Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-23
Buyer: RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité
Country: FR
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34710000: Helicopters and aeroplanes
Submission deadline: 2022-04-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: RTE is working hard to make the drone a major ally for grid maintenance in the coming years. This is why, the MOMARTE (Modernization of RTE's aerial resources) initiative is up and running for several years. MOMARTE brings together projects that contribute to integrating new developments in the air sector and drones in RTE's activities.
One of the MOMARTE projects aims to automate power line inspection with drones (ATTILA) and provide RTE with a certified drone by the aeronautical authority for industrial operations.
This contract notice follows the project presentation roadshow that took place on 22 February. The support shared during the session is available on Bravo Solution.
1. the application phase, for which this contract notice is the only means of registering in the consultation process. After receiving the applications, the application of the aptitude criteria will lead to the selection of a maximum of 6 candidates.
2. the phase of analysis of the technical and economic files at the end of which the 3 best candidates will be selected
3. the extended evaluation phase with Studies content, Aeronautical audit and Test flights at the end of which the contract will be awarded to the candidate obtaining the best overall score.
The draft of the specification document and its appendix and the presentation support shared during the roadshow are available on Bravo Solution.
The applications which meet the conditions for participation and demonstrate their economic and financial capacity as well as their technical and professional capability constitute the long list.
In the event that the number of candidates making up the long list is greater than the maximum number of candidates admitted to tender, the selection criteria below will be applied in order to determine the short list of suppliers admitted to participate in the consultation:
- Relevance of the presentation of the candidate and its demonstrator demonstrating its ability to meet the needs and expectations of RTE /18 points
The deployment of each phase of the contract is conditional on the achievement of the requirements set in the previous phase (this will be precised in the documents of the consultation)
. Document issued by the authorities holding the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration or, for companies in the process of being set up, a document dated less than 3 months from the authority authorised to receive the registration in the professional register and certifying the application for registration in the said register
. Statement on honour, dated and signed, justifying that it does not fall within any of the cases of prohibition of tendering mentioned in articles 45 and 48 of order n°2015-899 of 23.7.2015 relating to public contracts and that it is in order with regard to articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labour Code concerning the employment of disabled workers
. Present the staff turnover rate for 2019, 2020 and 2021 according to the following formula for the year under consideration
[[(number of departures + number of arrivals)/2]/number of employees on 1 January of the year in question] X 100

Eligibility requirements: Applicant established in France: Kbis or equivalent less than 3 months old Applicant established outside France : . Document issued by the authorities holding the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration or, for companies in the process of being set up, a document dated less than 3 months from the authority authorised to receive the registration in the professional register and certifying the application for registration in the said register . Document mentioning his identity and address For all candidates: . In the event of legal redress, a copy of the judgements pronounced . Copy of the insurance certificates, in connection with the subject of the contract . Statement on honour, dated and signed, justifying that it does not fall within any of the cases of prohibition of tendering mentioned in articles 45 and 48 of order n°2015-899 of 23.7.2015 relating to public contracts and that it is in order with regard to articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labour Code concerning the employment of disabled workers . Present the staff turnover rate for 2019, 2020 and 2021 according to the following formula for the year under consideration [[(number of departures + number of arrivals)/2]/number of employees on 1 January of the year in question] X 100 . Present the distribution of contracts within the company (number of fixed-term contracts, number of permanent contracts) Candidate belonging to the EDF Group or the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) Group: Declaration indicating the capital link that it has with one or more companies in the EDF Group or the CDC