Burrow Beck Solar Farm ICP Works

Description

The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to design, procure and construct a circa 4MWp solar farm with associated grid connection (“the Project”) to the Electricity North-West Distribution Grid at the Burrow Beck site South of Lancaster with grid reference: SD 47901 58388 The scope of this work is for the provision of the Contestable Grid Connection Works, the high voltage customer works and the provision of the low voltage switchgear together with enclosures and associated civil works. The appointed supplier will be expected to design, procure and deliver the works at the Burrow Beck site off Scotforth Road/Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4XP The works are set out in the specification which can be found at Annex A. The Project: achieved planning permission on 30 September 2024 under planning reference: 23/01383/FUL (https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/planning/view-applications-and-decisions) Is in receipt of 4 connection offers which have been accepted and paid in full to Electricity North-West each for 990kW. These connection offers are attached. This scope of works (the “ICP Scope”) includes the contestable grid connection works, all customer connection high voltage works, the supply of transformers, low voltage switchgear and associated cabling, trenching, enclosures and civil works; and The Council will be running a separate procurement related to the Burrow Beck solar farm for a supplier to design, procure, and construct the solar PV infrastructure including the structures, PV modules, inverters, SCADA system, associated civil works and the responsibility of Principal Contractor and Principal Designer for the Site. This is the Solar EPC Works. Due to the long lead items, the ICP Works will be tendered first with the Solar EPC Works to be tendered separately. Tenderers will be permitted to tender for both procurements however no information will be provided relating to the procurement referred to at 2.7.1.2 for the Solar EPC Works as part of this procurement process at this stage. The Project is expected to be delivered during 2025 with a target energisation to the grid of October 2025 The Council estimates that the value of the ICP works contract, including any extensions, is estimated to be no more than £560,000 (five hundred and sixty thousand pounds sterling) including VAT. Keywords: ICP, Independent Connections Provider, PV, Substation, Contestable Works, Electricity Grid