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title: "Grant of Offshore Transmission Licence for the Hornsea One Project"
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# Grant of Offshore Transmission Licence for the Hornsea One Project

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grant-of-offshore-transmission-licence-for-the-hornsea-one-project-ocds-h6vhtk-02d3b2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: "Grant of Offshore Transmission Licence for the Hornsea One Project". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Office of Gas and Electricity Markets](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/office-of-gas-and-electricity-markets-GB-FTS-23209)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Operation of electrical installations
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d3b2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/grant-of-offshore-transmission-licence-for-the-hornsea-one-project-ocds-h6vhtk-02d3b2#tl-md)

## Description
The successful bidder of this tender has entered into a transfer agreement for the purchase of offshore
transmission assets constructed by the developer to maintain and operate the assets in accordance with
the offshore transmission licence and relevant industry codes, standards and agreements. In addition to
being granted the offshore transmission licence, the successful bidder has been required to enter into a
range of agreements with the generator, any relevant distribution network owners and the National
Electricity Transmission System Operator.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Grant of a 25 year offshore transmission licence for the Hornsea One project

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 019523-2021-2018/S 234-534973-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Diamond Transmission Partners Hornsea One Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-25304`
  - Value: £1,175,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 019523-2021-2018/S 234-534973-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,175,000,000
  - Signed Date: 02/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019523-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-11T21:45:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:01:48.015Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d3b2