Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
02366977
1 - 3 Strand
LONDON
WC2N5EH
UK
E-mail: SIProcurement@nationalgrid.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nationalgrid.com/
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Great Grid Partnership
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
NGET has appointed partners (Enterprise Partners) with the capacity and capability to deliver its strategic infrastructure priorities through a collaborative delivery model (the Great Grid Partnership). The procurement comprises two lots:
- Lot 1 is a design, consenting and environmental services lot under which NGET has appointed two Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
- Lot 2 is a construction works and services lot under which NGET has appointed five Enterprise Partners plus one Reserve Partner (the appointment of the Reserve Partner remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice).
The contractual arrangements comprise a main Enterprise Agreement regulating the rights and obligations of NGET and the Enterprise Partners, with call-off contracts for individual packages using the NEC4 family of contracts.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
9 280 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Design, consenting and environmental services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the contract notice that was published on 30 May 2023 with notice reference 2023/S 000-015304 (the Contract Notice).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion: Integration
/ Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion: Behaviours
/ Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion: Acceptance of Enterprise Agreement
/ Weighting: P/F
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
As explained in the Contract Notice, the duration of the Enterprise Agreement is an initial 8 years, but extendable up to 12 years at NGET's option.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Construction
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45200000
51110000
65300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the Contract Notice.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion: Integration
/ Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion: Behaviours
/ Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion: Acceptance of Enterprise Agreement
/ Weighting: P/F
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
As explained in the Contract Notice, the duration of the Enterprise Agreement is an initial 8 years, but extendable up to 12 years at NGET's option.
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
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
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:
2023/S 000-015304
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WSP UK Limited
01383511
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AECOM Arup Joint Venture
01846493 & 1312453
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jacobs UK Limited (Reserve Partner)
02594504
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 580 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited
04309402
Dartford
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Limited (t/a Omexom); and VINCI Construction UK Limited (t/a Taylor Woodrow) JV
NI034635 & 02295904
Belfast & Watford
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
J Murphy and Sons Limited
00492042
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Limited
04273754
Rugby
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Morrison Energy Services (Transmission Networks) Limited
00245626
Stevenage
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited (Reserve Partner)
01062438
Sheffield
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 8 700 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
As anticipated by the Contract Notice, NGET has appointed a Reserve Partner in each Lot, alongside the Enterprise Partners. The Reserve Partners are Jacobs UK Limited (Lot 1) and Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Limited (Lot 2). The final appointment of the Reserve Partners in each Lot remains subject to contract as at the date of publication of this notice.
All financial values stated in this notice replicate those in the Contract Notice which were calculated using then-current prices plus assumed inflation based on RPI forecast rates to 2032. All of these values are estimates only and the final outturn values will depend on the precise works and services required to be delivered, the means of delivery, the way in which programme and project risks materialise, the actual rates of inflation up to completion of the programme, and other factors.
Please refer to the Contract Notice for details of the scale of this procurement, the identified projects and the wider scope of the Great Grid Partnership.
The Great Grid Partnership constitutes a single programme to achieve National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade (https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade). It is currently anticipated that this programme will be delivered by the Enterprise Partners through the Enterprise Agreement and the call-off contracts awarded under it, and the full scope of that is included in the scope advertised by the Contract Notice. However, and without limiting that, the works and services awarded to Enterprise Partner(s) may extend beyond that to involve additional works and services, through the award of further contracts in reliance on the procedure in Regulation 50(1)(f) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and/or any successor provision in the new Procurement Act 2023, when enacted, concerning direct awards for additional or repeat or similar works or services (including, without limitation, paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, for the purposes of which this contract award notice together with the Contract Notice is to be regarded as a "tender notice or any tender document"). Any contracts for new works or services consisting in the repetition of similar works or services will conform to the Great Grid Upgrade programme and / or a particular project for which packages are called-off under the Great Grid Partnership.
The Enterprise Agreement may be awarded by, or novated to, a member of the National Grid group other than NGET.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/05/2024