Published date: 13 February 2024
Last edited date: 14 February 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Operation of electrical installations - 65320000
Location of contract
Yorkshire and the Humber
Value of contract
£919,300,000
Procurement reference
tender_411044/1307933
Published date
13 February 2024
Closing date
1 May 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
7 August 2025
Contract end date
7 August 2049
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 an offshore wind farm to the GB onshore grid.
TR11 consists of Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm (the Project).
The tender process will consist of two stages for the Project: 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 information about Ofgem can be found here:
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- https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/offshore-transmission
- Further details about the Offshore Transmission Owner regime and TR11 can be found on the Ofgem website:
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- https://ofgem.bravosolution.co.uk/
- If you are interested in participating in TR11 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?tender_round=6312&sort=publication_date
- The Enhanced Pre-Qualification Document for Tender Round 11 can be found on the Ofgem website here:
Additional text
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TR11 consists of Dogger Bank B 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 a successful bidder for the purpose of connecting the offshore wind farm to the GB onshore grid.
TR11 consists of one project. A transmission licence is expected to be granted for the Project. High level details for the Project are as follows:
Project: Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm;
Developer: SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn;
Limited Capacity (MW): 1200;
Location: 131km from the North East coast of England.
Requests to participate/EPQ submissions must be made electronically by 12:00 (local time), 01/05/2024 See the above links for how to do this.
Please note that the information contained in the fields 'contract start date'; 'Contract end date', 'Lowest/actual value (£)' in section 1 of this notice are indicative only. Please consult the tender documentation for further details.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
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