Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-20
Buyer: EuroAsia Interconnector Limited
Country: CY
Region: KYPROS / KIBRIS
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71241000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71315000: Building services
Submission deadline: 2016-09-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: CEF

Technical requirements: The EuroAsia Interconnector project links the electrical systems of Israel, Cyprus and continental Greece (via Crete) through 500KV sub-marine DC cables and HVDC onshore stations in each country/location and have a total capacity of 2 000 MW. The project creates an energy bridge between the 2 continents with a total length of the interconnector of 1 520 km, and creates a reliable alternative corridor for transferring electricity to Europe and allow for reverse transmission of electricity.
Stage 1 of the EuroAsia Interconnector consist of a 500 kV submarine cable with a total capacity of 1 000 MW and 8 HVDC onshore stations.
The project promoter of the EuroAsia Interconnector is EuroAsia Interconnector Limited, a subsidiary of Cyprus-based Quantum Energy Limited and with the participation of Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) S.A. The interconnector project has been included in the list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) of the European Union, as a cluster PCI consisting of the following PCIs:
In order to implement the project, the following activities are required to ensure adequate technological surveillance in the context of the whole extension of the project.
1. Front End Engineering Design (FEED) activity consist of performing the final review of all the results of the activities completed in the pre-feasibility, feasibility and final system configuration assessment stages and to perform the studies needed to define the tender functional specifications of the system components and subsystems which consist of:
a. AC cable interconnections to the existing AC substations for the interconnection of the HVDC link to the existing AC network.
c. HVDC and MVDC cables, considering both the land sections and the submarine links (Israel-Cyprus, Crete-Cyprus, Crete-Attica).
d. Sea electrodes / return cables provided for the emergency mono-polar operation of portions of the system.
2. Assistance to the EuroAsia Interconnector Project Executor (PE) in selecting the contractor(s) for the project execution through international competitive tendering processes.
3. Assistance to the PE in the analysis and revision of the detailed system studies performed by the awarded contractor(s) for:
in order to verify that the final technical specifications defined by the contractor ful-fill the functional requirements.
4. Assistance to the PE in ensuring that all project works are carried out in accordance with contracts in terms of quality and schedule including Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), commissioning and trial operation assistance.
Part number 4 of the requested Support Services (see Section II.1.5)) may be optional. Detailed Information will be provided in the ITT documents, to the selected Economic Operators following the evaluation of the requests to participate.
Submission of guarantees is not required during the pre-qualification stage. The participation guarantee required during the award stage as well as other guarantees will be defined in the invitation to tender.
Co-Financing from European funding such as the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is under consideration.