Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Xlinks
Kingfisher House, 1 Radford Way
Billericay
CM120EQ
Contact
Stephen Kennedy
Telephone
+44 7894060445
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Billericay:-Marine-survey-services./C6YJ2ER4M6
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Marine Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys
Reference number
650587016
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71354500 - Marine survey services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Marine Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys for HVDC Interconnector Cable route between Morocco and the UK. Scope to include data acquisition, processing, charting and reporting.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £13,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71355000 - Surveying services
- 71332000 - Geotechnical engineering services
- 71510000 - Site-investigation services
- 71351923 - Bathymetric surveys services
- 71352000 - Subsurface surveying services
- 71352100 - Seismic services
- 71352120 - Seismic data acquisition services
- 71352300 - Magnetometric surveying services
- 71353100 - Hydrographic surveying services
- 71351500 - Ground investigation services
- 71353000 - Surface surveying services
- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
- 71351710 - Geophysical prospecting services
- 31321500 - Submarine cable
- 76520000 - Offshore services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- PT - Portugal
- FR - France
- ES - Spain
- UK - United Kingdom
- MA - Morocco
Main site or place of performance
PORTUGAL,FRANCE,ESPAÑA,UNITED KINGDOM,Morocco
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Description of procurement: Provision of marine geophysical and geotechnical sSurveys for HVDC interconnector cable route between Morocco and the UK. Survey route is approximately 3,600km.
Xlinks is developing an HVDC interconnector between Morocco and the United Kingdom. This notice concerns the award of 1 contract for the marine geophysical, geotechnical and environmental route investigation surveys along the interconnector route between Morocco and the United Kingdom. The survey shall be carried out in a designated corridor centred on the cable route. The corridor is expected to vary with water depth but will be no less than 700m wide and the centre line distance of the cable route is expected to be approximately 3,600 km. Though these figures are subject to variation.
The route survey must provide a detailed mapping of the bathymetry, of the seabed surface including morphological and geological features and man-made-objects and of the sub-surface geology.
The scope of the assignment will include the following:
1) Nearshore and offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey; This survey is to be undertaken along the entire route. The shore-ends will use land-based observations at low tide and shallow draft vessel to ensure data coverage extends across
the entire proposed cable route from beach to beach.
This will consist of a survey using all of the following geophysical sensors - side scan sonar (SSS), multi-beam echo sounder (MBES), magnetometer, sub-bottom profiling, and grab sampling to support seabed interpretation. Supplementary geophysical and topographic survey methods will be used across the inter-tidal areas and up to the beach at the landfall(s) in each country.
2) UXO survey; Magnetometer survey to detect potential UXO
3) Nearshore and offshore geotechnical investigations; The geotechnical survey will aim to provide information of the characteristics of the subsea soils through core sampling of the seabed with Vibrocorer or Piston corer (3m or 6m below seabed); CPT tests of the seabed (3m or 6m below seabed); T-bar tests; dissipation tests; box coring; deeper boreholes (~25m) at landfall locations (nearshore/onshore) to inform potential HDD requirements; measurement of seabed temperature and conductivity; geotechnical laboratory tests (including carbon dating, x-ray) and tests of thermal properties soil samples.
4) Nearshore and offshore benthic investigations; The benthic survey components will investigate the baseline conditions. This is likely to consist of benthic grab sampling and drop-down camera imagery and laboratory work with chemical and benthic analyses.
5) Nearshore g eotechnical boreholes.
6) ROV investigations; To investigate cables crossing locations providing depth of burial through cable-tracking sensors.
II.2.5) Award criteria:
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £13,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
6
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 4
Maximum number: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Xlinks will prequalify up to 10 applicants who are evaluated as most qualified for the specific tender. Only these applicants will be invited to submit a tender. The selection of the applicants will be based on the Scoring Criteria identified in the Prequalification Questionnaire.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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
Restricted procedure
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
17 January 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
4 February 2022
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Tenderers shall be fully responsible for the costs of responding to this procurement at all stages of the procurement and in no circumstances does Xlinks accept any liability for any costs incurred by any Tenderers, howsoever or when so ever incurred.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
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To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
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GO Reference: GO-20211217-PRO-19411121
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Xlinks
Kingfisher House, 1 Radford Way
Billericay
CM12 0EQ
Country
United Kingdom