Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-12-03
Buyer: RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71631000 | 71730000
Submission deadline: 2021-12-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Testing, manufacturing, expertise and assembling follow up of HVAC and HVDC cable and substation systems
One of the mission of RTE as French transmission system operator is to develop the French HV network. To develop the grid, RTE uses different vendors for the supply and installation of HV cable and substation systems. RTE wants to improve quality surveillance and is seeking for inspector to do so. The expected services are split in 4 different lots described thereafter.
- Check that all equipment used by the Inspected Entity are correctly calibrated and have a calibration certificate,
- Witness the tests included in the compliance tests sequence and check that their achievement is in compliance with RTE specification(s) and provide associated witness reports,
- Check if test certificate and report given by the Inspected Entity are compliant with what has been witnessed,
- If any, in case of failure or any issue during testing, manufacturing, installation or operation, it could be required to participate to expertise and to support RTE on root cause analysis and/or potential corrective and mitigations actions suggested by the Inspected Entity
The long list is made up of applications that meet the conditions for participation and demonstrate their economic and financial capacity as well as their technical and professional capabilities.
Should the number of candidates making up the long list be higher than the maximum number of candidates admitted to tender, these criteria will be applied to determine the short list of suppliers admitted to participate in the consultation.
- Relevance of the candidate's presentation demonstrating understanding of the need and ability to meet it (presentation, staffing, mobility and expert profile) (/60 points)
- For each lot, relevance of the 2 similar references (or equivalent) carried out in the past 5 years on similar missions with RTE's like clients (/40 points)
- Check that all equipment used by the Inspected Entity are correctly calibrated and have a calibration certificate,
- Witness the tests included in the compliance tests sequence and check that their achievement is in compliance with RTE specification(s) and provide associated witness reports,
- Check if test certificate and report given by the Inspected Entity are compliant with what has been witnessed,
- If any, in case of failure or any issue during testing, manufacturing, installation or operation, it could be required to participate to expertise and to support RTE on root cause analysis and/or potential corrective and mitigations actions suggested by the Inspected Entity
The long list is made up of applications that meet the conditions for participation and demonstrate their economic and financial capacity as well as their technical and professional capabilities.

Eligibility requirements: □ The consortium declaration if applicable, completed, dated and signed by all members; □ A valid registration certificate (“Kbis” or equivalent) dated from less than 3 months; □ A valid memorandum of insurance stating the amount covered per type of damage.