Published date: 22 July 2021

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.


Closing: 7 October 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Operation of electrical installations - 65320000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£1,212,536,043

Procurement reference

tender_279828/980384

Published date

22 July 2021

Closing date

7 October 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 November 2022

Contract end date

30 November 2047

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.
TR8 consists of the Hornsea Project Two 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

  • https://www.ofgem.gov.uk
  • Tender notice
  • Further details on TR8 and how to participate can be found on the Ofgem website
  • https://ofgem.bravosolution.co.uk
  • Tender notice
  • If you are interested in participating in TR8 please register your interest at the following link (after creating a user account you will be able to access the tender documentation):

Additional text

TR8 consists of the Hornsea Project Two 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.
TR8 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: Hornsea Project Two Offshore Wind Farm
Developer: Ørsted
Capacity (MW): 1,386
Location: 90km (at the nearest point) East of the Humber Estuary in East Yorkshire

Requests to participate/EPQ submissions must be made electronically by 12:00 (local time),
07/10/2021.
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.

About the buyer

Address

10 South Colonnade
London
E14 4PU
England

Email

tendercoordinator@ofgem.gov.uk