Tender

IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey

  • NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED
  • NATIONAL GRID IFA 2 LIMITED
  • RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-001759

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-039914

Published 19 January 2023, 5:38pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED

1-3 Strand

London

WC2N5EH

Contact

Amy Palmer

Email

amy.palmer@nationalgrid.com

Telephone

+44 7790543121

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI32 - Westminster

Companies House

03385525

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.nationalgrid.com/

one.1) Name and addresses

NATIONAL GRID IFA 2 LIMITED

1-3 Strand

London

WC2N 5EH

Contact

Amy Palmer

Email

amy.palmer@nationalgrid.com

Telephone

+44 7790543121

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Companies House

09129992

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.nationalgrid.com

one.1) Name and addresses

RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité

Immeuble Window - 7 place du Dome Puteaux, France,

La Defense

92056

Contact

Alexandre Bobinet

Email

alexandre.bobinet@rte-france.com

Telephone

+33 141022430

Country

France

Region code

FR - France

Nanterre Register of Commerce and Companies

444 619 258

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.rte-france.com/en

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law

English

one.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at

http://www.ariba.com

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

http://www.ariba.com

one.6) Main activity

Electricity


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

IFA2000 and IFA2 Cable Maintenance Survey

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71354500 - Marine survey services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This Contract Notice will be a Mirror of a Contract Notice published on Tenders Electronic Daily.

This survey campaign is to carry out maintenance survey work along the length of the IFA2000 (44.5km) and IFA2 (204km) cables respectively. The intention is to examine changes in the seabed, rock protection and identify any exposed cable.

This survey is divided into 5 specifications with different entities being responsible for each section:

1. IFA2000 UK Nearshore Survey - (responsible entities are NGIL and RTE)

2. IFA2000 DC Offshore Cable Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL)

3. IFA2000 French Nearshore Survey - (responsible entity is NGIL)

4. IFA2 DC Cable Survey - (responsible entities are NGIFA2 Ltd and RTE)

5. IFA2 UK AC River Survey - (responsible entity is NGIFA2 Ltd)

To register your interest in this procurement event and to obtain the pre-qualification documentation applicants are to email Amy.Palmer@nationalgrid.com using the wording 'Registering Interest for IFA2000 and IFA2 Survey' and include in the body of the message (if you have them) your Ariba AN number (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.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71351210 - Geophysical consultancy services
  • 71352300 - Magnetometric surveying services
  • 71354400 - Hydrographic services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
  • FR - France

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Marine geophysical survey including, but not limited to:

• Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES) survey

• Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey

• Gradiometer survey

• Geophysical Survey reporting and charting

• Data delivery including GIS formats

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

12

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

To be confirmed during Tender.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

20 February 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom