400 kV 70 MVAR Shunt Reactor

This procurement consists of a so called turnkey delivery of one (1) 400 kV 70 MVAR Shunt Reactor ("Main Delivery") for Länsisalmi substation. Furthermore, the Client is considering to include a non-mandatory optional price for Ester oil filled shunt reactor and 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) 400 kV 70 MVar oil filled shunt reactor with the intended preliminary delivery time in October 2025 for Länsisalmi substation in Finland. Fingrid is working in close cooperation with the City of Helsinki and Helen Electricity Network to construct Finland’s first 400 kV cable link in the main grid. More information https://www.fingrid.fi/en/grid/construction/power-cable-Helsinki/ With this invitation to participate Fingrid is looking for capable and interested candidates to provide the needed shunt reactors. 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 reactor, including all needed transportation and erections, will be performed as turnkey deliveries. The reactor 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. DELIVERY Delivery of one 400 kV, 70 MVar 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 forwarding Preliminary 400 kV, 70 MVAr Shunt Reactor specification is attached to this prequalification (see attachment 01 PRELIMINARY S2234XXX 400 kV 70 MVar shunt reactor). Detailed schedules shall be given at a later stage of the procedure. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OF THE PROCUREMENT Fingrid will use the negotiated procedure for this procurement of 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 PARTICIPATE This Invitation to Participate has been launched 04/2023 Application to Participate: Deadline to provide Application see IV.2.2. APPLICATIONS AND THEIR EVALUATION All 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. NEGOTIATIONS Negotiations with all selected candidates will take place tentatively during first weeks of June. Invitations to negotiations will be sent out when to the selected candidates when the PQ-phase has ended. Negotiations will most probably be held through teams-application or similar conference call program. FINAL CALL FOR TENDER When the negotiations phase has ended, Fingrid will launch the final call for tender. EVALUATION OF FINAL TENDERS AND CONTRACT AWARD 9-10/2023