Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-01-14
Buyer: RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité
Country: FR
Region: FR105
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45220000 | 45244000: Marine construction works | 45255120 | 45255410 | 45255420
Submission deadline: 2025-02-03
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 of the French Public Procurement Code (code de la commande publique). 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 French Public Procurement Code and R.1263-12 of the French 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 intends to launch a call for bid for HVDC VSC onshore converter stations and offshore substations part of 1.2 GW HVDC links at DC operating voltage 320 kV connecting Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs) to the French grid. RTE intends to enter into contracts with the selected contractors for the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) and Maintenance (LTSA) related to the onshore converter stations and offshore substations including, as the case may be, with a Multi-Project Agreement (MPA).
The exhaustive list of selection criteria is provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available on the RTE e-procurement platform https://rte-france.bravolution.com.
Financial guarantees and bonds will be required, the types and amounts will be defined/prescribed in the Invitation to Tender in compliance with French Law.
Contractual conditions will be specified under the Invitation to Tender.

Eligibility requirements: The exhaustive list of selection criteria is provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available on the RTE e-procurement platform https://rte-france.bravolution.com.
Financial guarantees and bonds will be required, the types and amounts will be defined/prescribed in the Invitation to Tender in compliance with French Law.
Contractual conditions will be specified under the Invitation to Tender.
Confidentiality agreement is required and available under request on the RTE e-procurement platform (https://rte-france.bravosolution.com).
Price is not the only award criterion. All criteria will be stated in the Invitation to Tender.
A claim in a pre-contractual summary proceeding is possible as stated in articles 5 et seq. of Order NO.2009-515 of 7 May of 2009 related to complaint proceedings applicable to public procurement contracts. The appeal must be lodged before the conclusion of the contract. A claim in a contractual summary proceeding is possible as stated in articles 11 et seq. of Order NO.2009-515 of 7 May of 2009 related to complaint proceedings applicable to public procurement contracts. The appeal must be lodged at the latest on the thirty first (31st) day following the publication of the contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union or, for the contracts based on a framework agreement or on a dynamic purchasing system, following the notification of the contract signature. In the absence of publication of the award notice or in the absence of notification of the contract signature, an application to the competent court may be made until the expiry of a six (6) months period starting at the day after the contract award as stated in article 1441-3 of the Civil Procedure Code.
1 (one) multi-terminal HVDC Voltage Sourced Converter (VSC) converter system in symmetrical monopole configuration operating at DC voltage of 320 kV composed of: 
-	2 (two) onshore converter stations (one in Gironde and one in Loire-Atlantique) with capacity of 1.2 GW connected by RTE to the nearest 400kV AC existing substation located respectively in Gironde and Loire-Atlantique; and 
-	1 (one) offshore substation composed of 1 (one) offshore converter platform and 1 (one) offshore converter station with capacity of 1.2 GW including the AC switchgear to connect to the grid an Offshore Wind Farm (OWF); and 
-	1 (one) potential offshore substation composed of 1 (one) offshore converter platform and 1 (one) offshore converter station with capacity of 1.2 GW including the AC switchgear to connect to the grid another Offshore Wind Farm (OWF).
The scope includes especially the design (including detailed design), engineering, procurement, manufacturing, supply, transportation, installation, construction (including onshore civil works and all offshore supporting structure), testing, onshore and offshore commissioning, spares provision, operational handover, warranty and maintenance.
Onshore and Offshore France

Winner: Publications Office of the European Union