Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Crown Estate
1 St James's Market
London
SW1Y 4AH
UK
Contact person: Jonny Boston
Telephone: +44 2078515000
E-mail: Round4@thecrownestate.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/round4
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/round4
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendering.thecrownestate.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Statutory corporation
I.5) Main activity
Other: Property management
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4
II.1.2) Main CPV code
31121340
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
At The Crown Estate, as managers of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a unique and active role in developing and helping sustain UK energy supply and infrastructure. We have been actively engaging with the industry and stakeholders since early 2018, to seek views on the scale, location and nature of new leasing. This feedback has been instrumental in helping us to devise and refine our proposals for Round 4. Through Round 4, we are making at least 7 GW of new seabed rights available, up to a possible maximum of 8,5 GW. These rights will consist of a number of individual seabed ‘agreements for lease’, which will be awarded to a number of successful bidders through this process. Holders of the agreements for lease will be required to develop offshore wind farms and will ultimately enter into leases with The Crown Estate for the construction and operation of these wind farms. For further information please visit www.thecrownestate.co.uk/round4
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
09300000
09310000
31121320
31121340
76521000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
On the seabed, offshore from England and Wales.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Application process for seabed rights for the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms. The process will comprise a PQQ followed by an ITT, and will result in the award of a number of individual offshore wind sites of aggregate generating capacity 7,0 to 8,5 GW to successful bidders. For further information please visit www.thecrownestate.co.uk/round4
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 840
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
29/11/2019
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The Crown Estate is not subject to the EU procurement regulations and accordingly will not be following the procedures of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 when conducting this competition. No inferences should be drawn from any use of terminology drawn from these regulations, which is for convenience only.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice (High Court)
Strand
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/10/2019