Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba3-6b2c-71b5-a397-1e68ab4f7b45/eastern-green-link-3-scotland-to-norfolk-england-hvdc-link-project-converters

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# Eastern Green Link 3, Scotland to Norfolk, England HVDC Link Project-Converters

[National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC](https://tendernation.io/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc)

Estimated value

£1,200,000,000

Published

12 Dec 2023

Deadline

Closed

22 Jan 2024

## About this tender

National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC (the "Employers") are jointly developing a HVDC link between N Peterhead, Scotland and Norfolk, England (the "HVDC Link"). This notice concerns the procurement and award of contract(s) for:

- Design, manufacture, testing, commissioning, trial running, provision of critical spares for two HVDC converter stations located in Scotland and England.
- One converter will be located at the Netherton Hub, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The other will be located in Norfolk, England.
- The converters will each be capable of converting 2GW of AC to DC energy and DC to AC energy.
- The two converters will be linked by two no. 2GW capacity 525kV cables, much of which will be routed in the North Sea.
- There is an option that it will be routed through a DCSS (DC Switching Station) also to be located within the Netherton Hub
- Front-end engineering design services, in relation to any or all of the aforementioned scope.
- The Employers will require the Preferred Bidder to enter a Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) for the HVDC converter technology, either as part of the main contract or a standalone contracts(s). This may be structured as:

1: a single agreement covering the converters at Netherton Hub and in Norfolk together, with both Employers acting jointly or as a Joint Venture, or;

2: two separate agreements, one with each Employer, covering converters in their respective areas of geographic responsibility individually.

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## CPV classification

Construction work Electricity distribution and control apparatus Electrical equipment and apparatus

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-042511-2023-12-12T17:00:13Z

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-042511-2023-12-12T17:00:13Z)

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