Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-07-25
Region: FR105
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71351000
Submission deadline: 2024-09-03
Award criteria: price

Technical requirements: The candidate must provide a declaration on his honour, duly dated and signed, to prove that he does not fall into any cases of exclusion from the procedure for awarding contracts subject to public procurement, mentioned in articles L.2141-1 to L.2141-5 and L.2141-7 to L.2141-11.
Such exclusions include, but are not limited to :
 1.1) sentences handed down by a criminal court relating to corruption in the broadest sense, bribery, influence peddling, unlawful taking of interest, fraud, breach of trust, forgery, money laundering, participation in a criminal conspiracy, for acts of terrorism, for narcotics ;
1.2) failures to comply with social security or tax obligations, established either by a judge or by the authorities responsible for collecting taxes, social security contributions and levies, or by the labour inspectorates and similar bodies;
1.3) a state of compulsory liquidation, bankruptcy or receivership for which there is no authorisation to continue trading for the foreseeable duration of the performance of the public contract, or for which there is no receivership plan, recorded by the Commercial Court;
1.4) infringement of the rules on combating illegal employment, observed by the Labour Inspectorate and similar services or reported by the latter to the representatives of the State.
2) For companies with more than 20 employees: and that the company has complied with Articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the French Labour Code concerning the employment of disabled workers.
3) For applicants established OUTSIDE France: provide a declaration on honour of payment of the sums due in respect of fines for failure to declare seconded workers (R.2143-8 of the Public Procurement Code and R.1263-12 of the Labour Code).
4) not to be in one of the cases provided for in 1° of Article 5 duodecies of European Union Council Regulation No. 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 concerning restrictive measures with regard to Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.
RTE, the French electricity transmission system operator, is responsible for the development, implementation and operation of the connection of offshore wind farms to the French public power transmission system. In this context, RTE intends to carry out Geophysical surveys for its future Offshore Substations and Submarine Cables (excluding Landfall). The purpose of this Contract notice is to introduce the 3 potential waves of call for tenders covering some Geophysical survey needs in the coming years and in particular from 2025 to 2026.
Estimated number of projects from 2025 to 2026: 4 projects. RTE reserves the right to cancel or add a project.
Offshore, Nearshore waters: Channel sea, Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea
Candidates must send duly completed and signed forms DC1 and DC2 with their request to participate. These documents can be obtained from the following address: https://www.economie.gouv.fr/daj/formulaires-declaration-du-candidat
1) For applicants established "in France":
- transmission of the unique identification number (SIREN) issued by INSEE, or an identification card proving registration in the trade register (original or copy) dated less than 3 months before the response deadline, or a receipt for the filing of a declaration with a centre for business formalities for legal entities or individuals in the process of registering.
2) For applicants established "outside France" :
- a document from 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 entry in the professional register and certifying the application for registration in the said register.
-a document stating its identity and address or, where applicable, the details of its tax representative in France. 
- a declaration on honour of payment of the sums due in respect of fines for failure to declare seconded workers (R.2143-8 of the Public Order Code and R.1263-12 of the Labour Code).
For all candidates :
1) For companies with more than 20 employees: and that it is in compliance with Articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labour Code concerning the employment of disabled workers.
2) not to be in one of the cases provided for in 1° of Article 5 duodecies of Council of the European Union Regulation No. 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 concerning restrictive measures with regard to Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.
3) Candidate belonging to the EDF Group or the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) Group 
In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of articles L111-10 et seq. of the Energy Code, a candidate or a member of the consortium controlled directly or indirectly by a company belonging to EDF or the CDC must include in its application a statement giving details of the capital link with one of the aforementioned companies.
This information, produced in French, must be provided by individual candidates, by each member of a candidate group and, where applicable, by any subcontractors presented.
The excel file "24259-PQQ_Rev.0" available under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com shall be filled in by each candidate and submitted in the RFI under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com.
Minimum turnover required is set out in the excel file "24259-PQQ_Rev.0" enclosed in the dossier "RFI-24259 : Geophysical Surveys for installation engineering of Offshore Substations and Submarine Cable Routes (excluding Landfall)" available under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com. The excel file "24259-PQQ_Rev.0" shall be filled in by each candidate and submitted in the RFI under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com.
Documents to be provided are the following:
 - the portions of the turnover associated to the type of services requested in the contract notice for the the last 3 years (2021, 2022, 2023)
 - a brief summary of Candidate's history and also an organizational chart detailing the Candidate organization (mentioning the number of employees)
 - a presentation of the Candidate entity from a legal point of view
 - the name of the direct parent company and the ultimate holding company of the Candidate
 - the shareholding diagram of the Candidate
 - In case the Candidate plans to subcontract a part of its activities related the contract notice, please provide the scope of work planned to be subcontracted and the subcontractor name if known at that time. 
The excel file "24259-PQQ_Rev.0" available under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com shall be filled in by each candidate and submitted in the RFI under the link https://rte-france.bravosolution.com.