Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-02-26
Buyer: Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34513500 | 34513550 | 71351210 | 71351710 | 71352120
Submission deadline: 2021-03-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Seabed clearance, UXO and Identification survey in 6 m to 100 m water depths on the Provence Grand Large Export and Inter-array cables routes and contingency layout.
For part of the scope, Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large is acting on behalf of and for RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité).
The project is located approximately 40 km west from Marseille, at the entry of the Gulf of Fos at 16 km from the Napoleon beach car park, at Port ‘Saint Louis du Rhône’.
The scope of services consists in 3 main activities — water depth (mean/min/max): 99 m/96 m/102 m/distance between 2 floating offshore wind turbines ~(900 m; 1000 m)
Package 1: clearance certification shall cover approx. a 50 m wide corridor along the export cable (export cable route offshore part is about 19 km long) and consists in:
• verification of a target and deviation route to be surveyed in case of M_030 Anomaly classified as suspicious in KP 14 Box via SSS/MAG. Clearance verification on MAG anomaly shall cover a minimum of 20 m radius around the position and the target detected by SSS and MAG assets;
• validation of the export cable route (19 km, surveyed in 2017), via SSS (MAG data being already available). Clearance certification shall cover a 50 m wide corridor along the export cable route by SSS only.
— Package 2 consists in a validation of the position selected as contingency layout for nine (9) suction piles (Chirp 3D and SSS only, MAG data being already available):
• clearance verification shall cover a minimum of 20 m radius around the 9 suction piles positions planned by to clear the field and Chirp 3D to verify ‘deep’ layer;
• the expected performances with Chirp 3 D must allow a good overview of the treated layer at not less than 5/6 meters deep and show (or not) the absence of potential obstruction impacting the installation of the 3 FOWT.
• clearance verification shall cover a 40 m wide corridor along the IAC original route planned by SSS and MAG assets;
• clearance certification shall cover also a 40 m wide corridor along the different IAC deviation route option in case of FOWT moving positions.
— data process and interpretation onshore/reports delivery: With data acquisition with 200 % overlapping/classification of obstruction (classification sheet), proofreading with PGL and target
list creation offshore with specific overview on high level targets of interest in terms of UXO risk and position impacting the next steps of the project/issue of UXO clearance certificates and
The limitation on the number of candidates will be based on the analysis and ranking of applications against the criteria set out in III.1.2) and III.1.3).

Eligibility requirements: Candidate shall provide in his application: — an extract from the registration in the Trade and Companies Register (Kbis form or registration form) dated less than 3 months before the deadline for reply; or a certificate of deposit of the declaration filled at a business registration centre for legal or natural persons in the course of being registered; — a document stating his identity and address or, where applicable, details of his tax representative in France. The following candidates cannot bid: 1) Those candidates who have, within the last 5 years, been handed down a final sentence for one of the offences provided for in Articles 222-34 to 222-40, 225-4-1, 225-4-7, 313-1, 313-3, 314-1, 324-1, 324-5, 324-6, 421-1 to 421-2-4, 421-5, 432-10, 432-11, 432-12 to 432-16, 433-1, 433-2, 434-9, 434-9-1, 435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 to 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 to 445-2-1 or 450-1 of the French Penal Code, Article 1741 to 1743, 1746 or 1747 of the French General Tax Code; 2) Those candidates who have, within the last 3 years, been handed down a final sentence listed on Report No 2 of the Criminal Records Bureau for one of 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, or for one of the offences provided for in Article L. 1146-1 of the same Code and in Article 225-1 of the French Penal Code. Those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, have not fulfilled their obligations relating to the negotiation obligation provided for in Article L. 2242-1, 2° of the French Labour Code; as well as those candidates who have, within the last three years, been handed down a final sentence for the offence referred to in Article 131-39, 5° of the French Penal 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 or those candidates subject to court-supervised administration proceedings provided for in Article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, as well as those candidates subject to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates admitted to court-supervised administration proceedings provided for in Article L.631-1 of the French Commercial Code or to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction who provide evidence that they have been authorised to continue their activities throughout the foreseeable term of execution of the contract; 4) Those candidates who had not fulfilled their obligations in terms of tax and social security declarations or had not paid the payable tax and contributions. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates who, prior to the date on which the procuring entity determines the candidates’ admissibility, had not paid the various amounts due or provided any guarantees, but who had, 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; 5) Those candidates who have been subjected to a measure of exclusion from administrative contracts by virtue of an administrative decision taken in application of Article L. 8272-4 of the French Labour Code. In order to provide evidence that it is not in one of the situations cited in points 1) to 5) above, the candidate must furnish a sworn statement, dated and signed. For the situations cited in point 4) above, the candidate must also provide the certificates issued by the competent authorities and bodies. These conditions apply to the candidate and to each of the members of a group wishing to tender as a single candidate.