Buyer Name: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED
Buyer Address: 1-3 Strand, London, UKI32, WC2N5EH, United Kingdom
Contact Name: David Sugden
Contact Email: david.sugden@nationalgrid.com
HVDC Cable Framework
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
selective
selective
Value
n/a
n/a
Published
21 Mar 2025, 10:42
21 Mar 2025, 10:42
Deadline
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Contract Start
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Contract End
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Category
works
works
CPV
31321300 - High-voltage cable
31321300 - High-voltage cable
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
NKT HV CABLES AB, PRYSMIAN POWERLINK S.R.L
NKT HV CABLES AB, PRYSMIAN POWERLINK S.R.L
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Description
National Grid is an international Electricity and Gas Network Company and one of the largest investor owned energy companies in the world, based in the United Kingdom with operations in the north-east of the United States of America too. National Grid has established a multi-year HVDC Cable Framework to service its growing HVDC requirements. National Grid also has a developing portfolio of HVDC projects in the US, these works will be subject to a separate Procurement exercise. Please note that the scope of the HVDC Cable Framework includes but is not limited to the following areas: - Design, manufacture, testing and commissioning of HVDC submarine and underground cable systems, including but not limited to extruded and mass-impregnated non-draining cable systems at different voltage ratings as well as all associated cable accessories - HVDC submarine cable lay and burial - HVDC onshore underground cable system delivery, installation and associated civil engineering works as required (to be defined on a project-specific basis) - Cable spares requirements including spare cable storage (to be defined on a project-specific basis) - Design, engineer, prepare, procure and install landfall HDD (Horizontal Direct Drilling) ducts asrequired for each landfall (To be defined on a project-specific basis). - Front-end engineering design services, in relation to any or all of the aforementioned scope (to be defined on a project-specific basis)
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot Description: The scope of this Procurement includes c.15 HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) projects; certain projects, and other identified projects that it is currently anticipated will be of similar size and value and will be identified as infrastructure to enable the connection of 50GW of Offshore Wind by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050. The scope also comprises other as-yet unidentified additional major HVDC projects, the precise location and nature of which is not yet known but which will share the same key features as the other projects. The HVDC Cable Framework is intended to be used for the delivery of National Grids HVDC Cable portfolio of projects.
Lot 1 Status: cancelled
Lot 1 Has Options: Yes
Lot 1 Options: The initial Framework duration is 60 (sixty) months, with the option to extend for up to 36 (thirty-six) months via single or multiple fixed terms.
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