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Published 23 Aug 2022, 17:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

LionLink Marine Survey · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Grid Ventures

4 lotsServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competitionMax 2 lots per supplier
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Netherlands (NL)UKLondon (UKI)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 23 Sept 2022awarded 20 Oct 2023
Awarded to NEXT GEOSOLUTIONS UKCS LIMITED

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited and TenneT are developing proposals for a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Multi Purpose Interconnector "Lion (Euro) Link" between England and Netherlands in support of ongoing programs for strengthening both the UK and Dutch Transmission Networks. The development process has identified the need for a HVDC Interconnector installation over accumulative distance of approximately 200km. Survey requirements are thus arisen to establish suitability of a preferred route alignment.

CPV: Geological and geophysical consultancy services · Geophysical consultancy services · Geotechnical engineering services · Hydrographic services · Marine survey services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1Geophysical Cable & Platform and Geotechnical for Cable 2023Awarded Netherlands (NL), UK +1

Marine geophysical survey including,

but not limited to:

  • Survey design and planning
  • Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES)

survey

  • Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey
  • Sub-bottom-profiler (SBP) survey
  • Magnetometer (MAG) survey and in

support of pUXO avoidance prior to

geotechnical works

  • General video inspection to map

cable and pipeline crossing

locations and inspect UXO incidents

and possible benthic habitats

  • Geophysical Survey reporting and

charting

  • Data delivery including GIS formats
  • Allocation of geotechnical location

selection in collaboration with

Employers

  • Final Integration of geophysics and

geotechnics; reporting, charting and

data delivery, including GIS formats

Shallow marine geotechnical survey

(investigation 3-10m below seabed),

including but not limited to:

  • Marine geotechnical survey along the

propose cable corridors including the

intertidal,

  • Survey design and planning
  • Sediment sampling to a nominal up to

6 m below the seabed and preliminary

offshore sediment description and basic

testing

  • Proposal (in collaboration with

Employers) and conducting of onshore

geotechnical lab testing

  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 5 m

below the seabed and generation of

preliminary offshore plots in general for

the cable route

  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 10 m

below the seabed for crossing

navigation routes, and generation of

preliminary offshore plots

  • In-situ thermal conductivity

measurements to a nominal up to 3 m

below the seabed and generation of

preliminary offshore plots

  • Geotechnical survey reporting and

charting

  • Data delivery including GIS formats,
  • Input into the integration of results

with the geophysics

Delivery listed: Netherlands (NL), UK, London · United Kingdom
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Geophysical Cable & Platform and Geotechnical for Cable 2024 Netherlands (NL), UK

Marine geophysical survey including, but not limited to:

  • Survey design and planning
  • Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES) survey
  • Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey
  • Sub-bottom-profiler (SBP) survey
  • Magnetometer (MAG) survey and in support of pUXO avoidance prior to geotechnical works
  • General video inspection to map cable and pipeline crossing locations and inspect UXO incidents and possible benthic habitats
  • Geophysical Survey reporting and charting
  • Data delivery including GIS formats
  • Allocation of geotechnical location selection in collaboration with Employers
  • Final Integration of geophysics and geotechnics; reporting, charting and data delivery, including GIS formats

Shallow marine geotechnical survey (investigation 3-10m below seabed), including but not limited to:

  • Marine geotechnical survey along the propose cable corridors including the intertidal,
  • Survey design and planning
  • Sediment sampling to a nominal up to 6 m below the seabed and preliminary offshore sediment description and basic testing
  • Proposal (in collaboration with Employers) and conducting of onshore geotechnical lab testing
  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 5 m below the seabed and generation of preliminary offshore plots in general for the cable route
  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 10 m below the seabed for crossing navigation routes, and generation of preliminary offshore plots
  • In-situ thermal conductivity measurements to a nominal up to 3 m below the seabed and generation of preliminary offshore plots
  • Geotechnical survey reporting and charting
  • Data delivery including GIS formats,
  • Input into the integration of results with the geophysics
Delivery listed: Netherlands (NL), UK · United Kingdom
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Geotechnical Platform 2023 UK

Deep marine geotechnical survey (investigation 50-100m below seabed), including but not limited to:

  • Marine geotechnical survey for platforms
  • Survey design and planning
  • Continuous sediment sampling and preliminary offshore sediment description and basic testing
  • Proposal (in collaboration with Employers) and conducting of geotechnical onshore lab testing
  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 100 m below the seabed
  • Additional down the hole testing as required
  • Geotechnical survey reporting and charting
  • Data delivery including GIS formats
  • Input into the integration of results with the geophysics
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Geotechnical Platform 2024 UK

Deep marine geotechnical survey (investigation 50-100m below seabed), including but not limited to:

  • Marine geotechnical survey for platforms
  • Survey design and planning
  • Continuous sediment sampling and preliminary offshore sediment description and basic testing
  • Proposal (in collaboration with Employers) and conducting of geotechnical onshore lab testing
  • PCPT survey to a nominal up to 100 m below the seabed
  • Additional down the hole testing as required
  • Geotechnical survey reporting and charting
  • Data delivery including GIS formats
  • Input into the integration of results with the geophysics
Delivery: UK · United Kingdom
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
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited reserve the right to award any number of agreements or none at all, either lots 1A and/or 2A or 1B and/or 2B will be awarded.
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
Awarded
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
23 Aug 2022, 17:08 BST
Last source update
6 Jun 2024, 11:13 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017577
Classification (CPV)
Geological and geophysical consultancy servicesGeophysical consultancy servicesGeotechnical engineering servicesHydrographic servicesMarine survey services
Delivery area
Netherlands (NL)UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03623f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free buyer-specific invitations
Submission deadline
23 Sept 2022
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Sept 2022 → 6 Jun 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Sept 2022
  2. Notice published
    6 Jun 2024, 11:13 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Jun 2024, 11:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Oct 2023

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Grid Ventures

Contracting authorityElectricity GB-COH: 08169384 1-3 Strand, London, London, WC2N5EHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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