Official UK procurement notice
Tender Round 11 (TR11) for the grant of one offshore transmission licence
Authority: Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice concerns the proposed grant of one offshore transmission licence to a successful bidder to connect an offshore wind farm to the GB onshore grid. TR11 consists of one project - Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm (the Project). The tender process will consist of two stages for the Project: an Enhanced Pre-Qualification (EPQ) stage and an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage, resulting in the selection of a preferred bidder. Any bidder wishing to participate in the EPQ stage for the Project, must express their interest as per the requirements in the EPQ documentation.
CPV: Operation of electrical installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Within UK territorial waters or the UK Renewable Energy Zone (as defined in the…
Within UK territorial waters or the UK Renewable Energy Zone (as defined in the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004 (SI 2004 No.2668)). This project is subject to change. The following is currently identified as a qualifying project under regulation 8(6)(a) of the Electricity (Competitive Tenders for Offshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2015 (the Tender Regulations). The location listed below is based on the most proximate onshore points or on anticipated onshore connection points. Precise information will be available in the tender documents.
Project: Dogger Bank B Offshore Wind Farm
Developer: SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn
Limited Capacity (MW): 1200
Location: 131km (at the nearest point) from the North East coast of England.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- 13 Feb 2024, 18:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Feb 2024, 18:51 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004860- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0439eaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://ofgem.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Feb 2024 → 1 May 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published13 Feb 2024, 18:51 GMT
- Submission deadline1 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- OfgemReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria