Official UK procurement notice
HVDC Converter Systems Framework
Authority: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNGUK issued a contract notice with publication reference 2023/S 000-035470 on 1 December 2023, with a view to establishing a multi-year, multi-supplier framework enabling the procurement of high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter projects which include:
(i) the supply and installation of converter systems including design, manufacture, installation, and testing of HVDC converter station technology and equipment, which may include front-end engineering design services in relation to any or all of the same;
(ii) turnkey solution including civils and major works; and
(iii) maintenance services
CPV: Construction work · Electrical equipment and apparatus · Electricity distribution and control apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Legal form for consortia
- No specific legal form is required in order to participate in the procurement stage. However, National Grid reserves the right to require successfully appointed suppliers to take a specific legal form and/or accept joint and several liability if constituted as a group of economic operators.
- “HVDC Converter Systems Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Dec 2023, 12:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2025, 09:31 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009131- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0420f2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Call-off contracts may require the Contractor to interface with other contractors and involve a requirement for interaction/partnership working.
Publisher note: Please note that National Grid reserves the right to award HVAC works to facilitate the HVDC Converter Systems portfolio through this HVDC Converter Systems Framework at its sole discretion, should the requirements arise. Interested parties should contact [email protected], specifically noting your interest in the HVDC Converter Framework in order to access pre-qualification documentation via Ariba. Interested parties should note that National Grid is using the Ariba portal, details of which are set out in section I.3 above, to manage this procurement process. All documentation will be made available through this portal. All communications by interested parties must be made to National Grid only through this portal - any communications sent by alternative means and/or to any other person will be ignored. Please note that a "request to participate" for the purposes of section IV.2.2 of this notice is by completion and return of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), which is available through the Ariba portal, by the stated deadline. Interested parties should note that National Grid reserves the right to cancel or vary this procurement process at any stage. National Grid may also change the basis, procedures and/or timescales set out or referred to within the procurement documents. National Grid will not be liable for any costs or expenses howsoever incurred by interested parties in participating in this procurement process. All financial values stated in this notice are estimates only and the final outturn values will depend on the precise works to be delivered, the means of delivery, the way in which the programme and project risks materialise, the actual rates of inflation up to completion of the programme, and other factors.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Jan 2024
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Jan 2024 → 13 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Jan 2024
- Notice published13 Mar 2025, 09:31 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2025, 09:31 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 009131-2025-1
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 009131-2025-3
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 009131-2025-4
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 009131-2025-2
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- HITACHI ENERGY SWEDEN ABFramework contractor
- HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.Framework contractor
- SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO KG,Framework contractor
- SIEMENS ENERGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria