Official UK procurement notice
Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Highways is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's strategic road networks. The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a National Highways project that will build a new road connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames. It will provide much-needed new road capacity across the river east of London, alleviating congestion on the Dartford Crossing. Three Delivery Partners have been appointed to deliver the three main components of the project – Kent Roads, Tunnels & Approaches and Roads North.
National Highways has designated LTC a pathfinder project that will explore carbon neutral construction. Low Carbon Hydrogen is a key element in LTC's strategy to deliver its carbon reduction targets and a key objective of this procurement is to enable a significant reduction in the use of diesel on the programme by enabling the use of hydrogen powered plant, machinery and generators. The procurement covers the supply, delivery, storage on site and dispensing of Low Carbon Hydrogen for use by the LTC appointed Delivery Partners to fuel their construction plant and equipment. Making hydrogen easily available could displace a significant amount of the diesel forecast to be used during construction.
CPV: Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Hydrogen · Other sources of energy supplies and distribution · Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy · Public utilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1LTC is dedicated to achieving the lowest carbon solution to deliver the worksPublished value£80,000,000
LTC is dedicated to achieving the lowest carbon solution to deliver the works. The scope of this procurement requires the supply, delivery, storage on site and dispensing of Low Carbon Hydrogen (and any equipment necessary to enable that supply) over 5 years. The Low Carbon Hydrogen supply contract has an estimated contract commencement date in mid 2025 with supply of hydrogen commencing in 2028. This will be an 8 year contract (consisting of a period of preparation and readiness to supply hydrogen and then 5 years of hydrogen supply) with the option to extend by up to two additional years (1+1) in the event this is required. The option to extend is included to mitigate the impact of delays to the LTC programme. Whilst National Highways' estimated total value of the contract is £80,000,000 + VAT, the actual outturn value of the contract will depend upon a number of factors, including the potential for an increase in hydrogen demand during the life of the contract, and to account for the potential impact of any delay to the LTC programme, and is expected to range from between £37,500,000 and £80,000,000.
The Low Carbon Hydrogen contract will be enabled for use by Lower Thames Crossing’s Delivery Partners and by National Highways' contractors. The contract will be procured under the Competitive Dialogue Procedure (Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Additional information: highwaysengland.co.uk/lower-thames-crossin… ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Jul 2024, 08:04 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038732- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048540Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Please refer to procurement documents for details
- Review procedure
National Highways will incorporate a minimum 10-day standstill period at the point information on award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Appeals should be lodged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) as amended
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority will use an e-Sourcing portal in this procurement. General information on how to take part in this procurement is detailed below: 1. Register the Applicant company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once). Check as the Applicant or someone in your organisation may already be registered. 2. Visit https://nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and either log on or click the link to register. If registering for the first time the Applicant will be requested to accept the terms and conditions before proceeding. 3. To express Interest in this PQQ (referred to as a ‘SQ’ by National Highways) Login to the portal - Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (This shows all PQQ or ITT’s open to any registered supplier on this portal). Click on this PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the selected item into the Applicants 'My PQQs/ My ITT's page. (This is a secure area reserved for The Applicants projects only). The Applicant can access all attachments to the selected item by clicking into the 'Buyer Attachments' area. 4. To respond to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details’, The Applicant can then select either 'Create Response' or 'Decline to Respond' (please enter a reason if declining). Note the deadline for completion, (the closing date) and follow the onscreen instructions to complete your submission. 5. There will be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform. Once your submission is fully uploaded and considered complete, submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. This stage must be done for The Applicants submission to be considered. 6. The Applicant may save and exit their submission at any time during preparation up till the closing date. If left for a set period of time the system will time out and any unsaved data will be lost. 7. If you require any further technical assistance in the operation of the e-Sourcing portal, please consult the online help or contact the e-Sourcing help desk (0800 069 8630) available from 8am till 6pm. Further information will be set out in the Tender Documents. We also draw your attention to the Information Memorandum (IM) issued with the tender documents. The IM sets out some key information in relation to this procurement which you may want to consider before submitting an application, National Highways will be holding a launch event on Thursday 5 December from 2.30 - 3.30 am. The purpose of the event is to provide an overview of the SQ process and the documents provided as part of this procurement. Attendance is optional and is not required in order to participate in the process. This will be a virtual event via Teams. If you would like to attend please contact us via the messaging system on the eSourcing portal or email ancillaryprocurement@lowerthamescrossing.co.uk with the email addresses of those people who will be attending so that we can issue the invite.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Oct 2024 → 10 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected18 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected2 Dec 2024
- Notice published2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
- Submission deadline10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Dec 2024- Status changed to active2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
- Procurement method changed2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
- Deadline published: 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
- Buyer details updated2 Dec 2024, 12:02 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National HighwaysContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice - EnglandReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria