Offshore Geophysical Survey across the Main Site and along the Export Cable Routes

Codling Wind Park Ltd

The Codling Wind Park (CWP) is located off Codling Bank, 13 km from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow, in water depths between 7 and 30 meters LAT. The development is planned to incorporate an offshore substation(s), transmission infrastructure and individual wind turbine foundations and structures, and enables grid connection cables to the Irish coastline.
The purpose of the scope is to perform an offshore geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes at Codling Offshore Windfarm that will include multibeam bathymetry, sonar imaging and seismic profiling.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-03. The procurement was published on 2020-10-01.

Who?

• Codling Wind Park Ltd

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-10-01	Contract notice
2021-01-05	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-10-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Geophysical consultancy services
Short description:

The Codling Wind Park (CWP) is located off Codling Bank, 13 km from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow, in water depths between 7 and 30 meters LAT. The development is planned to incorporate an offshore substation(s), transmission infrastructure and individual wind turbine foundations and structures, and enables grid connection cables to the Irish coastline. The purpose of the scope is to perform an offshore geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes at Codling Offshore Windfarm that will include multibeam bathymetry, sonar imaging and seismic profiling.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Geophysical consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Geophysical prospecting services 📦
Geotechnical engineering services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Codling Wind Park Ltd
Postal address: c/o Cooney Carey Consulting Ltd, The Courtyard, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford
Postal code: D18 YD27
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://codlingwindpark.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: yannick.uri@edf-re.fr 📧
Phone: +33 140902634 📞
URL for documents: https://pha.edf.com 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-11-03 📅
Publication date: 2020-10-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 194-470300
OJ-S issue: 194

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The purpose of the scope is to perform an offshore geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes at Codling Offshore Windfarm that will include multibeam bathymetry, sonar imaging and seismic profiling.

Maximum number of lots per tenderer: 2
Information about lots:

The contracting entity reserves the right to award…

… contracts for Lots 1 and 2, with Lot 3 being cancelled.

… a contract for Lot 3, with Lots 1 & 2 being cancelled.

Title of the lot: Offshore Geophysical Survey across the Main Site
Lot number: 1
Short description:

Lot 1: Offshore geophysical survey across the main site

Full geophysical survey, including multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and medium penetration 2D ultra high-resolution multichannel seismic, as well as grab samples.

Estimated size of the area to be investigated: 125 km

Including option: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey on smaller area.

Duration: 12 months
Description of options:

Option 1: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 1 area of size 3 km x 3 km

Option 2: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 2 areas of size 2 km x 2 km each.

Title of the lot: Offshore Geophysical Survey along Export Cable Routes
Lot number: 2
Short description:

Lot 2: Offshore geophysical survey along export cable routes down to 6 m LAT.

The smallest export cable corridor shows an approximative length of 15 km.

Geophysical survey has to be performed on 500 m wide corridor with side scan sonar, multibeam bathymetry, Sub-bottom profiler, single channel seismic, magnetometry and grab samples.

Above mentioned Lot 2 route length is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable route and the other routes are put as options of the Lot 2 as described in section II.2.11.

Including options:

— estimated maximum corridor lengths to be investigated: 150 km (indicative and to be confirmed)

— shore approach: 5 km long and 500 m wide corridor to be investigated in water depths from 7 m LAT to HWM with multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and magnetometry. A topographic survey is also expected to be performed at the landfall/beach during low tide to reach the 0m LAT limit.

Description of options:

Above mentioned Lot 2 route length is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable corridor and the other routes are put as options of the Lot 2 as below:

— Option 1: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 25 km

— Option 2: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km

— Option 3: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km

— Option 4: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 15 km

— Option 5: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 15 km

— Option 6: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km

— Option 7: Shore approach survey in water depths from 7 m to HWM – approximately length of corridor 5 km.

Title of the lot: Offshore Geophysical Survey across the Main Site and along Export Cable Routes (Lot 1 and Lot 2)
Lot number: 3
Short description:

Including option: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey on smaller area(s)

Option 1: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 1 area of size 3 km x 3 km

Option 2: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 2 areas of size 2 km x 2 km each

and

— shore approach: 5 km long and 500 m wide corridor to be investigated in water depths from 7 m to HWM, with multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and magnetometry.

Description of options:

For Lot 1:

Option 2: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 2 areas of size 2 km x 2 km each

For Lot 2:

The route length in the base scope of Lot 2 is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable corridor, and the other routes are put as options as below:

— Option 1: additional survey on corridor — approximately 25 km

— Option 2: additional survey on corridor — approximately 30 km

— Option 3: additional survey on corridor — approximately 30 km

— Option 4: additional survey on corridor — approximately 15 km

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: East coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion apply. See Selection Questionnaire (SQ) documents for further details available onto EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_091217).

Economic and financial standing:

The criteria for assessing economic and financial standing are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents available onto EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_091217).

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Minimum requirements in relation to turnover, financial rating, availability of parent company guarantees/performance bonds and insurance are also specified in SQ documents.

Technical and professional ability:

The criteria for assessing technical and professional ability are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents onto EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_091217).

The required documents shall be in English have to be provided by each candidate individually, or of applicable, by each member of the consortium or the declared subcontractors.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Minimum requirements in relation to experience, technical requirements, health and safety, quality and environmental management are specified therein.

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

The proposal must be submitted in the general information, Instructions and Qualification and Technical envelops through the EDF Global Procurement Portal from Ivalua of which link is indicated in Section I.3).

In order to participate to this ‘RFI’ on Ivalua portal, you have to sin in as ‘supplier’ creating your account:

— go to: https://pha.edf.com

— click on: ‘New Supplier’ and follow instructions,

— indicate to the contact person(s) of this contract notice your registration on the portal,

— when entering the portal, select RFx_091217 OFF — CWP — Offshore Geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes.

From there, you are ready to participate, answering the questions.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

Will be stated in tender documents however, the Contracting Entity reserves the right to demand:

— a parent company guarantee

Where the candidate (and any group member, where candidate is a group) and any third party whose resources will be relied upon, has a parent company, the availability of parent company guarantee (PCG).:

— a performance guarantee provided by a bank or an insurance company.

A performance bond to cover 10 % of the contract value during the term of the contract reducing to 5 % during the defects liability period set out in the contract.

— an advance payment bond guarantee up to 20 % of contract value

Explanations also available in SQ documents onto EDF Global Procurement Portal.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A group of economic operators is not required to convert into a specific legal form in order to make a SQ Response, but it may be required to do so prior to entering into a contract with the contracting entity to the extent that this is necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract. The contracting entity reserves the right, amongst other solutions, to require that the contract be entered into with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability or to contract with one member of the group as prime contractor to whom the other members will be sub-contractors.

Contract performance conditions: Contractual conditions will be provided to selected applicants at tender stage.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Maximum number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Please refer to the Selection Questionnaire documents available onto the EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_091217).

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2020-12-01 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 358470
Contact
Contact point: Yannick URI
Address of the buyer profile: https://pha.edf.com/ 🌏
Documents URL: https://pha.edf.com 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Tribunal Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor (East Wing) Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000/6863/6504 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:

Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010, and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

According to Utility Remedies Regulation 2010 of the Irish State, any economic operator can take legal action through:

— precontractual proceedings: until the contract signature,

— contractual proceedings: until 1 month after the contract award notice is published or 6 months after the conclusion of the relevant contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2020/S 194-470300 (2020-10-01)

Contract award notice (2021-01-05)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Procedure type: V: Contract award without prior publication
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: c/o Cooney Carey Consulting Ltd, the Courtyard, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-01-05 📅
Publication date: 2021-01-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 005-008371
Refers to notice: 2020/S 194-470300
OJ-S issue: 5

Object
Scope of the procurement
Description of options: Option 1: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 1 area of size 3 km x 3 km.
Title of the lot: Offshore Geophysical Survey Along Export Cable Routes
Short description:

Geophysical survey has to be performed on 500 m wide corridor with side scan sonar, multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiler, single channel seismic, magnetometry and grab samples.

Above-mentioned lot 2 route length is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable route and the other routes are put as options of the lot 2 as described in section II.2.11).

— estimated maximum corridor lengths to be investigated: 150 km (indicative and to be confirmed);

Description of options:

Above-mentioned lot 2 route length is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable corridor and the other routes are put as options of the lot 2 as below:

— Option 1: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 25 km;

— Option 2: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km;

— Option 3: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km;

— Option 4: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 15 km;

— Option 5: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 15 km;

— Option 6: additional survey on cable corridor — approximately 30 km;

Title of the lot: Offshore Geophysical Survey Across the Main Site AND Along Export Cable Routes (Lot 1 and Lot 2)
Short description:

— Option 1: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 1 area of size 3 km x 3 km;

— Option 2: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 2 areas of size 2 km x 2 km each.

And

Description of options:

For lot 1:

Option 1: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 1 area of size 3 km x 3 km;

Option 2: 3D UHR multichannel seismic survey for 2 areas of size 2km x 2 km each.

For lot 2:

The route length in the base scope of lot 2 is the minimum scope we would have to perform along the export cable corridor, and the other routes are put as options as below:

— Option 1: additional survey on corridor — approximately 25 km;

— Option 2: additional survey on corridor — approximately 30 km;

— Option 3: additional survey on corridor — approximately 30 km;

— Option 4: additional survey on corridor — approximately 15 km;

— Option 7: Shore approach survey in water depths from 7 m to HWM — approximately length of corridor 5 km.

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines: — pre-contractual proceedings: until the contract signature;
Source: OJS 2021/S 005-008371 (2021-01-05)

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