FW Construction – Civils, Buildings, OHL and UGC Framework – Multi Site 1231

• Typically, standalone or enabling works.
• Limited third party interfaces and temporary works.
• Defined, well scoped packages with repeatable delivery characteristics. Indicative scope may include:
• Substation site clearance and earthworks.
• Foundations for plant (excluding specialist or high risk structures).
• Internal substation roads, hardstanding and drainage.
• Access track construction, strengthening and minor realignments.
• Public road improvements of limited complexity (e.g. passing places, junction tie ins).
• Standard ducting, cabling, troughing and fencing.
• Peatland restoration and environmental mitigation work using established methods. This lot is also split into 5 regions across Scotland which bidders can apply for one or more of.

• Storage buildings, training school facilities, accommodation and welfare facilities
• Office buildings
• Upgrades, refurbishments, and extensions to existing.
• Internal fit out works to new and existing buildings, including partitions, raised access floors, finishes, cable management systems, containment, and earthing and bonding.
• Mechanical and electrical fit out of building services within new and existing buildings.
• Replacement of RAAC roof structures were identified Design Management and Development
• Establish and manage a suitably qualified design team covering all design and construction aspects of the project.
• Undertake surveys necessary to complete the project.
• Carry out gap analysis and value engineering, as appropriate.
• Develop, complete, and manage design, including managing responses to planning conditions.
• Prepare interim and final RIBA Stage 4 drawings and reports.
• Complete room data sheets and room layouts.
• Prepare and maintain the BIM model for design and construction, including updating any RIBA Stage 3 information produced by others. Planning, Programming and Coordination
• Develop the Construction Phase Plan and detailed programme.
• Attend and lead a project kick off meeting to agree deliverable stages and key milestones.
• Assist with coordination alongside the Project Manager, Project Sponsors, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Support utility investigations and statutory enquiries.
• Prepare planning application deliverables, including DAS, DIAs, visualisations’, noise studies, CTMPs, designs Enabling and Construction Works
• Undertake any enabling works identified, including service diversion works.
• Prepare design and specifications, coordinating SSEN T fit out, IT, and OT designs and incorporating these into the Works Information. Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability
• Fulfil all duties required of the Main Contractor under CDM Regulations, supporting other duty holders as required.
• Complete SSEN T Gate process documentation, including but not limited to:
• Design Risk Management Index (DRMI)
• Hazard Identification Workshops (Design HAZID, Construction HAZCON, Operational HAZOP)
• Project safety reviews and reports
• Develop carbon and sustainability assessments
• Prepare Environmental Management Plans, Environmental and Biodiversity Net Gain reports. Training School Specific Infrastructure
• Delivery of offline electrical substation works including substation, associated control, AIS and GIS buildings and OHL works

• Detailed design of pole foundations, assemblies and interfaces.
• Temporary works design associated with pole installation.
• Design development to support constructability, safety and environmental compliance. Pre construction and enabling works
• Surveys, setting out and ground investigations.
• Access provision, compounds, crane pads and working areas.
• Coordination with land access, wayleaves and stakeholder requirements. Construction
• Installation of wood, steel or composite poles.
• Construction of pole foundations, including reinforced concrete, embedded or piled solutions where required.
• Pole erection, alignment and stability works.
• Installation of crossarms, insulators, fittings and associated hardware.
• Conductor stringing, tensioning, sagging and clipping.
• Installation of earth wires, fibre or auxiliary equipment where specified.
• Removal, replacement or modification of existing pole structures where required.
• Tie ins to existing overhead lines and interfaces with substations or transition structures. Testing, commissioning and completion
• Inspection and testing required to demonstrate compliance with the Works Information.
• Support to commissioning activities defined in the PSWI.
• As built records, data capture and handover documentation.

• Detailed design of tower foundations and structural interfaces.
• Temporary works design for excavation support, lifts and erection activities.
• Design risk management and constructability reviews. Pre construction and enabling works
• Surveys, ground investigation and setting out.
• Access tracks, temporary works areas, crane pads and compounds.
• Environmental mitigation and land management measures. Construction
• Construction of tower foundations, including piled, reinforced concrete and specialist foundations.
• Tower steelwork delivery, assembly and erection.
• Installation of insulators, fittings and tower accessories.
• Conductor stringing, tensioning and clipping.
• Removal, replacement or modification of existing towers.
• Overhead line realignments, deviations and rebuilds.
• Interfaces with live assets, outages and system constraints where defined in the PSWI. Testing, commissioning and completion
• Structural inspection, verification and testing.
• Support to system testing and commissioning activities.
• Production of as built documentation and asset data.

• Detailed design of cable routes, trenching, ducts, joint bays and interfaces.
• Temporary works and traffic management design.
• Coordination with consents, planning conditions and third party interfaces. Pre construction and enabling works
• Surveys, trial holes and utilities investigations.
• Access, compounds, traffic management and enabling civils.
• Environmental protection and mitigation measures. Construction
• Trenching and excavation.
• Duct installation, bedding and backfill.
• Construction of joint bays and termination compounds.
• Cable pulling, installation and protection.
• Installation of joints and terminations where within Contractor capability and scope.
• Interface works with substations and overhead line transitions.
• Surface reinstatement, agricultural reinstatement and environmental restoration. Testing, commissioning and completion
• Cable testing, verification and commissioning support.
• Production of as built drawings, GIS data and handover records.

Details of the amendments have been made clear in updated ‘Response Configuration’ file within the attachments section. • All lot-specific PQQ questionnaires remain unchanged. • The submission deadline has been extended to provide suppliers with adequate time to review and respond to the updated notice and questionnaire.