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Announcement on the intention to conduct a dialogue

MFW Bałtyk II sp. z o.o. and MFW Bałtyk III sp. z o.o. hereby announce their intention to conduct a dialogue with potential suppliers of materials and services for their respective offshore wind farm projects under development (respectively - MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III, hereinafter referred to as the "Projects"), pursuant to Article 46 of the Act of 17 December 2020 on the promotion of electricity generation in offshore wind farms ("Dialogue").

Detailed information about the Projects are presented in the Supply Chain Plans published on ERO website.

1. Subject of the Dialogue

The Offshore Export Cables EPCI ITT (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation Invitation to Tender) comprise the supply and installation of 4 x 3-core 220 kV XLPE offshore export cables incl. accessories & equipment with a total transmission capacity of 1.44 GW (360 MW each). The Offshore Export Cable Systems shall be installed from each offshore substation to the landfall onshore transition joint bays (approx. 65 km route). The Cable Systems shall include fibre optic cable and be equipped with cable monitoring systems.

The Offshore Export Cables EPCI Scope of Work (SoW) include the following main activities:  

  • Preliminaries 
  • Engineering and documentation  
  • Interface coordination  
  • Procurement, fabrication, and testing  
  • Load-out, transportation  
  • Storage and preservation 
  • Construction, installation and cable protection incl. cable pull-in, termination and jointing at OSS and landfall
  • Mechanical Completion  
  • Final documentation  
  • Contract close out activities required for issue of the Completion Certificate  

2. Dialogue Schedule

  • Announcement of the intention to conduct the Dialogue ("Announcement") – 15.11.2021
  • Completion of collection of applications for the Dialogue – 15.12.2021
  • Qualification of suppliers' applications – up to 3 days after the end of collection of applications
  • Dialogue with suppliers - within 3 days after completion of qualification of suppliers' applications
  • Distribution of invitation to tender to selected participants of the Dialogue – mid-December 2021
  • Award of contract – June 2022

3. Notification to the Dialogue

Applications must be submitted via the interactive Application Form.

Regulations of procedure for conducting the dialogue with potential suppliers of materials and services used in the course of construction and operation of an offshore wind farm together with a set of  devices used to move power from this installation to the place of delimitation of ownership (“Regulations”) can be found here: Rules of procedure for conducting the dialogue.pdf

Any questions related to the Dialogue procedure may be directed to:

Paweł Mawduk - Local Content Project Manager - pawel.mawduk@polenergia.pl