UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD: public contracts won without a rival in India: 15 uncontested awards; 42% of its awards; 0 without a competition; 15 single bid.
Assay record ASY-IN-0J7GZDV0NQ · Cite as: Assay Systems, “UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD: public contracts won without a rival in India”, https://assay-systems.com/register/in/uncontested/s/universal-cables-ltd/
UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD won 15 of its 36 public contract awards in India without a rival from 2021-07-06 to 2026-02-16: 0 without a competition and 15 after a competition that drew a single bid. 3 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest BHEL BHOPAL with 9.
An award is uncontested when the buyer had no rival offer to weigh: it was made without a competition (direct award, negotiated procedure without a call for tenders, sole-source or advance-notice contract), or a competition was held and only one bid arrived. Every count below is built award by award from the official notices. Awards to individuals are not included.
BHEL BHOPAL gave UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD 9 awards: 0 without a competition, 9 after a competition with a single bid. First 2021-09-02, latest 2025-11-17.
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD gave UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD 6 awards: 0 without a competition, 5 after a competition with a single bid. First 2022-04-05, latest 2024-10-17.
Madhya Pradesh (state e-procurement portal) gave UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD 5 awards: 0 without a competition, 1 after a competition with a single bid. First 2021-07-06, latest 2026-02-16.
| Date | Buyer | How | Stated reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | BHEL BHOPAL AOC-1555265 | Single bid | — |
| 2025-06-27 | BHEL BHOPAL AOC-5155094 | Single bid | — |
| 2024-10-17 | HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD AOC-3214744 | Single bid Limited | — |
| 2024-10-17 | HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD AOC-3214405 | Single bid Limited | — |
| 2024-10-17 | HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD AOC-3214331 | Single bid Limited | — |
| 2024-07-31 | HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD AOC-3221788 | Single bid Limited | — |
Every uncontested award in India · All countries · UNIVERSAL CABLES LTD in the register
Source: award of contract (AOC) records for India from the Central Public Procurement Portal (eprocure.gov.in) and the state e-procurement portals run on the NIC GePNIC system, as scraped and published by fireboy21 in the dataset tenders_aoc on Hugging Face under CC BY 4.0; awards from January 2021 to 30 September 2026, accessed 15 October 2026. Awards are matched to their buyer and supplier as published. Values in these notices often state a framework ceiling rather than a contract amount, so awards are counted, not summed. Updated 17 October 2026.