Switzerland power transmission notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 49 days. A quarter of them allowed 42 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 59. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are power transmission tenders published in Switzerland?
Switzerland published 14 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 39% fewer than the 23 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 57, spread across 50 separate months of activity since 12 May 2021. October is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 9 March 2026, 206 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Switzerland compare with other power transmission markets?
Among the 26 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable power transmission market, Switzerland ranks 10th by number of records. The largest is Kenya (854 records against 91 here). Within Switzerland itself, power transmission is the 30th largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Switzerland power transmission records on this page come from?
These 91 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (91). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Power Transmission tenders in Switzerland
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical power transmission notice in Switzerland is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Switzerland – Electricity power lines – Rahmenvertrag für Leiterseile AAAC (Los 1) und für Leiterseile ACSR/AACSR (Los 2)
Switzerland – Electricity distribution and control apparatus – Erneuerung der steuerungstechnischen Ausstattung des Kraftwerks Kappelerhof
Switzerland – Electricity distribution and control apparatus – 16/50/132 kV Schutztechnik und Leittechnik
Switzerland – Electricity distribution and control apparatus – Sécurisation et Restructuration du Centre des Congrès, d’Exposition - CCE Montreux
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