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 United States?
GlobalGov holds 440 power transmission records from 87 distinct buying organisations in United States. The most frequent publishers are DLA Land and Maritime (89 records); DLA Land and Maritime (73 records); Navsup Weapon Systems Support Mech (27 records); SPRMM1 DLA Mechanicsburg (25 records); NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support MECH (23 records); W6QM MICC-Ft Drum (17 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 58% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| DLA Land and Maritime | 89 | 20% |
| DLA Land and Maritime | 73 | 17% |
| Navsup Weapon Systems Support Mech | 27 | 6.1% |
| SPRMM1 DLA Mechanicsburg | 25 | 5.7% |
| NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support MECH | 23 | 5.2% |
| W6QM MICC-Ft Drum | 17 | 3.9% |
What are power transmission contracts worth in United States?
47 of the 440 records publish a contract value. The median is $350,000 and the largest single published value is $1.9B. By size, 15 under $100k, 21 between $100k and $1M, 4 between $1M and $10M, 7 above $10M. The remaining 393 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 15 | 32% |
| between $100k and $1M | 21 | 45% |
| between $1M and $10M | 4 | 8.5% |
| above $10M | 7 | 15% |
How long do bidders get to respond to power transmission tenders in United States?
Across the 422 United States power transmission notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 15 days. A quarter of them allowed 11 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 22. 187 of them (44%) closed within a fortnight of being published, so on this market a bidder who reviews notices once a week can lose most of the response window before reading one.
How often are power transmission tenders published in United States?
United States publishes about 34 notices a month in this category, 411 in the last twelve months. That is 1481% more than the 26 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 437, spread across 19 separate months of activity since 18 November 2017. April is historically the busiest month. The most recent was published 23 September 2026.
How does United States compare with other power transmission markets?
Among the 26 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable power transmission market, United States ranks 3rd by number of records. The largest is Kenya (854 records against 440 here). Within United States itself, power transmission is the 45th largest of the 85 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the United States power transmission records on this page come from?
These 440 records are collected from 3 official sources: SAM.gov (433), USAspending (6), Simpler.Grants.gov (1). 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.
Open Power Transmission tenders in United States
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 440 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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