Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-02
Buyer: INELFE - Interconexión Eléctrica Francia-España
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71317200
Submission deadline: 2022-12-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: CEF

Technical requirements: The Biscay Gulf Electrical Interconnection consists of the construction of a 2 000 MW link. This link is composed of 2 (two) circuits rated 1.000 MW each for DC operating voltage of 400 kV, in total comprised of 4 (four) power cables, 4 (four) converter station terminals located close to 400 kV Gatica substation (Spain) and Cubnezais substation (France). The length of the route is estimated to be approximately 400 km long starting in Spanish País Vasco region (near Bilbao) to an ending point in Nouvelle Aquitaine (Gironde department, near Bordeaux).
The interconnection is composed of underground cables with total approximate route length of 100 km and submarine cables with total approximate route length of 300 km.
The “Biscay Gulf Electrical Interconnection FR-ES” is a joint project developed by INELFE on behalf of Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) and Red Eléctrica de Espagna (REE) respectively the transmission system operators in France and Spain.
HSE Service designated for the installation of 4 (four) power cables of a total underground cable route length of approximately 15 km in Spanish side and about 80 km in French side to comply with the obligations set forth in the Labour Code, the Environmental Code and the Code of Transport, as well as with the health, safety and environmental regulations for maritime infrastructure and port facilities that are applicable in Spain and France.
Biscay Gulf Electrical Interconnection FR-ES - Connecting Europe Facility programme - Trans-European Energy(ref. 2.7-0013-FRES-W-M-17).
Official communications shall be conducted via message board on the project’s e-sourcing platform. All communications throughout the tender process related to the INELFE Biscay of Gulf project must be sent via this way. Any communications not sent via this e-sourcing portal may not receive any response.
All costs of completing and submitting any submission and any presentations of the submission are the responsibility of the Applicant(s).
Throughout the course of this procurement process, tenderers may be asked to translate and resubmit documents in French and/or in Spanish at their own expense.
The following documents are to be provided by the applicant as part of its reply to the notice to tender. The lack of provision of the requested documents will lead to the applicant not being selected for the invitation to tender:
—	all economical and financial documentation shall be certified by legal competent entities of the country of the applicant or by third party auditor,
- Total turnover of your company in the best of the last three (3) years in the activity of consulting, auditing, coordination and supervision in matters of Health and Safety in electrical installations >= 400.000 EUR
- Total invoicing of your company for the last three (3) years in the activity of consulting, auditing, coordination and supervision in matters of Health and Safety >= 1.200.000 EUR
—	List of references and certificates that support similar project activities in the last ten years. Mandatory at least to fill two references and attach a file with two certificates with the following information:
These references must be documented and endorsed by a signature authorized by the client for whom the work has been carried out.
—    (Optional) Health & Safety policies including but not limited to Drug & Alcohol, Safe Driving, Welfare

Eligibility requirements: Single company or Consortium shall meet the minimum requirements defined. Details of conditions will be described in the PQQ. All costs of completing and submitting any submission and any presentations of the submission are the responsibility of the Applicant(s). Throughout the course of this procurement process, tenderers may be asked to translate and resubmit documents in French and/or in Spanish at their own expense.