Caithness, Moray & Shetland Multi-Terminal HVDC Link's Long-Term Service Agreement

Concepts

• moray & shetland
• perth
• electrical installations
• long-term service agreement
• caithness
• multi-terminal link
• multi-terminal hvdc link's long-term service agreement
• cyber security
• maintenance
• mobilisation

Location

Highlands and Islands:

Description

The services comprise mobilisation, scheduled maintenance, emergency call out, unscheduled maintenance and cyber security related services.

Total Quantity or Scope

Long-term service agreement associated with the Caithness, Moray & Shetland multi-terminal link that comprises mobilisation, scheduled maintenance, emergency call out, unscheduled maintenance and cyber security related services.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 65320000 - Operation of electrical installations

Legal Justification

The Caithness, Moray and Shetland Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Link has been constructed using Hitachi Energy's proprietary HVDC Light Voltage Sourced Converter technology. Due to the proprietary nature of these works there is no other vender who has the ability to maintain, fault find and repair the core components and systems. No other HVDC Original Equipment Manufacturer or specialist has the necessary skills or expertise on Hitachi Energy equipment to repair the facility following a forced outage incident impacting the efficient operation of the facilities. There would also be significant risk of other contractors performing maintenance activities during the performance guarantee periods from the Shetland Construction Contract. As well as the technical reasons Hitachi Energy would not allow SSEN Transmission to procure a 3rd party to maintain their systems due to confidentiality of their intellectual property. This was expressed within the Shetland Construction Contract confidentiality clause which states that no Competitor, being a third party that carries out business as a designer, engineer, supplier, construction contractor and/or installation contractor in connection with high voltage direct current converter station systems, power electronics and/or associated plant and infrastructure, could receive Confidential Information which would be required to undertake the proposed services. SSEN Transmission are therefore satisfied that at this time, as competition is absent for technical reasons and to protect the exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights under the Shetland Construction Contract, a single source award for these services should be pursued.

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