Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
GridLink Interconnector Ltd
10181689
35 St Helen's
London
EC3A 6AP
UK
Contact person: David Barber
Telephone: +44 7767872307
E-mail: dbarber@elan-energy.com
NUTS: UKI4
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.gridlinkinterconnector.com/
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
UK Onshore Topographic, Geophysical, Geotechnical and Soil Contamination Survey for Converter Station Site and Underground HVAC Cable Route
Reference number: ITT-UKSURV-001
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71351000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Topographic, geophysical, geotechnical and soil contamination survey of a converter station site and underground HVAC cable route for a new 1 400 MW electricity interconnector project at Kingsnorth, Isle of Grain in Kent. The survey comprises non-intrusive survey techniques, boreholes, trial pits, dynamic probes, slit trenches and concrete coring to determine the underlying geological profile, mechanical properties and other relevant parameters of the geologic materials present on the converter station site and cable route to inform the design, construction and installation of the project.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ41
Main site or place of performance:
Former coal-fired power station site at Kingsnorth industrial area, Isle of Grain, Kent.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Topographic, geophysical, geotechnical and soil contamination survey of:
(a) 4.3 ha converter station site; and
(b) 1.4 km x 20-55m wide underground HVAC cable corridor with total survey area of 4.3 ha. The overall survey area is 8.6 ha.
The survey comprises:
• topographic survey;
• buried utilities investigation;
• geophysical survey;
• geotechnical survey, including location-specific UXO surveys prior to any excavations;
• in-situ and field testing;
• geotechnical sampling;
• soil contamination sampling;
• tank base concrete coring.
The non-intrusive surveys comprise GPS RTK and/or conventional land survey methods, drone aerial mapping techniques, seismic refraction (30 m target penetration), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), electrical resistivity measurements and thermal resistivity measurements.
The intrusive surveys comprise 10 boreholes (30 m depth), 14 trial pits (3 m depth), 14 dynamic probes (10 m/30 m depth), 6 slit trenches (2.5 m depth) and 24 concrete cores (3 m depth).
Disturbed and undisturbed samples will be collected from boreholes and trial pits for laboratory testing for a range of geotechnical parameters and soil contaminants.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 146-360714
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: UK Onshore Topographic, Geophysical, Geotechnical and Soil Contamination Survey for Converter Station Site and Underground HVAC Cable Route
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Socotec UK Ltd
02880501
Burton upon Trent
DE15 0YZ
UK
NUTS: UKJ41
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/01/2021