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title: "Sea Link- Targeted Marine Surveys"
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# Sea Link- Targeted Marine Surveys

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sea-link-targeted-marine-surveys-ocds-h6vhtk-038045). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC: "Sea Link- Targeted Marine Surveys". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Dec 2022. Published submission portal: www.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc-coh-02366977)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 December 2022 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marine survey services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sea-link-targeted-marine-surveys-ocds-h6vhtk-038045#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038045`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sea-link-targeted-marine-surveys-ocds-h6vhtk-038045#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariba.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sea-link-targeted-marine-surveys-ocds-h6vhtk-038045#participate

## Description
The general requirement is for targeted marine surveys of 5 specific areas (see map)
between Aldeburgh (East Suffolk) and Pegwell Bay (Kent), to supplement a survey of the
whole route undertaken in 2021, to inform of seabed morphology and shallow sediment
structure, and to provide benthic characterisation and habitat maps. 
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 Seabed Survey contract based on a detailed
RFP process. 
The survey scope of work covers geophysical, geotechnical and environmental sampling. 
In addition to the 5 survey areas, the scope of work may potentially include an additional offshoot survey of the main route in the near future.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** equirements for the scope are listed below:
> Obtain accurate Bathymetric (Inc. MBES/SBES) data;
> Obtain accurate high-resolution Side Scan Sonar (SSS) data;
> Obtain accurate high resolution Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP) data;
> Obtain high quality Mag...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030545-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030545-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 12/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030545-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-17T07:24:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:25:14.346Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038045