Finland - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Description

This procurement consists of a so called turnkey delivery of one (1) 123 kV 30 MVAR Variable ester oil filled shunt Reactor ("Main Delivery") for Kontiolahti substation.Furthermore, the procurement includes additionally an option to procure spare parts ("Optional Spare Parts").
GENERAL Fingrid Oyj, the Finnish national transmission system operator, is initiating this procurement process for one (1) 123 kV 30 MVar ester oil filled variable shunt reactor (VSR) with the intended delivery in year 2023 for Kontiolahti substation in Finland.With this invitation to participate Fingrid is looking for capable and interested candidates to provide the needed power transformers. In our operating model, the network of services and good suppliers as well as good co-operation between different contractual partners are especially important. We require all our contractual partners to be aware of Fingrid’s significant duties as responsible transmission system operator in Finland and to commit to responsibility of the economic, social and environmental impact of their operations.The delivery of VSR, including all needed transportation and erections, will be performed as turnkey deliveries. The VSR delivery will be separate from the substation construction projects performed by other contractors, however, there is a need to coordinate the delivery of reactor with the construction work at site.DELIVERYDelivery of one 123 kV, 30 MVar variable shunt reactor including:- Manufacturing of reactor with fittings and accessories- Testing, - Sea transportation to Finland, - Transport to the site in Finland. The Supplier may choose the means and route of transportation.- Unloading on the foundation, erection, testing and commissioning at site. - All organizational work needed for logistics: arrangement of transportation from factory to site, customs clearance and forwardingPreliminary 123 kV, 30 MVAr Variable Shunt Reactor specification is attached to this prequalification (see attachment 02 PRELIMINARY S22347E1 123 kV 30 MVar Variable ester oil insulated shunt reactor).Detailed schedules shall be given at a later stage of the procedure.PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF THE PROCUREMENTFingrid will use the negotiated procedure for this procurement of variable shunt reactor.The negotiated procedure will tentatively go as follows. Fingrid, however, reserve all rights to revise and edit the schedule during the process.INVITATION TO PARTICIPATEThis Invitation to Participate has been launched 10/2021Application to Participate: Deadline to provide Application see IV.2.2.APPLICATIONS AND THEIR EVALUATIONAll candidates, who have submitted the application within the set deadline and who meet the minimum requirements set for the candidate’s eligibility will be selected to the negotiated procedure.NEGOTIATIONSNegotiations with all selected candidates will take place tentatively during weeks 45-46. Invitations to negotiations will be sent out when to the selected candidates when the pq-phase has ended.Negotiations will most probably, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, be held through teams-application or similar conference call program.FINAL CALL FOR TENDERWhen the negotiations phase has ended, Fingrid will launch the final call for tender. EVALUATION OF FINAL TENDERS AND CONTRACT AWARD 01/2022

Opportunity closing date

28 October 2021

Value of contract

to be confirmed