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Contract Award Notice

Grant of Offshore Transmission Licence for the Walney Extension project

  • First published: 30 July 2020
  • Last modified: 30 July 2020
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Authority ID:
AA20567
Publication date:
30 July 2020
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Grant of a 20-year offshore transmission licence for the Walney Extension project.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

10 South Colonnade

London

E144PU

UK

Telephone: +44 2079017034

E-mail: tendercoordinator@ofgem.gov.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.ofgem.gov.uk

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other: The contracting authority is the Great Britain ('GB') Gas and Electricity Markets Authority ('GEMA' or the 'Authorty')

I.5) Main activity

Other: Regulator

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Grant of Offshore Transmission Licence for the Walney Extension project

II.1.2) Main CPV code

65320000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The successful bidder of this tender has entered into a transfer agreement for the purchase of offshore transmission assets constructed by the developer to maintain and operate the assets in accordance with the offshore transmission licence and relevant industry codes, standards and agreements. In addition to being granted the offshore transmission licence, the successful bidder has been required to enter into a range of agreements with the generator, any relevant distribution network owners and the National Electricity Transmission System Operator.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 23 555 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UK

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Grant of a 20-year offshore transmission licence for the Walney Extension project.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Price / Weighting: 60 %

Quality criterion: Quality / Weighting: 40 %

Price / Weighting:  60 %

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: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

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:

2017/S 052-096269

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 2017/S 052-096269

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

02/06/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension Ltd

London

UK

NUTS: UKI

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 23 555 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Ofgem

London

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

28/07/2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
65320000 Operation of electrical installations Electricity distribution and related services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
tendercoordinator@ofgem.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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