Greenlink submarine interconnector route investigation survey

Greenlink

Marine geophysical, geotechnical and environmental route investigation surveys along ~170 km interconnector route between Wales and Republic of Ireland. Scope to include data acquisition, processing and reporting.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-03-30. The procurement was published on 2018-02-28.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2018-02-28 Contract notice
2018-09-26 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-02-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Marine survey services
Reference number: P1975C
Short description:
Marine geophysical, geotechnical and environmental route investigation surveys along ~170 km interconnector route between Wales and Republic of Ireland. Scope to include data acquisition, processing and reporting.
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Marine survey services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Surveying services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Other
Awarding authority name: Greenlink
Postal address: Element Power Ireland, Unit C Building 4200 Cork Airport Business Park
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.greenlinkinterconnector.eu/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: energy.water.bst@intertek.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +44 1428727800 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://www.mytenders.co.uk ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.mytenders.co.uk ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-02-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2018-03-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-03-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 043-094071
OJ-S issue: 43
Additional information
Greenlink reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time for whatever reason. Tenderers shall be fully responsible for the costs of responding to this procurement at all stages of the procurement and in no circumstances does Greenlink accept any liability for any costs incurred by any Tenderers, howsoever or when so ever incurred. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=208829 The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.myTenders.org/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (MT Ref:208829).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Greenlink is developing an HVDC interconnector between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. This notice concerns the award of 1 contract for the marine geophysical, geotechnical and environmental route investigation surveys along interconnector route between Wales and Republic of Ireland. The survey shall be carried out in a designated corridor centred on the cable route. The corridor is expected to be around 500 m wide and the distance of the cable route is expected to be approximately 170 km. Though these figures are subject to variation.
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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;
2) UXO survey;
3) Nearshore and offshore geotechnical investigations;
4) Nearshore and offshore benthic investigations;
5) Geotechnical boreholes.
Duration: 18 months
Description of options:
Potential optional survey elements to be confirmed by the findings of the base case route survey:
Reconnaissance Survey Boyce's Bay (Optional).
Geophysical Survey โ€” Route B (Optional).
Geophysical Survey โ€” Route C (Optional).
Geophysical Survey โ€” Route D (Optional).
Route B UXO Survey (Optional).
Route Option C Benthic Imagery (Optional).
Route Option C Benthic sampling stations (min. 3 grab samples) (Optional).
ROV based video, stations (Optional).
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Greenlink Interconnector
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Between Freshwater West, Wales and County Wexford, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing: As described in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As described in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability: As described in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: The information is stated in the tender material.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Greenlink will prequalify up to 5 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.
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Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2018-04-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
Other type of contracting authority: Utility
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28948 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: www.mytenders.co.uk ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: www.mytenders.co.uk ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Greenlink reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time for whatever reason.
Tenderers shall be fully responsible for the costs of responding to this procurement at all stages of the procurement and in no circumstances does Greenlink accept any liability for any costs incurred by any Tenderers, howsoever or when so ever incurred.
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NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=208829
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.myTenders.org/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(MT Ref:208829).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Intertek Energy and Water Consultancy Services
Postal address: Exchange House, Station Road
Postal town: Liphook
Postal code: GU30 7DW
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Internet address: www.intertek.com ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2018/S 043-094071 (2018-02-28)
Contract award notice (2018-09-26)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-09-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-09-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 187-423079
Refers to notice: 2018/S 043-094071
OJ-S issue: 187
Additional information
(MT Ref:213070)

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Between Freshwater West, Wales and County Wexford, Ireland

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Safety, health, environment and quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Time schedule
Contractual matters
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-07-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: MMT Sweden AB
Postal address: Sven Kallfelts Gata 11
Postal town: Vastra Frolunda
Postal code: 426 53
Country: Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +46 317620348 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2018/S 187-423079 (2018-09-26)