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The Welsh Government conducted extensive market engagement for the Bro Tathan Power Project between 2021 and 2025. This engagement involved discussions with key industry stakeholders, including:
Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs)
Independent Connection Providers (ICPs)
Funders
Infrastructure Operators
Objectives of Engagement:
Test Deliverability: Assess the feasibility of the project and its implementation.
Gauge Investment Appetite: Understand the level of interest and willingness of private-sector entities to invest in the project.
Evaluate Commercial Structure: Gather feedback on the proposed Joint Venture (JV) model and its alignment with market expectations.
Key Outcomes:
Market Readiness: Strong support and readiness from stakeholders for the project.
Endorsement of JV Model: Participants favoured the formation of a single bidding consortium combining IDNO, ICP, funder, and operator capabilities.
Alignment of Expertise: The consortium structure was recognised as the most effective way to integrate technical delivery with financing and operational expertise.
This engagement has helped to shape the delivery approach and procurement strategy for the project, ensuring alignment with market expectations and maximising the potential for success.
Welsh Government is now undertaking a further phase of structured pre-procurement market engagement. This phase is intended to support the refinement of the proposed delivery, legal and commercial approach ahead of the formal procurement.
As part of this engagement, Welsh Government is inviting interested organisations to provide feedback on the proposed legal and commercial principles for the Project, as set out in further detail in the MOI. Any feedback received may be used to inform the development of the formal procurement approach.
Welsh Government also intends to offer the opportunity for meetings with interested organisations during [March and April] 2026. These meetings are intended to provide a forum for high-level discussion of the Project and the proposed approach. Participation is voluntary and will not form part of the procurement process or influence any future tender evaluation. Any documentation shared as part of the engagement process and supplier meetings will be made available via the Sell2Wales notice so that interested parties that could not make the meetings have access to the information.
Further information on how interested organisations can register their feedback in relation to the anticipated procurement approach, or request a meeting with the Welsh Government, can be found in the MOI.
Previous notices published under the PCR 2015 in connection to this opportunity are as follows:
Bro Tathan - High Voltage Power Connection
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)
Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-016186
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0469b6
Published 22 May 2024, 2:32pm
All interested parties are encouraged to express an interest in the forthcoming procurement by sending an email to robert.stokes@burroughs.co.uk .
Please note that organisations will not be prevented from participating in any future procurement where they do not register an interest. Any information shared by the Welsh Government during the preliminary market engagement exercise will be made available to organisations via future notice amendments.
The MOI can be found by clicking on the following link: https://www.brotathan.wales/news
*****Amendment*****
Following publication of the preliminary market engagement notice (2026/S 000-025860), the Welsh Government is making available to all organisations that have registered an interest in the forthcoming Bro Tathan Power procurement, a questionnaire in relation to the project. Organisations that have yet to register their interest in the forthcoming procurement may do so by sending an email to robert.stokes@burroughs.co.uk.
Responses to the questionnaire may be used by the Welsh Government to inform the development of its approach to, amongst other things, the structure of the Project and any other aspects which the Welsh Government considers relevant, in preparation for the procurement which the Welsh Government currently anticipates launching in May or June 2026.
As explained in the preliminary market engagement notice and the corresponding documents made available at this stage, participation in market engagement activities, including the provision of feedback in response to the questionnaire, is optional and will not affect eligibility to participate in the forthcoming procurement. Any information shared by the Welsh Government during the preliminary market engagement exercise will be made available to all interested organisations in due course.
For the avoidance of doubt, the information which the Welsh Government has shared or will share as part of this preliminary market engagement has been and will be provided for general information only and does not constitute a call for competition, nor does it bind the Welsh Government as to the likely scope or structure of any future procurement or commit the Welsh Government to proceeding with any procurement whatsoever.
Responses to the questionnaire should be sent by email to robert.stokes@burroughs.co.uk by no later than 15th May 2026.