Official UK procurement notice
Marine Survey. Sea Link Nearshore Boreholes
Authority: National Grid Electricity Transmission plc
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSea link high voltage direct current (HVDC) link
between Suffolk and Kent with onshore converter
stations and connections back to the national
electricity transmission system.
Sea Link has committed to trenchless solutions for
the beach crossings at the Suffolk landfall,
Aldeburgh as well as the Kent landfall Pegwell Bay.
Nearshore boreholes are required to collect
geotechnical and physical core data at each landfall
CPV: Marine survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The PQQ process is to establish market capabilityCancelled
The PQQ process is to establish market capability
to carry out the required works within the time
period indicated. It is the Client's intent to follow up
the PQQ responses with a tendering process with a
view to award a Marine Nearshore GI Boreholes
contract based on a detailed RFP process.
Sea Link has already undertaken a cable route
survey of the corridor for the planned marine
corridor, including the nearshore and landfall zones
to the location of the Transition Joint Bay
Compound.
Sea Link has committed to trenchless solutions for
the beach crossings at the Suffolk landfall,
Aldeburgh as well as the Kent landfall Pegwell Bay.
Nearshore boreholes to collect geotechnical and
physical core data are required at each landfall.
Access to the sampling sites is presumed from the
marine environment, due to the environmental
sensitivity of the landfalls and exposure to coastal
processes, requiring specialised equipment and
appropriate methodologies which have been
subject to thorough risk assessments. The Kent
locations are on mudflats which are exposed at low
water. Completion of the acquisition, testing and
reporting needs to be completed no later than Q2
2024 subject to relevant consents and permits
being in place. The Employer will provide detailed
technical specifications for Tenderer to comply with
at the RFP stage (stage 2).
What 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.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 7 Dec 2023, 16:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Mar 2024, 17:53 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009503- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042288Find a Tender
Publisher note: Interested parties should note that National Grid is using the Ariba portal, details in Section I.3 and 11.1.4. of this notice. All documentation will be made available through this portal. All communications by interested parties must be made to the contacts in Section 11.1.4 . Once interested parties have been invited to the Ariba Event, National Grid will then only communicate through the portal. 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 whatsoever incurred by interested parties in participating in this procurement process.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jan 2024, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
8 Jan 2024 → 22 Mar 2024 · 2 dates- Submission deadline8 Jan 2024, 11:00 GMT
- Notice published22 Mar 2024, 17:53 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled22 Mar 2024, 17:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.