Notice Information
Notice Title
Eastern Green Link 3, Scotland to Norfolk, England HVDC Link Project-Converters
Notice Description
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC (the "Employers") are jointly developing a HVDC link between N Peterhead, Scotland and Norfolk, England (the "HVDC Link"). This notice concerns the procurement and award of contract(s) for: * Design, manufacture, testing, commissioning, trial running, provision of critical spares for two HVDC converter stations located in Scotland and England. * One converter will be located at the Netherton Hub, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The other will be located in Norfolk, England. * The converters will each be capable of converting 2GW of AC to DC energy and DC to AC energy. * The two converters will be linked by two no. 2GW capacity 525kV cables, much of which will be routed in the North Sea. * There is an option that it will be routed through a DCSS (DC Switching Station) also to be located within the Netherton Hub * Front-end engineering design services, in relation to any or all of the aforementioned scope. * The Employers will require the Preferred Bidder to enter a Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) for the HVDC converter technology, either as part of the main contract or a standalone contracts(s). This may be structured as: 1: a single agreement covering the converters at Netherton Hub and in Norfolk together, with both Employers acting jointly or as a Joint Venture, or; 2: two separate agreements, one with each Employer, covering converters in their respective areas of geographic responsibility individually.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The scope of this Procurement includes the provision of the front end engineering, the detailed design, manufacture, assembly, install, test, commission, trial operation, provision of critical spares and an option for maintenance support for 2 no. 2GW HVDC converters, one located at the Netherton Hub in Scotland and the other in Norfolk, England. The Employers reserve the right to take up to a maximum of three Suppliers through the prequalification process and into the tender process. Applicants are advised that, for the purpose of the contract, the Employers may potentially enter into joint venture arrangements prior to awarding any contract from this activity. If this approach were to be adopted and, depending on the nature of the joint venture arrangements, the successful applicant(s) may be required to enter into a contract with a new JV entity relating to the execution of the works and services being procured. The Employers are considering the potential to award early works.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042511
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036575-2023
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
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- CPV Codes
31200000 - Electricity distribution and control apparatus
31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
45000000 - Construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Jan 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- PH1 3AQ
- Postcode Area
- Perth
- Country
- Scotland
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- 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
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Electoral Ward
- Perth City North
- Westminster Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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