CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

2016 Maintenance Inspection Survey of Submarine Assets.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Irish Sea.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operator
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Interconnector Services (NI) Ltd. is a contracting services company within Mutual Energy Limited. Interconnector Services (NI) Ltd requests responses to this PQQ from competent entities to undertake maintenance inspection survey works of various submarine assets of Moyle Interconnector Ltd (Moyle); Premier Transmission Limited (PTL) and Belfast Gas Transmissions Ltd (BGTL).

Moyle, PTL and BGTL are also companies within Mutual Energy.

Moyle is the owner of 2 x 55 km of submarine power cables, part of the HVDC interconnector between Northern Ireland and Scotland and will be installing 2 additional 55 km submarine LV cables in the third quarter of 2015. PTL is the owner of a submarine gas pipeline between Northern Ireland and Scotland. BGTL is the owner of a gas pipeline within Northern Ireland which crosses Larne Lough and Belfast Lough. Both the PTL pipeline and the Moyle cables are in close proximity in the North Channel of the Irish Sea.

An inspection survey is planned for the sub-sea assets in early summer 2016 and this contract is for the provision of the survey works.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=157830.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

The gas pipelines were installed in 1996 and 1998 and the HVDC power cables installed in 2001, the new LV return cables are to be installed in the third quarter of 2015.

Inspection surveys of the HVDC cables and pipelines have been previously undertaken.

An inspection survey is required in 2016 in order to determine the on-going integrity of all of the assets.

This will include bathymetry, side scan sonar, depth of burial, visual inspection and cathodic protection testing. Reporting will also include comparisons with previous survey / as built data for all assets.

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent calls for competition:

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Will be specified in tender documents.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Will be specified in tender documents.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

A grouping, if successful, will be required to contract as a single entity with joint and several liability.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Negotiated		Have candidates already been selected?	No

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3) Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

L300267-S04

IV.3.2)

Previous publication concerning the same contract

Periodic indicative notice
Notice on a buyer profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining contract document and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender 

IV.3.7)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this Procurement is a Recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published

2020.

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

(MT Ref:157830).

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact point from which additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact point to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent