FW Services - Specialist Engineering Services 1030

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    "name": "SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC"
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  "date": "2025-08-27T11:38:54+01:00",
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    "description": "SSENT is responsible for delivering complex technology and network solutions for electricity system transmission infrastructure, both offshore and onshore. This includes HVDC, FACTs, AC networks, cable systems, and offshore installations\nThis Prior Information Notice is seeking expressions of interest from suppliers who can provide a range of Specialist Engineering services. SSENT is currently developing a formal tender for the provision of Specialist Engineering services, which it is aiming to launch within the next 2 months. \nThe Specialist Engineering Services will be contracted under a non-committal framework(s) and will run for an initial 3-year period, with options for a further 2 x 1-year extensions (subject to agreement by SSENT)\nSSENT requires suppliers who have the necessary resources and technical capabilities to provide the services which are anticipated, but not limited, to include the following:\nCivil \u0026 Building: Expertise in civil, building, and construction works related to HVDC and FACTS devices.\nHVDC \u0026 FACTS: Expertise in all aspects of HVDC and FACTS devices.\nCable Systems: Expertise in HV Cable Systems, covering both AC and DC technology for land and submarine applications.\nAC Networks: Expertise in all aspects of AC Networks.\nOffshore and Subsea Services: Expertise in preparing requirements and specification documents to provide technical direction and governance for the design, delivery, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore substation installations.\nIt is anticipated these Services will be Lotted \nMinimum Criteria to be invited to take part in a Tender:\nSuppliers must return their Expression of Interest by the deadline date to be invited to take part in a pre-qualification (PQQ) process. Only suppliers that pass the PQQ criteria will be invited to take part in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). \nSubsequent PQQ and ITT activity will be managed via the Jaggaer Sourcing Portal. \nPlease email your Expression of Interest to Janis Hepburn - Senior Category Manager at: janis.hepburn@sse.com\nIf you have any further questions, please email them to the address above. \nThe deadline for submission of your Expression of Interest is 12:00 hours 8th August 2025",
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        "description": "Expertise for HV Cable Systems: This scope pertains to AC and DC \ntechnology, for land and submarine applications. \n(1) Cable system design (i.e., thermal rating calculations using both analytical and finite \nelement methods, induced voltages / currents, electro-magnetic fields, etc),\n(2) Cable routing design and risk assessment,\n(3) Installation design (i.e., pulling tensions, thermo-mechanical \u0026 marine engineering \ncalculations),\n(4) Mechanical protection design,\n(5) Monitoring \u0026 communication fibre optic cable system design,\n(6) Testing and test witnessing (factory and site),\n(7) Site and vessel representation for installation activities,\n(8) Factory audit (quality \u0026 technical),\n(9) Failure investigation and root cause analysis (RCA),\n(10) Reliability, availability \u0026 maintainability analysis,\n(11) Operations \u0026 maintenance strategy and planning,\n(12) Technical training to Employer\u2019s personnel,\n(13) Diagnosis, analysis, and interpretation of cable system health \u0026 integrity based on \nmonitoring data acquired from field.",
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        "description": "Expertise for all aspects of AC Networks including but not limited \nto:\n(1) Station design,\n(2) Earthing system design,\n(3) Plant \u0026 Equipment design / testingProtection \u0026 Control scheme design,\n(5) Protection \u0026 Control setting calculation including short-circuit modelling and \ncalculations,\n(6) Protection \u0026 Control system testing,\n(7) Operator interfaces \u0026 SCADA systems,\n(8) Overhead line design, consenting, and installation,\n(9) Auxiliary power systems,\n(10) Secondary mechanical \u0026 electrical systems,\n(11) Commissioning and commissioning management, and\n(12) Operations \u0026 maintenance",
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        "description": "Expertise for all aspects of preparation of requirements \u0026 \nspecification documents to provide technical direction and governance for design, delivery, \noperation, maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore substation installations\nincluding but not limited to:\n(1) Site selection and desktop studies for option selection stage,\n(2) Cable routing design and selection including burial risk assessment (CBRA),\n(3) Unexploded ordinance (UXO) survey and risk assessment,\n(4) Cable protection system (CPS) design and analysis,\n(5) On-bottom stability and free span analysis for subsea cable installation,\n(6) Burial assessment study (BAS) for subsea cable installation,\n(7) Design, feasibility and risk assessment for horizontal directional drilling (HDD),\n(8) Corrosion analysis for subsea cable installation,\n(9) Loadout, spooling, unspooling of subsea cable systems,\n(10) Jacket primary \u0026 topside secondary structural design,\n(11) Pile foundation and grouted connection for jacket sleeved piles,\n(12) Geotechnical ground modelling and interpretation (structures, piles, and subsea \ncable installation)\n(13) Metocean interpretation for structural design jacket \u0026 topside,\n(14) Fabrication, transportation, and installation studies (HLV \u0026 float over options),\n(15) Material, fabrication, corrosion, \u0026 protection design for topside and substructure,\n(16) LV electrical design for ducting, cable routing and cable cabinets, interfacing with \ntopside structural design\n(17)Lifecycle and condition monitoring for jacket primary and secondary topside \nstructures,\n(18) Operations and maintenance requirements for complete offshore substation asset,\n(19) Design risk management, from concept design through to decommissioning,\n(20) Decommissioning, and\n(21) Design verification and certification support",
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc  invite interested suppliers to view the PQQ Documents on our Jaggaer eprocurement system under \"Current Opportunities\" here:\nhttps://sse.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=436\nFull details of the service  required and how to respond to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire can be found on that page",
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