# National Grid awards £12B in HVDC supply chain framework agreements

National Grid completed the award of its HVDC civil works supply chain framework, with £12 billion in agreements. Six suppliers (Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, Galliford Try, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow) won converter civils contracts worth £9.07B, and three (Balfour Beatty, Murphy, VolkerFitzpatrick) won onshore cable civils contracts worth £3.7B. Contracts are for five years with a possible three-year extension.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-08-21
- Where: United Kingdom
- Value: $15.2B (12.0B GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: HVDC converter civils, HVDC onshore cable civils
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [National Grid](https://endata.com/companies/389.md) (customer)
- [Galliford Try](https://endata.com/companies/1652.md) (supplier)
- [Skanska](https://endata.com/companies/2926.md) (supplier)
- [Murphy](https://endata.com/companies/8822.md) (supplier)
- [Balfour Beatty](https://endata.com/companies/13673.md) (supplier)
- [Laing O'Rourke](https://endata.com/companies/25057.md) (supplier)
- [BAM Nuttall](https://endata.com/companies/34095.md) (supplier)
- [VolkerFitzpatrick](https://endata.com/companies/46579.md) (supplier)
- [Taylor Woodrow](https://endata.com/companies/78266.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [nationalgrid.com](https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-has-awarded-ps12bn-hvdc-supply-chain-agreements), 2025-08-21: "National Grid has completed the award of its High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) civil works supply chain framework, with £12bn worth of agreements confirmed."

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