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Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

BHC Compound PV Scheme, Banjul, The Gambia

ConstructionCPV 45000000 45300000 45310000 45317000
Value£933k
Awarded17 Oct 2024
Published22 Jan 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£933ktotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

The brief

- The proposed scheme comprises the installation of photovoltaic arrays (PV) together with full replacement of the existing central distribution as part of the works on the British High Commission's Main Compound Site in Banjul, The Gambia.

The works include: - Installation of 2 No. new Photovoltaic arrays, ground mounting systems, all associated cabling and underground ducting, AC/DC services, including local energy supplier equipment, submitting applications, local energy supplier liaison and export metering systems. - Replacement of the existing electrical main switchgear assembly to enable incorporation of photovoltaic arrays and battery energy storage facilities. - Provision of battery storage facility situated in the generator building storage room adjacent to the main electrical switch room. - Provision of cooling system including associated power supplies within the new battery storage room to ensure the battery units remain at optimum temperatures. - Provision of mechanical ventilation situated in the generator building storage room adjacent to the main electrical switch room. - Survey ground structure / integrity to confirm that the chosen areas can support the new photovoltaic installation. - Survey the indicative cable ducting route from the proposed inverter positions to the main electrical switch room.

Provide new trenching, for ductwork. - Upgrades to the existing switch room and proposed battery storage room that shall include lighting, emergency lighting, fire alarm works and lithium-ion gas detection. - Provision of earthing, bonding and lightning protection system, as required. - Employ a Lightning Protection Specialist to provide a Lightning Protection / Earthing installation to bond any solar steel support frameworks and switchgear as part of these works. - Provision of Builders work holes and fire stopping of service penetrations. - Testing and commissioning of the new electrical switchgear, battery storage and photovoltaic equipment. - Witness testing of the existing generators to ensure change-over functionality is operational. - Testing and commissioning of the new electrical switchgear, battery storage and photovoltaic equipment. - Witness testing of the existing generators to ensure change-over functionality is operational.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provision of cooling system including associated power

Provision of cooling system including associated power supplies within the new battery storage room to ensure the battery units remain at optimum temperatures.

02

Survey ground structure / integrity to confirm

Survey ground structure / integrity to confirm that the chosen areas can support the new photovoltaic installation.

03

Provide new trenching, for ductwork

Provide new trenching, for ductwork.

04

Upgrades to the existing switch room

Upgrades to the existing switch room and proposed battery storage room that shall include lighting, emergency lighting, fire alarm works and lithium-ion gas detection.

05

Employ a Lightning Protection Specialist to provide

Employ a Lightning Protection Specialist to provide a Lightning Protection / Earthing installation to bond any solar steel support frameworks and switchgear as part of these works.

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