Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-07
Buyer: Sure Partners Limited
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45255410 | 45262424
Submission deadline: 2022-02-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 (“Project”) is an offshore wind farm located approximately 6km to 15km off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27km long and 2.5km wide. The Project will have a Maximum Export Capacity (MEC) of up to 800MW and will consist of up to approximately 62 turbines and will participate in Ireland’s first Offshore auction in late 2022 / early 2023.
Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 (“Project”) is an offshore wind farm located approximately 6km to 15km off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27km long and 2.5km wide.
The scope includes responsibility for the supply, fabrication, storage, loadout, transportation, install, testing, commissioning and completion  of monopile and Transition Piece (if applicable) based Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Substructures, including secondary and tertiary steel in accordance with the Employer's Requirements and Programme. The Contractor will be responsible for the seafastening, transportation, installation, hookup, commissioning and completion of the WTG substructures, including monopile foundations, transition pieces (if applicable) and all related secondary and tertiary components.
The scope shall include responsibility for all project management, quality management, health and safety management, interface cooperation, fabrication engineering, supply chain management,  loadouts activities and logistics, transportation and installation related design and engineering, lift engineering, marshalling ports, temporary works, interface management, materials, procurement and contracting required to safely and successfully deliver the works.
The scope includes responsibility for the design, supply, manufacture, storage, loadout, transportation, installation, burial, protection, testing and commissioning of the array cable 66kV system in accordance with the Employer Requirements and Programme. The cable system stated herein shall include all of the cables (inter array cables, fibre optic cables, interface cables), interface connections, cable protection system, joint equipment, joints (including changeover joints),terminal equipment, terminations and all other items which will be detailed in the Employer’s Requirements. The scope shall include responsibility for all project management, quality management, health and safety management, design and installation engineering, interface management, procurement and contracting required to safely and successfully deliver the works. The design, construction, testing, and general provisions for cables shall comply with the latest versions of the applicable specification and standards as detailed in the Employer’s Requirements.
There will be a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) process undertaken upon commencement of this Notice.
There will be a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) process undertaken upon commencement of this Notice. Contractors will be selected from the PQQ Stage by way of minimum qualifying and mandatory criteria to take forward for the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage. Contractors will be assessed and evaluated based on their responses and the mandatory and/or minimum requirements within the respective sections within the PQQ. Following this stage, up to five (5) evaluated Contractors will be invited for the ITT.
Please note under section IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender refers to the duration of the tender process.

Eligibility requirements: There will be a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) process undertaken upon commencement of this Notice.