Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
National Grid Ventures
1-3 Strand
London
WC2N5EH
Contact
Christina Oates
box.GP.UKBuyerNGV@nationalgrid.com
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI32 - Westminster
Companies House
08169384
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
LionLink Marine Survey
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71354500 - Marine survey services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited and TenneT are developing proposals for a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Multi Purpose Interconnector "Lion (Euro) Link" between England and Netherlands in support of ongoing programs for strengthening both the UK and Dutch Transmission Networks. The development process has identified the need for a HVDC Interconnector installation over accumulative distance of approximately 200km. Survey requirements are thus arisen to establish suitability of a preferred route alignment.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Marine geophysical survey including,
but not limited to:
• Survey design and planning
• Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES)
survey
• Side-scan sonar (SSS) survey
• Sub-bottom-profiler (SBP) survey
• Magnetometer (MAG) survey and in
support of pUXO avoidance prior to
geotechnical works
• General video inspection to map
cable and pipeline crossing
locations and inspect UXO incidents
and possible benthic habitats
• Geophysical Survey reporting and
charting
• Data delivery including GIS formats
• Allocation of geotechnical location
selection in collaboration with
Employers
• Final Integration of geophysics and
geotechnics; reporting, charting and
data delivery, including GIS formats
Shallow marine geotechnical survey
(investigation 3-10m below seabed),
including but not limited to:
• Marine geotechnical survey along the
propose cable corridors including the
intertidal,
• Survey design and planning
• Sediment sampling to a nominal up to
6 m below the seabed and preliminary
offshore sediment description and basic
testing
• Proposal (in collaboration with
Employers) and conducting of onshore
geotechnical lab testing
• PCPT survey to a nominal up to 5 m
below the seabed and generation of
preliminary offshore plots in general for
the cable route
• PCPT survey to a nominal up to 10 m
below the seabed for crossing
navigation routes, and generation of
preliminary offshore plots
• In-situ thermal conductivity
measurements to a nominal up to 3 m
below the seabed and generation of
preliminary offshore plots
• Geotechnical survey reporting and
charting
• Data delivery including GIS formats,
• Input into the integration of results
with the geophysics
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-023528
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 October 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NEXT GEOSOLUTIONS UKCS LIMITED
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
06441514
The contractor is an SME
No
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
Country
United Kingdom