Official UK procurement notice
Torness to Hawthorn Pit HVDC Link
Authority: NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNational Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (NGET) and SP Transmission PLC (SPTN) (the "Employers") are jointly developing a HVDC link between Torness, Scotland and Hawthorn Pit, England (the "HVDC Link"). This notice concerns the award of one or more 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.
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 (£1,848,000,000 together)Lot #1EPC of HVDC Voltage Source Commutated (VSC) converter stations at both Torness & Hawthorn Pit and HVAC underground cable at Hawthorn Pit between Converter Station and Point of Common Connection (PCC)CancelledPublished value£444,000,000
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 196 km, forming a connection and capable of delivering 2GW as more fully described in the procurement documents.
Lot #2EPC of HVDC submarine and underground cable between converter stations (Torness & Hawthorn Pit) inc. HVAC underground cable at Torness between converter station & Point of Common Connection (PCC).CancelledPublished value£480,000,000
EPC of HVDC submarine and underground cable between converter stations (Torness & Hawthorn Pit) inc. HVAC underground cable at Torness between converter station & Point of Common Connection (PCC).
Lot #3A single contract (Turnkey)Published value£924,000,000
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 196 km, forming a connection and capable of delivering 2GW as more fully described in the procurement documents.
EPC of two HVDC cable poles (underground and submarine cable), including the underground civils works, over a total route length of approximately 196 km, forming part of a connection between two HVDC converter stations (England and Scotland) and capable of delivering 2GW or 1.4 - 1.6GW.
Applicants' submissions must also include EPC of HVAC cable between the converter station and PCC at Torness and Hawthorn Pit. The submission must include interfaces (as defined in the procurement documents) between adjacent cable and converter equipment, allowing interconnection of a final end-to-end solution.
The contract will also include a warranty and maintenance period. 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.
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 2027.
Please note that the constituent parts of any joint venture or consortium Applicant participating in Lot 3 will be expected also to participate in Lot 1 and Lot 2.
The Employers envisage taking up to a maximum of three (3) Applicants on Lot 3 through to RfP stage.
For the purpose of awarding the contracts, the Employers may enter into joint venture arrangements. 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.
As part of the contract award process, the Employers are considering the potential to award early works ahead of entering into the main EPC contract.
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).
- Suitability
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, 11:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 May 2024, 12:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-015695- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031223Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Torness to Hawthorn Pit HVDC Link 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 EPC basis, will be subject to the laws of England, Wales & Northern Ireland, and will contain performance guarantees. Completion and full commissioning of the HVDC Link needs to be scheduled to be completed by Q4 2027. Full details of the contract performance conditions are described in procurement documents.
Publisher note: For the purpose of awarding the contracts, the Employers may enter into joint venture arrangements. If this approach were to be adopted and, depending on the nature of the joint venture arrangements, the successful contractor(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. 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
- 4 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 480 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
The following contractual security may be required from contractors:
Parent company guarantees from the ultimate parent company or equivalent third-party security
Performance, retention 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
4 Mar 2022 → 17 May 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline4 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected7 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published17 May 2024, 12:15 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 May 2024- Status changed to complete17 May 2024, 12:15 BST
- Buyer details updated17 May 2024, 12:15 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 | |||
| GE Vernova & Mytilineos, Mytilineosjoint award | — | — | Awarded |
| Prysmian Powerlink SRL | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015695-2024-1 · GE Vernova & Mytilineos, Mytilineos
- Signed
- 7 Dec 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 015695-2024-2 · Prysmian Powerlink SRL
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- SP Transmission PLCContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- GE Vernova & MytilineosAwarded supplier
- MytilineosAwarded supplier
- Prysmian Powerlink SRLAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria