commercially appropriate). EA1 willmake it a condition that tier 1 suppliers provide contact details for their sub suppliers so that potential sub suppliers canmake contact with the companies they would contract with. [C1,C2,C4,C5]{ii, iii}
2.5.6 Supporting Government bodies – EA1 will continue to support BIS/UKTI/Scottish Enterprise to promote opportunities for investment in the UK to satisfy the growing offshore windmarket. EA1 has participated at a number of overseas events to promote the opportunity and assists wherever possible in connecting overseas business with potential UK partners. This is supported by the actions EA1 is taking in the foundationsmarket to connect supply chain partners (see 2.14.2). [C2] {ii, iii}
2.6 Encouraging Competitive Procurement Processes [C5]
2.6.1 Structured and open procurement processes – The dominant way that EA1 will drive competition is through its structured and open procurement process, described below (2.6.3). Through this, EA1 will broaden and increase the robustness of the supply chain and thereby,manage costs,minimise long-termsupply chain risk, and help establish a sustainable industry, providing significant national benefit. [C1,C2,C3,C4,C5] {ii, iii}
2.6.2 For each of themain packages we run a structured procurement process, facilitated by EA1’s Supplier RelationshipManagement tool, driven by the objectives ofmaximising competition, both short-and long- term, andminimising shared risk. The attached project programme (Annex 7) shows how use of the procurement process fits with DECC timescales to deliver the EA1 Project in an efficientmanner. Also provided in Annex 10 [redacted] is information on future financial commitments which complement the project programme. [C4,C5] {ii}
2.6.3 EA1’s procurement process follows 5 key stages set out below:
1. Market engagement & strategy determination 2. Pre - qualification 3. Long list – formal tender launch 4. Short list 5. Supplier award
Brief comments on each phase are set out below:
2.6.4 Market engagement & strategy determination - Thorough consideration is given to identify existing and potential suppliers in the market to inform the procurement strategy for each product and identify the widest pool of suppliers to compete in the tender process. EA1 has a strong track record of engaging the market to ensure that new entrants have the opportunity to participate in the procurement process (as indicated in 2.2.2). The key considerations to identify potential suppliers include: [C5] {ii}
SPR and Vattenfall’s experience on other offshore wind projects Existing supplier contacts Desktop research Attendance at industry and stakeholder events Supplier portal registrations
The key outputs fromthemarket engagement process are the agreed procurement strategy for the product and a list of suppliers to include in the next stage – Pre Qualification.
2.6.5 Pre-Qualification Phase – The pre-qualification phase allows the project to assess the capability of each supplier to determine themost credible parties to engage in the formal tender process. Pre-qualification is enabled by the supplier responding to a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) which sets out various technical, health and safety and commercial enquiries. For development contracts placed to date EA1 has enquired of the UK content of each supplier’s submission and considered this element as part of the PQQ assessment criteria.We are also giving assessment consideration to the supplier offerings in terms of UK content, competition, innovation and skills as part of the evaluation process formajor construction packages as described in 2.8.1. [C5] {ii, iii}
2.6.6 Long list & Short list – Following PQQ assessment themost credible potential suppliers will be included on a long list to participate in the formal tender process and be issued an Invitation to tender (ITT). The ITT sets out the specific scope of works and terms and conditions that a supplier offer is requested for. Following
Page 8 of 30
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87