Published date: 15 March 2017

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: 8 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electricity distribution and related services - 65300000

Location of contract

East of England, South East

Value of contract

£846,000,000

Procurement reference

Tender Round 5 (TR5) for the grant of offshore transmission licences- group 2

Published date

15 March 2017

Closing date

8 May 2017

Contract start date

1 March 2018

Contract end date

1 March 2038

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

TR5 consists of 5 projects, which are being tendered in 2 Groups. This notice concerns Group 2 which consists of the Galloper and Walney Extension projects. Further details on TR5 and how to participate can be found on the Ofgem website (see 'Attachments' section of this notice for URL links).

More information

Links

  • https://ofgem.bravosolution.co.uk
  • Tender notice
  • If you are interested in participating in TR5 please register your interest at the following link (after creating a user account you will be able to access the tender documentation):

Additional text

The type of procedure to be adopted is a competitive procedure with negotiation. The subject matter of this notice is the proposed grant of an offshore transmission licence to a successful bidder(s) for the purpose of connecting a wind farm(s) to the GB onshore grid. Tender Round 5 (TR5) consists of five projects which are split into 2 groups. Group 1 consists of 3 projects and Group 2 consists of 2 projects. This notice relates to Group 2 only. A transmission licence is expected to be granted for each project. High level details about the projects are as follows: Project: Galloper; Developer: innogy, Simens Financial Services, UK Green Investment Bank, Macquarie Capital and Sumitomo Corporation; Limited Capacity(MW): 336 Project: Walney Extension; Developer: DONG Energy; Limited Capacity(MW): 659.

Requests to participate/EPQ submissions must be made electronically by 12:00 (local time), 08/05/2017. See the above links 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

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
9 Millbank
London
SW1P3GE
England

Email

tendercoordinator@ofgem.gov.uk

Website

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/