Official UK procurement notice
Peterhead to North Yorkshire HVDC Link Project
Authority: EASTERN GREEN LINK 2 LIMITED·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNational Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (NGET) and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission
PLC (the "Employers") are jointly developing a HVDC link between Peterhead, Scotland and
Drax, England (the "HVDC Link"). The award is for two
Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contracts for the detailed design,
engineering, procurement, manufacture, installation, construction, testing, commissioning,
spares provision, operational hand-over and maintenance of the HVDC Link between
Scotland and England.
The procurement is structured in 2 lots consisting of:
Lot 1 - EPC of HVDC, Voltage Source Commutated (VSC) converter stations and HVAC
underground cable between Converter Station and Point of Common Connection (PCC) at
both Peterhead and Drax.
Lot 2 - EPC of HVDC submarine and underground cable between converter stations at
both Peterhead and Drax.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for electricity power lines · Electricity distribution and control apparatus · High-voltage cable · Installation of cable laying · Submarine cable
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£3,234,000,000 together)Lot #1Lot No: 1 - EPC of HVDC, Voltage Source Commutated (VSC) Converter Stations and HVAC underground cable between Converter Station and Point of Common Connection (PCC) at both Peterhead and DraxCancelled UK, South EastPublished value£480,000,000
EPC of Two HVDC VSC converter stations (England and Scotland)
Lot #2Lot No: 2 - EPC of HVDC submarine and underground cable between Converter Stations at both Peterhead and DraxCancelled UK, South EastPublished value£1,154,000,000
EPC of HVDC submarine and underground cable between Converter Stations at both Peterhead and Drax
Lot #3Lot No: 3 - Lot 1 (Converter) and Lot 2 (Cable) combined as a single contract (Turnkey) UKPublished value£1,600,000,000
EPC of Two HVDC VSC converter stations (England and Scotland), including the underground civils works, to accommodate x2 HVDC cable poles over a total route length of approximately 490 km, forming a connection and capable of delivering 2GW or 1.4GW - 1.6GW.
Applicants are advised that the two cable sub-lots described in II.3.4 apply equally to Lot 3.
Applicant's submission must also include EPC of HVAC cable between the converter station and POCC at Peterhead and Drax. The submission must include interfaces (as defined in the procurement documents) to adjacent cable and converter equipment, allowing interconnection of a final end-to-end solution.
Submissions must include detailed delivery plans/programmes clearly demonstrating how production and installation will be achieved to ensure full commissioning of the HVDC Link by Q4 2029.
The HVDC cable technology is 525kV XLPE, PPL or MIND. Proposed PPL and MIND cable systems (cables and accessories, including factory joints and transition joints) shall be type tested in accordance with Cigre Electra 189 and 171 before the award of the contract. Proposed XLPE cable systems (cables and accessories, including factory joints and transition joints) shall be Pre-Qualification tested in accordance with CIGRE TB852 or TB496 before the award of the contract.
Applicant's submission must also include EPC of HVAC cable between the converter station and POCC at Peterhead and Drax. The submission must include transition joints (as defined in the Tender Documents) to adjacent cable and converter equipment, allowing interconnection of a final end-to-end solution.
Submissions must include detailed delivery plans/programmes clearly demonstrating how production and installation will be achieved to ensure full commissioning of the HVDC Link by Q4 2029.
The Employers reserve the right not to award a Lot 3. The Constituent parts of any joint venture or consortium participating in Lot 3 will be expected also to participate in Lot 1 and Lot 2
The Employers reserves the right to take up to a maximum of three successful Applicants who achieve the highest scores across the criteria through to RFP stage
Applicant's are advised that, for the purpose of the contracts, the Employers may potentially enter into joint venture arrangements prior to awarding any contract from this activity. If this approach were to be adopted and, depending on the nature of the joint venture arrangements, the successful applicant(s) may be required to enter into a contract with a new JV entity relating to the execution of the works and services being procured.
The Employers is considering the potential to award early works.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- Suitability
As described in the procurement documents
- Economic & financial standing
As described in the procurement documents
Minimum: As described in the procurement documents - Technical & professional ability
As described in the procurement documents
- Legal form for consortia
- Where there is a group of economic operators, joint venture or consortium each economic operator, joint venture partner or consortium member must be jointly and severally liable for the whole of the performance of the obligations under any contract to which it is a party.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- As described in the procurement documents
- 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
- Works
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Feb 2022, 21:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 May 2024, 16:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016364- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03128fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Scotland to England Green Link (SEGL) 2 is subject to regulation under the Ofgem RIIO-T2 Large Onshore Transmission Investment regime and therefore the project costs and payment provisions may be subject to regulatory oversight.
- Performance terms
Contracts will be structured on an Engineer, Procure and Construct ("EPC") basis, will be subject to the laws of England & Wales, and will contain performance guarantees. Completion and full commissioning of the HVDC Link needs to be scheduled to be completed by Q4 2029. Full details of the contract performance conditions are described in procurement documents.
Publisher note: Applicants are advised that, for the purpose of the contracts, the Employers may potentially enter into joint venture arrangements prior to awarding any contract from this activity. If this approach were to be adopted and, depending on the nature of the joint venture arrangements, the successful applicant(s) may be required to enter into a contract with a new JV entity relating to the execution of the works and services being procured The Employers reserve the right to withdraw this notice or any of the lots included in this notice at any time for whatever reason. In the event that the Employers decide to withdraw any lots within this notice, the Employers reserve the right to continue the process in respect of any of the remaining lots. The Employers reserve the right to award Lot 1 and Lot 2 to the same Tenderer or to separate Tenderers. The Employers further reserve the right to award, alternatively, Lot 3 instead of Lot 1 and Lot 2. Applicants shall be fully responsible for the costs of responding to this procurement at all stages of the procurement and in no circumstances do the Employers accept any liability for any costs incurred by any Applicants, howsoever or whensoever incurred.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Mar 2022
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 480 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
The following contractual security may be required from the Applicants:
Parent company guarantees from the ultimate parent company or equivalent third party security
Performance and warranty bonds
Collateral warranties in favour of the Employers from all key subcontractors (to be determined by the Employers)
Advance payment bonds if the Employers agree to an advance payment in each case as more fully described in the procurement documents
Timeline
9 Mar 2022 → 23 May 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline9 Mar 2022
- Invitations to tender expected3 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published23 May 2024, 16:09 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2024- Status changed to complete23 May 2024, 16:09 BST
- Buyer details updated23 May 2024, 16:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not linked to a lot2 awards | |||
| BAM NUTTALL LIMITED, HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED and HITACHI ENERGY Sweden AB | £1,307,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
| PRYSMIAN POWERLINK S.R.L | £1,597,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 016364-2024-1 · BAM NUTTALL LIMITED, HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED and HITACHI ENERGY Sweden AB
- Signed
- 28 Feb 2024
- Value
- £1,307,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 016364-2024-2 · PRYSMIAN POWERLINK S.R.L
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2024
- Value
- £1,597,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National Grid Electricity Transmission PLCContracting authorityElectricity
- Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLCContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
- N/AReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- BAM NUTTALL LIMITED, HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED and HITACHI ENERGY Sweden ABAwarded supplier
- Prysmian Powerlink s.r.lAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.