Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Xlinks
Kingfisher House, 1 Radford Way
Billericay
CM120EQ
UK
Contact person: Stephen Kennedy
Telephone: +44 7568101073
E-mail: stephen@xlinks.co
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://xlinks.co
Address of the buyer profile: www.xlinks.co
I.6) Main activity
Electricity
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marine Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys
Reference number: 650587016
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71354500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Marine Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys for HVDC Interconnector Cable route between Morocco and the UK. Scope to include data acquisition, processing, charting and reporting.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
/ Highest offer:
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71355000
71332000
71510000
71351923
71352000
71352100
71352120
71352300
71353100
71351500
71353000
72316000
72314000
71351710
31321500
76520000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
PT
FR
ES
UK
MA
Main site or place of performance:
PORTUGAL,FRANCE,ESPAÑA,UNITED KINGDOM,Morocco
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Description of procurement: Provision of marine geophysical and geotechnical Surveys for HVDC interconnector cable route between Morocco and the UK. Survey route is approximately 3,800km.
The route survey must provide a detailed mapping of the bathymetry, of the seabed surface including morphological and geological features and man-made-objects and of the sub-surface geology.
The scope of the assignment will include the following:
1) Nearshore and offshore geophysical and hydrographic survey of the entire proposed cable route from beach to beach.
2) UXO survey; Magnetometer survey to detect potential UXO
3) Nearshore and offshore geotechnical investigations.
4) Nearshore and offshore benthic investigations.
5) Nearshore geotechnical boreholes.
6) ROV investigations; To investigate cables crossing locations providing depth of burial through cable-tracking sensors.
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Xlinks is terminating this tender process as no bidder submitted a compliant tender, Xlinks is unable to proceed in accordance with original tender process. As a result, Xlinks intends to proceed with a new tender process with a limited number of companies, whom Xlinks will be contacting separately. To the extent that UCR 2016 may otherwise apply, the new tender is exempt pursuant to Reg 6(2)(b).
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-031707
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Tenderers shall be fully responsible for the costs of responding to this procurement at all stages of the procurement and in no circumstances does Xlinks accept any liability for any costs incurred by any Tenderers, howsoever or when so ever incurred.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=682331687
GO Reference: GO-202248-PRO-19939472
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Xlinks
Kingfisher House, 1 Radford Way
Billericay
CM12 0EQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/04/2022