Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-24
Buyer: Elia Asset SA/NV
Country: BE
Region: BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71322000: Civil engineering design services | 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2016-04-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The high-voltage electricity systems around the German city of Aachen in Germany and Liège in Belgium are relatively well developed and close to each other but they are not yet directly connected.
Therefore, the 2 transmission system operators (TSO) in these areas, Elia (Belgium) and Amprion (Germany) have decided to lay an underground direct-current link between their transmission systems.
The whole route for this link, which will be laid underground and known as ALEGrO (standing for the Aachen-Liège Electric Grid Overlay), will use direct-current technology.
At each end of the ALEGrO link a HVDC-converter station will be installed which is connected to the existing AC-Grid. On the Belgian side, the converter station will be constructed near the 380kV substation of Lixhe.
The civil design of both structures is fully included in the EPC contractors' scope and all design and construction is under the full responsibility of the EPC Contractors. However, ELIA wishes to verify the design and construction in order to comply with its own regulatory and statutory obligations.
The Study Contractor shall be responsible for the verification of all engineering design, and on site control of the construction of the complete range of civil works, including, but not be limited to:
— Infrastructure such as rain water management system, cable trenches, roads and reinforcements, oil containment systems,
— Building services such as HVAC, fire protection, electrical systems, plumbing systems, lighting systems, sanitary installations, security systems.
— Civil works for the departing and receiving shafts such as foundations, revetment walls, bearing structures, concrete works, steel structures,
During construction phase, the Study Contractor represents the Client on the construction site and is responsible for the site supervision and coordination.
The mission will start at contract award expected in Q2-Q3/2016 and will end with the full completion of the construction works (expected in Q1/2020). These dates can be modified in function of the actual project plan.
The Applicant must request, complete and submit by the closing date (see IV.3.4)) the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) with the most actual available data together with the requested documents. The applicants must request the access to the Ariba platform used for this pre-qualification phase by sending an e-mail to pierreyves.guillermin@externel.be and dominique.vancraenendonck@elia.be Information to access the Ariba platform will be provided by return of e-mail as soon as possible. Applicants are advised to request this access as soon as possible. The information requested in the pre-qualification documents is significant.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information in PQQ.