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Published 18 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Marine Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys

Official notice

Authority: Xlinks

ServicesRestricted procedure
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31)Architecture & Engineering (71)IT Services & Software (72)
+1 moreServices related to the oil and gas industry (76)
 Delivery: Spain (ES)France (FR)Morocco (MA)
+2 morePortugal (PT)UK
Published estimate£13,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

CPV: Bathymetric surveys services · Data analysis services · Data collection and collation services · Geophysical prospecting services · Geotechnical engineering services · Ground investigation services · Hydrographic surveying services · Magnetometric surveying services · Marine survey services · Offshore services · Seismic data acquisition services · Seismic services · +5 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Description of procurement: Provision of marine geophysical and geotechnical Surveys…CancelledPublished value£13,000,000

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. 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).
Delivery listed: Spain (ES), France (FR), Morocco (MA), Portugal (PT), UK · PORTUGAL,FRANCE,ESPAÑA,UNITED KINGDOM,Morocco
Second stage: 4–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
31321500 Submarine cable71332000 Geotechnical engineering services71351500 Ground investigation services71351710 Geophysical prospecting services71351923 Bathymetric surveys services71352000 Subsurface surveying services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT
Last source update
8 Apr 2022, 12:05 BST
Authority reference
650587016
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009473
Classification (CPV)
Bathymetric surveys servicesData analysis servicesData collection and collation servicesGeophysical prospecting servicesGeotechnical engineering servicesGround investigation servicesHydrographic surveying servicesMagnetometric surveying servicesMarine survey servicesOffshore services
+7 moreSeismic data acquisition servicesSeismic services
Delivery area
Spain (ES)France (FR)Morocco (MA)Portugal (PT)UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030352 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

17 Jan 2022 → 8 Apr 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    4 Feb 2022
  3. Notice published
    8 Apr 2022, 12:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to unsuccessful
    8 Apr 2022, 12:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Xlinks

Contracting authorityElectricity Kingfisher House, 1 Radford Way, Billericay, UK, CM120EQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria