Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-04-17
Buyer: EuroAsia Interconnector Limited
Country: CY
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31000000 | 31121110 | 31170000 | 31321220 | 31321500
Estimated value: 1020000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-06-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect Crete and Attica in Greece, Cyprus and Israel, and will comprise four converter stations with sea electrodes, interconnected by cables. The initial development will allow the transfer of minimum 1 000 MW between converter stations and the envisaged voltage level will be ±400 kV or more.
This procurement process concerns the design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation and commissioning of the four HVDC-VSC Converters and the four sea-electrodes including the MVDC submarine cables that are needed to connect them together. One Converter and one sea-electrode will be installed in each location, namely Attica, Crete, Cyprus and Israel.
The places of performance are Attica and Crete in Greece, Cyprus and Israel. Part of the Contract shall be executed offshore in the above locations.
EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect Crete and Attica in Greece, Cyprus and Israel, and will comprise four converter stations with sea electrodes, interconnected by cables. The initial development will allow the transfer of minimum 1 000 MW between converter stations and the envisaged voltage level will be ±400 kV or more. The scheme will be developed under four tender procedures:
This tender procedure concerns the first of the abovementioned tender procedures and encompasses the design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation and commissioning of the 4 HVDC-VSC Converters and the 4 sea-electrodes including the MVDC submarine cables that will connect the land MVDC cables at the landing point with the sea electrodes. 1 Converter and its associated sea-electrode will be installed in each of the 4 locations, namely Israel, Cyprus, Crete and Attica.
All qualified Candidates satisfying the objective criteria will be invited to participate in the Award stage of this negotiated procedure.
To qualify for participation in the Award stage, objective criteria / requirements for the personal situation, the economic and financial standing and the technical and professional ability of the Candidates must be satisfied.
Details for the qualification requirements are provided in the “Invitation to Participate in Negotiated Process with prior Call for Competition” for the Contract with title “EuroAsia Interconnector VSC HVDC Converters” that can be found at www.euroasia-interconnector/procurement
The Economic Operators must request the access to the Ariba platform used for this Pre-qualification phase via email. Detailed information is available in the “Invitation to Participate in Negotiated Process with prior Call for Competition” for the Contract with title “EuroAsia Interconnector VSC HVDC Converters” that can be found at www.euroasia-interconnector/procurement
EuroAsia Interconnector is a cluster Project of Common Interest (PCI 3.10) of the EU consisting of three PCIs:
The Project has been approved for grants by CEF in 2 occasions (Action 3.10.1-0028-CY-S-M-14 and Action 3.10.1-0004-CYEL-S-M-16).
The full list and details on the requirements are provided in the "Invitation to Participate in Negotiated Process with prior Call for Competition" for the Contract with title "EuroAsia Interconnector VSC HVDC Converters" that can be found at www.euroasia-interconnector/procurement
To participate in the tender procedure, interested economic operators must meet the following requirements.
Exclusion is also applicable if the person convicted by final judgement or having admitted any of the above, is a member of an administrative, management or supervisory body of the Economic Operator or has powers of representation, decision or control therein.
b. They must not be in breach of their obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions as at the closing date for the submission of Tenders, where these have been established by a judicial or administrative decision having final and binding effect in accordance with the legal provisions of the Republic of Cyprus or with those of the country where they are established.

Eligibility requirements: The full list and details on the requirements are provided in the "Invitation to Participate in Negotiated Process with prior Call for Competition" for the Contract with title "EuroAsia Interconnector VSC HVDC Converters" that can be found at www.euroasia-interconnector/procurement To participate in the tender procedure, interested economic operators must meet the following requirements. Concerning their personal situation (Legal Requirements): a. They must not have been convicted by final judgement and neither have admitted: — participation in a criminal organisation, — corruption, — fraud, — terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist or inciting, aiding or abetting an offence, — money laundering or terrorist financing, — child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings. Exclusion is also applicable if the person convicted by final judgement or having admitted any of the above, is a member of an administrative, management or supervisory body of the Economic Operator or has powers of representation, decision or control therein. b. They must not be in breach of their obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions as at the closing date for the submission of Tenders, where these have been established by a judicial or administrative decision having final and binding effect in accordance with the legal provisions of the Republic of Cyprus or with those of the country where they are established. It is noted that the Contracting Entity can exclude an Economic Operator from participation in the procurement procedure where it can demonstrate by any appropriate means that the Economic Operator is in breach of its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions. c. They must not be bankrupt or the subject of insolvency or winding-up proceedings, their assets must not have administered by a liquidator or by the court, they must not be in an arrangement with creditors, their business activities must not be suspended, and they must not be in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations. d. They must not be guilty of grave professional misconduct which renders their integrity questionable, as this can be demonstrated by the Contracting Entity by appropriate means. e. They must not have entered into agreements with other Economic Operators aimed at distorting competition, where the Contracting Entity has reasonably plausible indications to conclude so. f. They must not have a conflict of interest that cannot be effectively remedied without excluding them from participation in the tender procedure. g. They must not have distorted the competition from the prior involvement in the preparation of the procurement procedure, unless this can be effectively remedied without excluding them from participation in the tender procedure. h. They must not have shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, a prior contract with a contracting entity or a prior concession contract which led to early termination of that prior contract, damages or other comparable sanctions. i. They must not be guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria, must not have withheld such information or are not able to submit the supporting documents required. If the Candidate is a consortium of natural and/or legal persons, the above requirements must be met by all consortium members. The same requirements must be met by the entities whose capacities the Candidate is invoking. Further requirements / conditions and the forms to be submitted can be found in the invitation at www.euroasia-interconnector/procurement

Award value: 1020000000