Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-02-19
Buyer: RTE — Réseau de Transport d'Electricité
Country: FR
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31321300 | 31321500 | 44321000 | 45231400 | 45314310
Submission deadline: 2021-03-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this notice is to achieve a contract to cover offshore cable repair preparedness, engineering and operations, including provision of vessels, personnel and equipment/tools, for offshore wind farm export cables in the English Channel, in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea.
— project, quality and HSE management throughout all preparedness, engineering and repair activities,
— mobilisation of the contractor with the required repair vessel(s), personnel and equipment in a timeframe to minimise the asset down-time (to be specified at tender stage). Dedicated vessel(s) on stand-by is not expected,
— overall scope of cable repair, including fault location, related surveys, cable deburial and cutting, cable handling, recovery, laying, repair joint deployment, cable and repair joint burial and protection, monitoring/testing along the repair operations. Cable sealing, jointing and terminations works are excluded,
— specific activities related to cable repair at Landfall and at the Offshore Platform, including mobilisation and demobilisation of required equipment onshore or at the Offshore Platform, and cable pull-in activities,
— where/if required, preventive maintenance on export cable dynamic sections and accessories for Floating Offshore Wind Farms.
The documents and attestations listed below must be written in French or be accompanied by a translation in French certified by a sworn translator as being in conformity with the original.
— an extract of the registration in the Trade and Companies Register (K bis form), or an identification card justifying the registration in the trade register (original or copy) dated less than 3 months before the deadline for response; or a receipt of the filing of a declaration with a business formalities center for legal entities or individuals in the process of registration.
— a document issued by the authorities holding the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration or, for companies in the process of being created, a document dated less than 3 months prior to the authority entitled to receive registration in the professional register and certifying the application for registration in the said register,
— a document mentioning his identity and address or, if applicable, the contact details of his tax representative in France
— a dated and signed sworn statement justifying that the candidate is not prohibited from bidding in any of the cases mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 of Order no. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018 containing the legislative part of the Public Procurement Code and that the candidate is in compliance with articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of disabled workers,
In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 111-10 et seq. of the Energy Code, a candidate who is part of the EDF Group (directly or indirectly controlled by a company of the EDF Group) must include in his application file a statement indicating the capital link he has with a company or companies of the EDF Group.
These elements produced in French are to be provided by the individual candidates, by each member of a candidate group and, where applicable, by the subcontractors presented.
The candidate (or each Party in case of JV/Consortium) has an average turnover of EUR 5 million for the year 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Information and formalities necessary to evaluate if the requirements are met are prescribed within the PQQ.

Eligibility requirements: The documents and attestations listed below must be written in French or be accompanied by a translation in French certified by a sworn translator as being in conformity with the original. In case of JV/Consortium, the below documents must be provided for each party. The candidate must send along with his Pre-Qualifications Questionnaire (PQQ) application. For candidate established in France: — an extract of the registration in the Trade and Companies Register (K bis form), or an identification card justifying the registration in the trade register (original or copy) dated less than 3 months before the deadline for response; or a receipt of the filing of a declaration with a business formalities center for legal entities or individuals in the process of registration. For candidate established outside France: — a document issued by the authorities holding the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration or, for companies in the process of being created, a document dated less than 3 months prior to the authority entitled to receive registration in the professional register and certifying the application for registration in the said register, — a document mentioning his identity and address or, if applicable, the contact details of his tax representative in France For all candidates: — a dated and signed sworn statement justifying that the candidate is not prohibited from bidding in any of the cases mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 of Order no. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018 containing the legislative part of the Public Procurement Code and that the candidate is in compliance with articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of disabled workers, — in the event of receivership, a copy of the judgment(s) pronounced. For candidate part of the EDF Group: In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 111-10 et seq. of the Energy Code, a candidate who is part of the EDF Group (directly or indirectly controlled by a company of the EDF Group) must include in his application file a statement indicating the capital link he has with a company or companies of the EDF Group. These elements produced in French are to be provided by the individual candidates, by each member of a candidate group and, where applicable, by the subcontractors presented.