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Summary

OCID:
Published by:: Interconnector Services Limited
Authority ID:: AA20490
Publication date:: 18 February 2015
Deadline date:: -
Notice type:: Contract Award Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

Moyle Interconnector Limited (Moyle) has awarded a contract for the design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation, jointing and commissioning of replacement subsea metallic return conductors.

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Official Name: Moyle Interconnector Limited
Postal Address: 1st Floor, The Arena Building, 85 Ormeau Road
Town: Belfast	Postal Code: BT7 1SH	Country: UK
For the attention of: Paddy Larkin	Telephone: +44 2890437580
E-Mail: paddy.larkin@mutual-energy.com	Fax:
General Address of the contracting entity (URL): http://www.mutual-energy.com Address of the buyer profile (URL):

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

Supply and repair of Moyle Interconnector cables.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

Purchase		Rent		Lease
Hire-purchase		Combination of these

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

NUTS Code

II.1.3)

This notice involves

The conclusion of a framework agreement

Contract(s) based on a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Moyle Interconnector Limited (Moyle) has awarded a contract for the design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation, jointing and commissioning of replacement subsea metallic return conductors.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

	Main vocabulary	Supplementary vocabulary (when applicable)
Main object	31321220
Additional objects

45314300

II.I.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

Lowest Price

The most economically advantageous tender

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)

Award and Contract Value

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1.1)

Date of contract award

V.1.2)

Numbers of offers received

V.1.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

Official Name: Nexans Norway A.S.
Postal Address: Innspurten 9
Town: Oslo	Postal Code: 0663	Country: NO
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

V.1.4)

Information on value of contract

V.1.5)

The contract likely to be subcontracted

No
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

V.1.6)

Price paid for bargain purchases

Value excluding VAT

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

No

If yes, indicate the project/programme and any useful reference

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Official Name: High Court of Justice, Northern Ireland
Postal Address: Chichester Street
Town: Belfast	Postal Code: BT1 3JF	Country: UK
E-Mail: adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk	Telephone: +44 2890235111
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

In accordance with Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended).

VI.3.3)

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

Official Name:
Postal Address:
Town:	Postal Code:	Country:
E-Mail:	Telephone:
Internet address (URL):	Fax:

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice

13-02-2015

ANNEX D

Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition

a) No tenders or no appropriate tenders in response to:	Open procedure Restricted procedure Negotiated procedure
b) The contract involved is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive.
c) The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:	Technical Artistic Connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
d) Extreme urgency brought about by events unforseeable by the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
e) Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
f) New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
g) Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest.
h) For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.
i) For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:	from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure.
j) For contracts to be awarded on the basis of a framework agreement in conformity with the Directive.
Other justifcation for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU:
k) The contract has as its object services listed in Annex B of Directive 2004/18/EC or in Annex XVII B of Directive 2004/17/EC
l) The contract falls outside the scope of application of the relevant directive.
In addition to the box(es) ticked above please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU is lawful, stating in any case the relevant facts, and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the articles in the relevant Directive (500 words maximum):
Moyle required to place a contract for the replacement and repair of the existing Moyle Interconnector cables, which currently are only capable of operating at half capacity. The Moyle Interconnector is a 500MW HVDC interconnector between Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is built as a dual monopole. The unique cables between the Scotland and Northern Ireland converter stations were supplied and installed by Nexans and commissioned by them in 2001. The two cables each consist of a high voltage core with a concentric metallic return conductor known as an integrated return conductor. Nexans is the only cable supplier in the world with operational experience of integrated return conductor cables and appropriately qualified cables and accessories. Moyle Interconnector Limited has appointed Nexans to replace the subsea integrated return conductors and supply spare lengths of the existing cables, without a formal competitive process for 2 reasons: 1. From a technical perspective only Nexans are able to deliver the project due to the need to connect into the existing power cable at the beach. Only Nexans have appropriately qualified personnel, methods, parts and equipment to make such connections and to make such spare cable. As the original supplier and installer of the cables, only Nexans have the expertise and understanding of the current cable to supply replacement cables in a manner which attracts an acceptable level of risk. 2. An opportunity has arisen which will mean that Moyle can take advantage of a particularly advantageous bargain (as described in Regulation 17(1)(j) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006) and that bargain: — is considered a particularly advantageous opportunity; — is only available for a very short period of time; and — incorporates a price which is considerably lower than market prices.

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Coding

Commodity categories

ID	Title	Parent category
45314300	Installation of cable infrastructure	Installation of telecommunications equipment
31321220	Medium-voltage cable	Electricity power lines

Delivery locations

ID	Description
100	UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID	Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:: paddy.larkin@mutual-energy.com
Admin contact:: N/a
Technical contact:: N/a
Other contact:: N/a

Further information

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Supply and repair of Moyle Interconnector cables.

Contents

Summary

Abstract

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

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

II.1.3)

This notice involves

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.I.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)

Award and Contract Value

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1.1)

Date of contract award

V.1.2)

Numbers of offers received

V.1.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.1.4)

Information on value of contract

V.1.5)

The contract likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

V.1.6)

Price paid for bargain purchases

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal