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title: "UK-NL MPI"
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# UK-NL MPI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-nl-mpi-ocds-h6vhtk-030110). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited: "UK-NL MPI". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Dec 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-interconnector-holdings-limited-coh-08169384)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 December 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marine services
- **Delivery Location:** NL, UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-nl-mpi-ocds-h6vhtk-030110#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030110`

## 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/uk-nl-mpi-ocds-h6vhtk-030110#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ariba.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-nl-mpi-ocds-h6vhtk-030110#participate

## Description
TenneT Holding B.V. and NGIHL are jointly completing feasibility studies for a new HVDC multi-purpose interconnector (MPI) connecting Great Britain and the Netherlands via offshore wind farms in the North Sea. 
The need for a Marine Consultant has thus arisen to carry out various tasks through the process of construction of the MPI.
To register your interest in the procurement event and receive the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire documentation, applicants are to email matthew.pemberton@nationalgrid.com with the subject wording 'Registering Interest for the UK-NL MPI Marine Consultant' and include in the body of the message (if you
have them) your Ariba AN numbers (Network ID), name, email address and contact phone number for all contacts within your organisation who will need to receive Ariba messages and administer your online submissions. Following receipt of this information National Grid will invite you to the Ariba event
where all of the pre-qualification documentation is contained including further instructions.

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

- **Delivery regions:** NL, UK

- **Description:** including but not limited to:
- Route Selection and HVDC Asset Locations Study
- Metocean
- Seabed and Environmental Surveys - pre awarding
- Technical project description
- UXO Survey
- Fisheries Liaison Officer (FLO)
- Seabed and Environmental Surv...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031129-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-14T16:29:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T04:03:37.409Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030110