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An €8.75 million competitive procurement covers HMI computers and related equipment for the ST10 Barkeryd and ST20 Hurva stations, where parts of the control systems have reached the end of their technical life.

Opening hook

Svenska Kraftnat is procuring HMI computers and associated equipment for station ST10 Barkeryd and station ST20 Hurva. The contract has an estimated value of €8,746,993.22 and is being run through a negotiated procedure with prior publication of a call for competition. The requirement is anchored in a specific lifecycle issue: the HMI computers are nine years old, against a stated technical lifetime of eight to ten years, while the SCM system in the HVDC control system has also reached its technical life.

The work concerns a targeted renewal rather than a full control system replacement. Other parts of the control systems are described as having significant remaining life, with the wider control system lifecycle stated at 20 years. That makes this tender a focused infrastructure technology replacement within electricity related operations, not a general IT refresh wearing a hard hat because procurement needed another acronym.

Opportunity overview

• Contracting authority: Svenska Kraftnat
• Country: Sweden
• Tender title: 2026/1038 Utbyte av HMI datorer i Barkeryd och Hurva
• Procurement domain: Public utilities
• Topic: Electricity distribution and related services
• Contract type: Services
• Estimated total value: €8,746,993.22
• Lot structure: One lot
• Place of performance: Skane lan
• Procedure type: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition, also described as competitive with negotiation
• Contract duration: Not specified
• Award criteria: Not specified
• Languages allowed for offer: Swedish and English
• EU funding: No
• Publication date: 5 June 2026
• Submission deadline: 18 June 2026
• Submission window: 13 calendar days
• Submission portal: e-Avrop
• Contact: inkop@svk.se, 010-475 80 00

Scope of work

• Procurement of HMI computers and related equipment for station ST10 Barkeryd and station ST20 Hurva.
• Coverage of two converter stations at each station.
• Renewal of HMI system computers that are nine years old, against a stated technical lifetime of eight to ten years.
• Replacement of part of the control installation ten years before a complete replacement, while other control installation components remain within their stated lifecycle.

Lot structure

The tender is organised as one lot: 2026/1038 Utbyte av HMI datorer i Barkeryd och Hurva, valued at €8,746,993.22. The single lot covers the full requirement for HMI computers and related equipment at the two named stations.

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Authority and history

Svenska Kraftnat is listed as a body governed by public law with electricity related activities. For suppliers, the authority profile matters because this is a utilities infrastructure buyer, and the tender sits inside a category where technical lifecycle timing, system continuity, and procurement discipline are part of the qualification question.

The buyer profile records one open tender worth €4.4 million across all categories and no similar open tenders in the same comparable area. Renewal activity is more substantial: six similar renewals worth €27 million and 35 renewals across all categories worth €3 billion. Recorded contract awards are also significant, with 26 similar awards worth €761 million and 155 total awards worth €1.6 billion.

Wider market context is also material. Other buyers with similar projects account for 68 opportunities or contracts worth €677 million. No similar prior notices and no prior notices overall are recorded for this buyer in the available profile, so the strongest historical context comes from renewals and awarded contracts rather than advance notice activity.

The procurement profile points to a buyer operating in a capital and infrastructure heavy environment. The current tender is smaller than the aggregate value of similar recorded awards, but its technical specificity and short submission window make it a serious qualification exercise for suppliers active in control systems, HMI equipment, HVDC related environments, or electricity infrastructure services.

Competitive landscape

Available comparable award data identifies the top suppliers by recorded activity; Hermix users can access the full comparable contractor list inside the platform with a free account. The recorded supplier set for this opportunity is concentrated around large electricity infrastructure contractors, with 10 named suppliers accounting for about €750 million in recorded comparable awards. This should be read against the wider similar awards total of €761 million, which indicates that the named supplier set accounts for most of the recorded comparable value.

Vattenfall Services Nordic is the largest recorded comparable contractor by value, with €176 million across four contracts and an average contract value of €44 million. Linjemontage i Grastorp follows with €159 million across three contracts and an average of €53 million. VIC Energy records €89 million across four contracts, averaging €22 million.

The next tier is led by NYAB Sverige, with €76 million from one contract, followed by Eitech Engineering with €58 million across two contracts and Craftor with €50 million across two contracts. One Nordic, Enersense SIA, and Kraftlank each record €43 million from one contract, while Dalekovod JSC records €13 million across three contracts.

The top three recorded suppliers by value, Vattenfall Services Nordic, Linjemontage i Grastorp, and VIC Energy, account for about €424 million. Against the approximately €750 million total across the named supplier set, that is about 57%. The top four, adding NYAB Sverige, account for approximately €500 million, or about 67%. The pattern is not a long tail of small suppliers. It is a field shaped by a limited number of large contractors and specialist infrastructure firms with high average award values.

The contractor country profile is also concentrated. Sweden accounts for €718 million across 24 contracts, with an average contract value of €30 million. Latvia accounts for €43 million from one contract, with an average of €43 million. For a Swedish language and English language tender run by a Swedish electricity infrastructure buyer, that profile is commercially relevant without needing to pretend that geography is a footnote. It rarely is in infrastructure procurement.

Commercial and procedural signals

The procurement is being run through a negotiated procedure with prior publication of a call for competition. That matters because the procedure is not merely an open price comparison. Competitive with negotiation generally requires suppliers to qualify their technical and commercial position before the final procurement outcome is settled, and the available tender data does not specify the award criteria.

The absence of disclosed award criteria means suppliers should not infer weighting between price, technical quality, delivery approach, maintenance obligations, or lifecycle evidence from the published summary alone. The detailed procurement materials should drive the bid strategy, especially where the available tender data does not specify the award criteria.

The timeline is tight. Publication took place on 5 June 2026 and the deadline is 18 June 2026, leaving 13 calendar days. For a contract valued at €8,746,993.22 and tied to electricity infrastructure control environments, that window places pressure on qualification, internal approval, partner coordination, and clarification management.

Language requirements are comparatively open for the market: offers may be submitted in Swedish or English. That could widen the eligible supplier base beyond Swedish only bidders, while still requiring enough operating fluency to deal with Swedish procurement materials, buyer communication, and station specific requirements.

The tender is not financed with EU funds. No financial guarantee is specified in the available tender data. Contract duration is also not specified, which limits public qualification on delivery period and post installation obligations.

Strategic context

This tender is built around lifecycle timing. The HMI computers are described as nine years old, against a technical lifetime of eight to ten years. The SCM system in the HVDC control system is also described as having reached its technical life, while other control system components are stated as having a 20 year lifecycle.

That distinction matters because the buyer is not replacing the full control installation. The project replaces one part of the control installation ten years before a complete replacement. For bidders, this creates a technical boundary: the replacement must address the ageing HMI and SCM related requirement while fitting into control systems that are not being fully renewed.

The competitive landscape reinforces the nature of the market. Recorded comparable awards are dominated by suppliers with large electricity infrastructure portfolios, including Vattenfall Services Nordic, Linjemontage i Grastorp, VIC Energy, NYAB Sverige, and Eitech Engineering. The named suppliers are not competing in a small office hardware pattern. They sit in a high value utility infrastructure award environment.

Hermix users analysing this opportunity can move from tender screening to competitive qualification quickly, with buyer spending history, recorded comparable awards, renewal indicators, and contractor profiles available in one workflow rather than scattered across procurement portals and manual spreadsheets.

Practical takeaways for bidders

This tender suits suppliers that can demonstrate capability around HMI computers and related equipment in electricity infrastructure environments. It also suits firms comfortable with competitive negotiation procedures, short submission timelines, and Swedish or English procurement communication.

The opportunity is more likely to fit suppliers that can address the complete one lot requirement for ST10 Barkeryd and ST20 Hurva. The single lot structure does not create a formal route for bidding only on one station or one narrow component category.

Critical attention points for bidders include:

• The contract value is €8,746,993.22, concentrated in a single lot.
• The submission window is 13 calendar days, from 5 June to 18 June 2026.
• The procurement procedure is competitive with negotiation, so qualification and negotiation readiness matter.
• Award criteria are not specified in the available tender data, so bidders should rely on the detailed procurement materials for scoring and compliance strategy.
• The technical need concerns HMI computers and related equipment at ST10 Barkeryd and ST20 Hurva, each with two converter stations.
• The HMI computers are nine years old, against a stated technical lifetime of eight to ten years.
• The SCM system in the HVDC control system has reached its technical life, while other control system components have a stated 20 year lifecycle.
• Offers may be submitted in Swedish or English.
• The tender is not financed with EU funds, and no financial guarantee is specified in the available tender data.

Conclusions

Svenska Kraftnat’s €8,746,993.22 tender for HMI computer replacement at Barkeryd and Hurva is a targeted utilities infrastructure procurement built around control system lifecycle timing. The buyer profile records substantial renewal and award activity, including 26 similar contract awards worth €761 million and 35 all category renewals worth €3 billion. For suppliers, structured analysis of buyer history, comparable contractor activity, procedural requirements, and submission timing is the difference between pursuing a real fit and walking into a high value opportunity with a hopeful spreadsheet and a prayer.

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