Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-17
Buyer: EDF EN France
Country: FR
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45251100: Construction work for power stations
Estimated value: 1 EUR
Submission deadline: 2017-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Floating photovoltaic power plant project in France — Turnkey contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing and Commissioning.
The procurement aims at providing a ‘turnkey contract’ including the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing and Commissioning for a floating photovoltaic power plant project located in France. Only the procurement of the photovoltaic modules is not to be included in the turnkey contract, since such modules will be provided by the Employer directly.
EDF EN France participates to the French solar tenders issued by the Commission de Régulation de l’Energie (CRE) (« Appel d’offres portant sur la réalisation et l’exploitation d’Installations de production d’électricité à partir de l’énergie solaire « Centrales au sol de puissance comprise entre 500 kWc et 17 MWc »). The rules of this tender are available on the CRE website.
As such, EDF EN France is launching a procurement process for the construction of a floating photovoltaic power plant. EDF EN France will be the Employer with regards to works related to the construction of this power plant.
It has to be noted that such power plant will be constructed only if such project is awarded by the CRE.
One floating photovoltaic power plant having a nameplate capacity between 15.6 and 17 MWp (exact value to be confirmed). List of principal activities:
— Engineering of the power plant. Design reviews will be carried out by the Employer to verify the conformance of the design with the requirements of the contract, design adequacy and compliance with applicable codes and standards, constructability, completeness and good engineering practices. Design reviews will be based on the deliverables required to be submitted by the Contractor, as specified in the contract
Works shall be compliant with the Employers’ requirements including Health and Safety provisions, project documentation and local norms and regulations from the relevant authorities.
For confidentiality reasons, the details of the requirements together with the procurement documents shall be accessed at https://pha.edf.com (RFx_049140), after the acceptance of a confidentiality agreement.
An option for the Operation & Maintenance of the power plant for a given duration could be exercised. This option will be precised in the procurement documents.
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via RFx_049140 through EDF's purchasing platform, called ‘Portail Achats’, accessible via this link: https://pha.edf.com. In order to access the purchasing portal and to submit a tender or request to participate, the candidate must register in advance on the platform.
Information, formalities and documents to be submitted by the candidates to evaluate if the requirements are met.
(If the company is a subsidiary, the name of the parent company and ultimate parent company must be stated as well as the name of a French representative, if any.)
— List of worldwide locations if any (subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, distributors) specifying the type of functionality (manufacturing, service, sales),
— An administration statement stamped and signed by the company that the work will be achieved by regular workers, according to the laws in force,

Eligibility requirements: Information, formalities and documents to be submitted by the candidates to evaluate if the requirements are met. The required information shall include as a minimum the following information/documentation: — Company's description/ presentation, — Corporate ownership and corporate structure details, (If the company is a subsidiary, the name of the parent company and ultimate parent company must be stated as well as the name of a French representative, if any.) — Corporate headquarters details, — List of worldwide locations if any (subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, distributors) specifying the type of functionality (manufacturing, service, sales), — An administration statement stamped and signed by the company that the work will be achieved by regular workers, according to the laws in force, — A sworn statement dated, stamped and signed by the Company stating that the candidate is not in one of the 4 situations cited in points 1) to 4) below (full text to be entirely transcribed in the sworn statement): 1) Those candidates who have, within the last five years, been handed down a final sentence for one of the offences provided for in Articles 222-38, 222-40, 226-13, 313-1 to 313-3, 314-1 to 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6, 413-9 to 413-12, 421-1 to 421-2-3, subparagraph two of Article 421-5, Article 433-1, subparagraph two of Article 433-2,subparagraph eight of Article 434-9, subparagraph two of Article 434-9-1, Articles 435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 to 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 and 450-1 of the French penal code, Article 1741 of the French general tax code and Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French defense code and L.317-8 of the French interior security code. 2) Those candidates who have, within the last five years, been handed down a sentence listed on report n° 2 of the criminal records bureau for the offences referred to in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L.8231-1, L.8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L 8251-2 of the French labour code. 3) Those candidates subject to the compulsory liquidation proceedings provided for in Article L. 640-1 of the French commercial code, those individuals whose personal bankruptcy has been pronounced under Articles L.653-1 to L. 653-8 of the same code as well as those persons subject to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction. Candidates admitted to the compulsory reorganization proceedings laid down by Article L. 631-1 of the French commercial code or to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction must provide evidence that they have been authorized to continue their activities throughout the foreseeable term of execution of the contract. 4) Those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, had not fulfilled their obligations in terms of tax and social security declarations or had not paid the tax and contributions payable on that date. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, had not paid the various amounts due on that date or provided any guarantees, but who had, before the date of the launch of the tender and without any enforcement measures having been taken by the accountant or the agency responsible for collection, either paid the said amounts or provided guarantees deemed sufficient by the accountant or the agency responsible for collection. Individuals who are legal or de facto directors of a legal entity that does not satisfy the conditions provided for in this subparagraph may not personally tender for a contract. These conditions are applicable to the candidates and to each of the members of a group wishing to tender as a single candidate. The sworn statement shall be provided by the candidate, all the members of the consortium or joint venture, and also by the proposed subcontractors.

Award value: 1