Transformer Oil Services

Tender description

The contracting entity is seeking preliminary market consultation for transformer oil services. The purpose of this preliminary market consultation is to: 1) Inform potentially interested parties of ESB’s intentions, through which ESB is seeking to establish a single frameworks; 2) Obtain a deeper understanding of market Participants (vendors, implementers, prime contractors and advisors), their products and solutions, their implementation capabilities, as well as any existing or potential delivery partnerships that the Participant is involved with or plans to be involved with; 3) Understand the optimum procurement strategy across key parameters including contract duration and; 4. Understand the optimum contracting strategy for various oil services deployments, with differing interfaces. Further details is in the information pack provided. Lot 1: This Information Memorandum, including the preliminary market consultation questionnaire is in relation to the potential establishment of a framework to cover the following in ESB Networks substations and ESB Generating Stations power stations and windfarms: This may involve: (i) oil filtration on new and existing transformers and reactors 38 kV-400 kV; (ii) on-line Oil Regeneration on energised 110 kV-400 kV transformers reactors; (iii) on line drying and degassing of energised 38 kV-400 kV transformers and reactors; (iv) on Load Tap Changer inspections 38 kV-400 kV transformers; (v) supply and storage of new mineral oil. The purpose of this Preliminary Market Consultation process is to: • inform potentially interested parties of ESB’s intentions, through which ESB is seeking to establish a single frameworks; • obtain a deeper understanding of market participants (vendors, implementers, prime contractors and advisors), their products and solutions, their implementation capabilities, as well as any existing or potential delivery partnerships that the Participant is involved with or plans to be involved with; — understand the optimum procurement strategy across key parameters including contract duration and, — understand the optimum contracting strategy for various oil services deployments, with differing interfaces. Further information on this preliminary market consultation is contained within the attached Information Memorandum available through eTenders.