Published date: 20 January 2022
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Operation of electrical installations - 65320000
Location of contract
Scotland
Value of contract
£633,300,000
Procurement reference
tender_292309/1018334
Published date
20 January 2022
Closing date
31 March 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
21 June 2023
Contract end date
21 June 2046
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
This concerns the proposed grant of one offshore transmission licence to a successful bidder to connect one offshore wind farm to the GB onshore grid. TR9 consists of the Seagreen Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm (the Project). The tender process will consist of two stages: an Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) stage and an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage, resulting in selection of a preferred bidder.
Any bidder wishing to participate in the EPQ stage for the Project must express their interest as per the requirements in the EPQ documentation.
More information
Links
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- https://www.ofgem.gov.uk
- Further details on TR9 and how to participate can be found on the Ofgem website
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- https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/offshore-electricity-transmission-ofto
- Further information in relation to the offshore regime can be found here:
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- https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/offshore-electricity-transmission-ofto/offshore-transmission-tender-publications
- Further details on TR9 can be found here:
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- https://ofgem.bravosolution.co.uk/
- If you are interested in participating in TR9 please register your interest at the following link (after creating a user account you will be able to access the tender documentation):
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- https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/offshore-electricity-transmission-ofto/offshore-transmission-tender-publications
- The Enhanced Pre-Qualification Document for Tender Round 9 can be found on the Ofgem website here:
Additional text
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TR9 consists of the Seragreen Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm (the Project). The tender process will consist of two stages for the Project: an Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) stage followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage which will result in the selection of a preferred bidder. Any bidder wishing to participate in the EPQ stage for the Project must express interest in doing so in accordance with the requirements in the EPQ documentation. The type of procedure to be adopted is a competitive procedure with negotiation. The subject matter of this notice is the proposed grant of one offshore transmission licence to the successful
bidder for the purpose of connecting one wind farm to the GB onshore grid. TR9 consists of one project and a transmission licence is expected to be granted for the
project.
High level details about the project are as follows:
Project: Seagreen Phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm
Developer: Seagreen Wind Energy Limited (a joint venture owned by SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies)
Capacity (MW): 1,075
Location: 27.5km (at the nearest point) from the Angus coastline
Requests to participate/EPQ submissions must be made electronically by 12:00 (local time), 31/03/2022. See the links below for how to do this.
Please note that the information contained in the fields 'contract start date', 'Contract end date' and 'Lowest/actual value (£)' in section 1 of this notice are indicative only. Please consult the tender documentation for further details.
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Closing: 31 March 2022, 12pm