Notice Information
Notice Title
Caithness, Moray & Shetland Multi-Terminal HVDC Link's Long-Term Service Agreement
Notice Description
The services comprise mobilisation, scheduled maintenance, emergency call out, unscheduled maintenance and cyber security related services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Long-term service agreement associated with the Caithness, Moray & Shetland multi-terminal link that comprises mobilisation, scheduled maintenance, emergency call out, unscheduled maintenance and cyber security related services.
Procurement Information
The Caithness, Moray and Shetland Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Link has been constructed using Hitachi Energy's proprietary HVDC Light Voltage Sourced Converter technology. Due to the proprietary nature of these works there is no other vender who has the ability to maintain, fault find and repair the core components and systems. No other HVDC Original Equipment Manufacturer or specialist has the necessary skills or expertise on Hitachi Energy equipment to repair the facility following a forced outage incident impacting the efficient operation of the facilities. There would also be significant risk of other contractors performing maintenance activities during the performance guarantee periods from the Shetland Construction Contract. As well as the technical reasons Hitachi Energy would not allow SSEN Transmission to procure a 3rd party to maintain their systems due to confidentiality of their intellectual property. This was expressed within the Shetland Construction Contract confidentiality clause which states that no Competitor, being a third party that carries out business as a designer, engineer, supplier, construction contractor and/or installation contractor in connection with high voltage direct current converter station systems, power electronics and/or associated plant and infrastructure, could receive Confidential Information which would be required to undertake the proposed services. SSEN Transmission are therefore satisfied that at this time, as competition is absent for technical reasons and to protect the exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights under the Shetland Construction Contract, a single source award for these services should be pursued.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-036378
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023978-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
65 - Public utilities
-
- CPV Codes
65320000 - Operation of electrical installations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £28,210,957 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Aug 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Jun 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- transmission.procurement@sse.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PERTH
- Postcode
- PH1 3AQ
- Post Town
- Perth
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Electoral Ward
- Perth City North
- Westminster Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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