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Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge

Power converters
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: National Grid Interconnectors Limited: "Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Grid Interconnectors LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Grid Interconnectors Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
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CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
Last source update21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPower converters
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-030e23
What is being bought
Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Jan 2022, 18:35 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Dec 2021, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Design, manufacture, delivery and commission of HVDC equipment for IFA - Sellindge
Not published · signed 17 Dec 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Grid Interconnectors Limited

Contracting authority GB-FTS-41671
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  • National Grid Interconnectors Limited
    buyer

    1-3 Strand, London, UKI32, WC2N5EH
    James.Cooper1@nationalgrid.com

  • High Court Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIn September 2021, a fire broke out at Sellindge, the UK converter station of the IFA1 interconnector. Due to the damage to assets onsite the IFA capacity was reduced to zero (from 2000MW). In late October 2021 bipole two was returned to service, restoring the site to half capacity (1000MW). Due to the damage sustained on bipole one, an asset replacement or repair exercise was required to be undertaken in order to recover the second 1000MW of IFA capacity. Multiple options were explored to return full capacity of the interconnector, including refurbishment of the damaged equipment. Independent HVDC experts were engaged to support an assessment of the feasibility of integrating third party (non-OEM) assets with the original OEM system and to review the technical challenges associated with interfacing replacement equipment with the current control system, not damaged in the fire, which is in use on both the UK and French side of the interconnector. The independent assessment confirmed it was not technically possible to integrate third party (non-OEM) assets to the existing control system. Replacement of the control system, to attempt to facilitate third party replacement assets, was estimated to be uneconomical and would also require the agreement of RTE, the joint operator of IFA, due to the additional works required in both France and the UK. Such additional work would also lead to a significant extension of the recovery programme, leading to a further extension of the unavailability of a strategically significant transmission asset. Following the above evaluation, it was determined that competition was absent as the only viable technical solution was to replace the damaged assets on a like for like basis and therefore the decision was taken to proceed to contract with the Original Equipment Manufacturer to supply replacement assets on a sole source basis.