HVDC Cable Framework · UK public procurement notice

National Grid requires Candidates to have the capability to deliver the full requirements as set out in the Framework Scope, including in particular the requirements to supply and install the HVDC cables. These requirements may be satisfied by a single entity or a group of entities formed e.g. as a consortium or joint venture. Where a single entity or consortium/joint venture is proposed at the PQQ stage, that entity or consortium/joint venture will be appointed by National Grid as the contractor(s) to the framework agreement. However, the party or parties identified at the PQQ stage, and therefore appointed to the framework agreement, may change for the purposes of the award of a call-off contract under the framework agreement, but only where the following conditions are satisfied:

• a change in contractor will only be permitted in respect of the installation element of any call-off contract, i.e. the cable manufacturer cannot change;
• a change will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances, for example where capacity constraints at the time of the relevant call-off contract mean that the installation element of that project cannot be delivered by the original installation contractor and this exceptional circumstance must be demonstrated by the original framework contractor(s);
• National Grid must approve in writing any proposed change of installation contractor and such approval is at the absolute discretion of National Grid;
• the proposed replacement installation…