Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Tender description

Greenlink Interconnector Limited is developing a 500 MW HVDC interconnector system between the existing electricity grids in Ireland and Wales (UK). The interconnector will provide a new grid connection between Great Island transmission substation in County Wexford, Ireland and Pembroke transmission substation in South Wales. The Greenlink Interconnector cable route is approximately 205 km in length between the Pembroke Converter Station and the Great Island Converter Station of which 7 km is onshore in Wales, 170 km is subsea and 28 km is onshore in Ireland. While Greenlink does not consider itself a “contracting entity” for the purposes of the EU Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU) and any national implementing legislation, it is conducting this procurement voluntarily in accordance with the terms of the Directive 2014/25/EU to ensure an open, transparent and competitive tender process. The scope of requirements of lot 1 within this contract notice are: — the detailed design, — engineering, — procurement, — manufacture, — supply, — transportation, — installation, — construction (including civil works), — testing, — commissioning, — maintenance and supply and delivery of spares of: (a) 2 x HVDC Converter Stations (1 in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and 1 in Pembroke, Wales, UK); (b) All HVAC cables and accessories required to connect the HVDC converter stations to the grid connection equipment in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and Pembroke, Wales, UK (optional for Ireland and / or UK at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited); (c) Grid connection equipment in grid connection substation in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and/or grid connection substation in Pembroke, Wales, UK (optional for Ireland and/or UK at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited); (d) Spares (both strategic and operational spares) and (e) Provision of maintenance services for a mandatory initial period after take over to align with the warranty period under the EPC contract (see II2.7 for current anticipated take over date) and supply and delivery of replenishment spares under a separate maintenance services agreement including options to extend at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited. Further details of the scope of lot 1 are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) documents. See Section VI.3 of this Contract Notice for more details about the procurement process. While Greenlink does not consider itself a “contracting entity” for the purposes of the EU Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU) and any national implementing legislation, it is voluntarily conducting this procurement in accordance with the terms of Directive 2014/25/EU to ensure an open, transparent and competitive tender process. The scope of requirements of lot 2 within this contract notice are: the detailed design, engineering, procurement, manufacture, supply, transportation, installation, construction (including civil works), testing, commissioning, inspection, maintenance, repair, supply, delivery and storage of spares: (a) Subsea and underground HVDC cables and accessories required to connect the HVDC converter stations in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland to the converter station in Pembroke, Wales, UK (b) Spares (both strategic and operational spares); (c) Provision of maintenance services for a mandatory initial period after take over to align with the warranty period under the EPC (see II2.7 for current anticipated take over date) and supply and delivery of replenishment spares under a separate maintenance services agreement including options to extend at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited. Further details of the scope of lot 2 are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) documents. See Section VI.3 of this Contract Notice for more details about the procurement process. While Greenlink does not consider itself a “contracting entity” for the purposes of the EU Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU) and any national implementing legislation, it is voluntarily conducting this procurement in accordance with the terms of Directive 2014/25/EU to ensure an open, transparent and competitive tender process. The scope of requirements of lot 3 within this contract notice are: the detailed design, engineering, procurement, manufacture, supply, transportation, installation, construction (including civil works), testing, commissioning, inspection, maintenance, repair, supply, delivery and storage of spares: (a) 2 x HVDC Converter Stations (1 in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and 1 in Pembroke, Wales, UK); (b) All HVAC cables required to connect the HVDC converter stations to the grid connection equipment in both Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and/or Pembroke, Wales, UK (optional for UK and/or Ireland at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited); (c) Grid connection equipment in grid connection substation in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland and/or grid connection substation in Pembroke, Wales, UK (optional for Ireland and/or UK at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited); (d) Subsea and underground HVDC cables and accessories required to connect the HVDC converter stations in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland to the converter station in Pembroke, Wales, UK; (e) Spares (both strategic and operational spares); (f) Provision of ancillary maintenance services for a mandatory initial period after take over to align with the warranty period under the EPC (see II2.7 for current anticipated take over date) and supply and delivery of replenishment spares under a separate Maintenance Services Agreement including options to extend at the sole discretion of Greenlink Interconnector Limited. Further details of the scope of lot 2 are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Stage 1 Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) documents. lot 3 is optional and under consideration. Greenlink Interconnector Limited reserves the unconditional right to withdraw inclusion of lot 3 prior to issuing of the Stage 1 ITN. lot 3 option will be conditional upon an applicant having applied for both lot 1 and lot 2. Applicants will be requested to confirm their interest in this lot 3 option in the PQQ submission. Further details of the scope of lot 3 are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) documents. See Section VI.3 of this Contract Notice for more details about the procurement process.