Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-10-18
Buyer: RTE Réseau de Transport D'Electricité
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72600000
Estimated value: 9000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-11-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The tendered subject consists in the delivery of Project Management Office (“PMO”) Services for the Market Coupling Steering Committee (All European TSOs and NEMOs), there will be needs for TSOs and NEMO and also for TSOs only. NEMO stands for a Nominated Electricity Market Operator .NEMOs are the organisations mandated to run the day-ahead and intraday integrated electricity markets in the EU. TSO stand for Transmission System Operator. TSOs provide grid access to the electricity market players according to non-discriminatory and transparent rules. In many countries, TSOs are in charge of the development of the grid infrastructure too.The Market Coupling Steering Committee (MCSC) facilitates all common European tasks necessary for the efficient and secure design, implementation and operation of single day-ahead coupling (SDAC) and single intraday coupling (SIDC).17 NEMOs and 32 TSOs are part of this MCSC structure.
The PMO selected shall be able to support MCSC project bodies (MCSC, Working Groups and Task Forces) in the following tasks:
o	Drafting the agenda, preparing session files and notices of the MCSC meetings and distributing them on behalf of the Co-Chairs;
o	Verifying, for decisions on the agenda subject to a pre-alignment, if a NEMO Vote and TSO Vote have been reached and whether they match or not;
-	Project management (organising and coordinating of calls and meetings, drafting the agenda and session files of meetings, and preparing meetings minutes)
The applications which meet the conditions for participation and demonstrate their administrative suitability (III.1.1), economic and financial standing (III.1.2) as well as their technical and professional ability (III.1.3) constitute the long list.
In the event that the number of candidates making up the long list is greater than the maximum number of candidates admitted to tender, the selection criteria below will be applied in order to determine the short list of suppliers admitted to participate in the consultation.
-Quality and number of significant references on PMO Services, preferably in the field of day-ahead and intra-day market coupling integration and experience:
--> Demonstrate a list of significant references on assignments on PMO services in the energy sector, preferably on day-ahead and intra-day market coupling integration/12 points
-Relevance and quality of resources in the field of day-ahead and intra-day market coupling integration and experience:
-->Demonstrate a sufficient number of PMO profiles by seniority in relation to the purpose of the mission /8 points
-->Demonstrate a typical profile related to the mission on PMO support, preferably on day-ahead and intra-day market coupling integration /8 points
— the company full legal name, address, VTA identification number, Registration number, and Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) Number ;
— a certificate of incorporation/registration (K-Bis) dated within the last 3 months (a document from the authorities of the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration);
— Under articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 No. 2018-1074 of November 26, 2018 of the French public procurement code, the bidder shall provide in its application file a dated and signed sworn statement as justification that it is not concerned by any of the grounds for exclusion as well as the bidder is in compliance with Articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of disabled workers;

Eligibility requirements: I) The candidate shall provide the following information (each criteria is eliminatory): — the company full legal name, address, VTA identification number, Registration number, and Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) Number ; — a certificate of incorporation/registration (K-Bis) dated within the last 3 months (a document from the authorities of the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration); — Under articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 No. 2018-1074 of November 26, 2018 of the French public procurement code, the bidder shall provide in its application file a dated and signed sworn statement as justification that it is not concerned by any of the grounds for exclusion as well as the bidder is in compliance with Articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of disabled workers; Please note: This is a non-exhaustive list. Sentences passed by a penal judge relating to corruption, influence peddling, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, Organization of a criminal conspiracy, for acts of terrorism, for drugs; Statements of judicial liquidation, bankruptcy or legal redress which do not justify the ability to continue the activities during the foreseeable period of performance of the public contract, recorded by the commercial court; Deficiencies with regard to social or fiscal obligations, established either by a judge, or by the authorities responsible for tax collection, or by the labour inspectorate services; Violations of rules relating to the fight against illegal employment, noted by the labour inspectorate services. — In case of legal redress, a copy of the pronounced judgement(s). — 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 controlled directly or indirectly by EDF or CDC Group must include in its application file a statement indicating its capital link with one or more companies to the EDF or CDC Group. II) The candidate shall provide as additional information: — Technical and commercial contact details; — List of relevant offices located in Europe; — Staff turnover rate over the last 3 years;

Award value: 9000000