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title: "IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039914"
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# IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey

Buyer: NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039914

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## Summary

The National Grid Interconnectors Limited is seeking services for the IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey in the marine survey services industry. The procurement stage is currently active, with a deadline for tender submissions set for February 20, 2023. The survey work includes marine geophysical survey services and has a contract period of 360 days. The procurement method is a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition.

This tender by National Grid Interconnectors Limited offers opportunities for businesses providing marine survey and consultancy services, magnetometric surveying services, and hydrographic services. Companies offering multi-beam echo-sounder survey, side-scan sonar survey, gradiometer survey, and geophysical survey reporting are well-suited to compete. The tender is open for electronic submissions, with bid validity lasting 120 days from the tender deadline.

## Notice

This Contract Notice will be a Mirror of a Contract Notice published on Tenders Electronic Daily. This survey campaign is to carry out maintenance survey work along the length of the IFA2000 (44.5km) and IFA2 (204km) cables respectively. The intention is to examine changes in the seabed, rock protection and identify any exposed cable. This survey is divided into 5 specifications with different entities being responsible for each section: 1. IFA2000 UK Nearshore Survey - (responsible entities are NGIL and RTE) 2. IFA2000 DC Offshore Cable Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL) 3. IFA2000 French Nearshore Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL) 4. IFA2 DC Cable Survey - (responsible entities are NGIFA2 Ltd and RTE) 5. IFA2 UK AC River Survey - (responsible entity is NGIFA2 Ltd) To register your interest in this procurement event and to obtain the pre-qualification documentation applicants are to email Amy.Palmer@nationalgrid.com using the wording 'Registering Interest for IFA2000 and IFA2 Survey' and include in the body of the message (if you have them) your Ariba AN number (network ID), name, email address and contact phone number for all contacts within your organisation who will need to receive Ariba messages and administer your online submissions. Following receipt of this information National Grid will invite you to the Ariba event where all of the pre-qualification documentation is contained including further instructions.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Marine geophysical survey including, but not limited to: * Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES) survey * Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey * Gradiometer survey * Geophysical Survey reporting and charting * Data delivery including GIS formats

Options: To be confirmed during Tender.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001759-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED |
| Additional buyers | NATIONAL GRID IFA 2 LIMITED; RTE RÉSEAU DE TRANSPORT D'ÉLECTRICITÉ |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC2N 5EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71351210 - Geophysical consultancy services
- 71352300 - Magnetometric surveying services
- 71354400 - Hydrographic services
- 71354500 - Marine survey services

## Release History

- 19 Jan 2023 at 17:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001759-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ariba.com
- http://www.nationalgrid.com
- https://www.nationalgrid.com/
- https://www.rte-france.com/en

## Provenance

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