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Published 19 Jan 2023, 17:38 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey

Official notice

Authority: NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: France (FR)UK
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract Notice will be a Mirror of a Contract Notice published on Tenders Electronic Daily.

This survey campaign is to carry out maintenance survey work along the length of the IFA2000 (44.5km) and IFA2 (204km) cables respectively. The intention is to examine changes in the seabed, rock protection and identify any exposed cable.

This survey is divided into 5 specifications with different entities being responsible for each section:

  1. IFA2000 UK Nearshore Survey - (responsible entities are NGIL and RTE)
  2. IFA2000 DC Offshore Cable Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL)
  3. IFA2000 French Nearshore Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL)
  4. IFA2 DC Cable Survey - (responsible entities are NGIFA2 Ltd and RTE)
  5. IFA2 UK AC River Survey - (responsible entity is NGIFA2 Ltd)

To register your interest in this procurement event and to obtain the pre-qualification documentation applicants are to email [email protected] using the wording 'Registering Interest for IFA2000 and IFA2 Survey' and include in the body of the message (if you have them) your Ariba AN number (network ID), name, email address and contact phone number for all contacts within your organisation who will need to receive Ariba messages and administer your online submissions. Following receipt of this information National Grid will invite you to the Ariba event where all of the pre-qualification documentation is contained including further instructions.

CPV: Geophysical consultancy services · Hydrographic services · Magnetometric surveying services · Marine survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Marine geophysical survey including, but not limited to:

Marine geophysical survey including, but not limited to:

  • Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES) survey
  • Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey
  • Gradiometer survey
  • Geophysical Survey reporting and charting
  • Data delivery including GIS formats
Delivery listed: France (FR), UK
Extensions: To be confirmed during Tender.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Jan 2023, 17:38 GMT
Last source update
19 Jan 2023, 17:38 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001759
Classification (CPV)
Geophysical consultancy servicesHydrographic servicesMagnetometric surveying servicesMarine survey services
Delivery area
France (FR)UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039914 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: SAP Ariba · Who buys & how to bid on SAP Ariba
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free buyer-specific invitations
Submission deadline
20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Jan 2023 → 20 Feb 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    19 Jan 2023, 17:38 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED

Contracting authorityElectricity GB-COH: 03385525 1-3 Strand, London, London, WC2N5EHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • NATIONAL GRID IFA 2 LIMITEDContracting authorityGB-COH: 09129992 London, UKContact name, email, phone
  • RTE Réseau de transport d'électricitéContracting authority444 619 258 La Defense, FRContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria