Market survey notice
The SKAO wish to appoint a consultant to assist with key areas associated with the invitation to tender (ITT) procurement process for the SKA-Low Central Power Station (CPS) Phase 2:
- Development of the key PPA terms and conditions
- Development of the PPA technical specification
Development of PPA terms and conditions
The consultant is to provide:
Advice on the key contract terms that should be in the PPA term sheet;
Assistance with developing and drafting key commercial term to meet SKAO’s objectives;
Advice on other important contractual terms and conditions that SKAO should define or outline the desired intent;
Advice on strategies to maximize the level of renewable energy and assistance to implement those strategies through the PPA terms and conditions;
Support during the SKAO invitation to tender process to review and comment on PPA terms proposed by tenderers and to answer tenderer requests for information; and
Recommendations on the preferred tenderer/s based on the consultant’s review and assessment of the tender submissions.
Development of tender technical specification
The consultant is to:
Develop the electrical, civil, structural and mechanical technical specification for the project with the SKAO power team;
Review the SKAO technical specifications from the design and installation of the SKA-Low HV infrastructure and CPS Phase 1 power station projects and apply the relevant specifications to the PPA technical specification;
Review the lessons learnt from the design and installation of the SKA-Low HV infrastructure and CPS Phase 1 power station projects and apply those learnings to the PPA technical specifications;
Review the details of key equipment used in the SKA-Low HV infrastructure and CPS Phase 1 power station projects and assess whether the same equipment should be used in the project including:
Specifying where the same equipment shall be used
Providing equipment and vendor information for other equipment to assist tenders (their choice whether to use or not);
Develop the tender drawing set consisting of general, electrical and civil drawings;
Review and develop the Interface Control Documents (ICD’s);
Develop the performance testing and verification requirements for the system (expected to be a solar PV / BESS / diesel generator hybrid);
Provide technical support during the SKAO invitation to tender process to review and answer tenderer technical queries; and
Review and assess tenderer technical submissions to provide a recommendation on the preferred tenderer/s.
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Note that this is a Market survey notice. The procurement is scheduled to start
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2024-12-04
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Expected last tender date
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2025-03-04
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Expected agreement start
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2025-03-03
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