Storage services (Франция - Тендер #47509903)

1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      RTE Réseau de Transport d"Electricité
      IMMEUBLE WINDOW 7 C PL DU DOME
      PARIS LA DEFENSE CEDEX
      92073
      France
      Telephone: +33 632288180
      E-mail: colin.maillebuau@rte-france.com
      
   2. Joint procurement
      
   3. Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
      https://rte-france.bravosolution.com
      Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned addresselectronically via: https://rte-france.bravosolution.com
      to the abovementioned address
      
   4. Type of the contracting authority:
      
   5. Main activity:
      Electricity
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         Design-construction-operation-maintenance of a storage platform in a port area for repairs of submarine electric power cables

      2. Main CPV code:
         63121100
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         As part of the maintenance of its future offshore connection and interconnection projects, RTE wishes to create a storage site for accessories and for underwater HVAC (notably 225 kV) and HVDC (320 and 525 kV notably) electrical cables). The site is located near a quay in a port in France. This contract concerns the design and construction of the storage site, its operation and maintenance, integrating loading/unloading services at the dock.

         Commissioning of the site will take place between May 2026 (first cable delivery) and May 2027.

         The contract is not divided in several packages but in one single lot, awarded to a single Holder or Consortium.

      5. Estimated total value:
         Value excluding VAT: 37 200 000.00 EUR
         
      6. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: no
         
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         45213220, 63121100
         
      3. Place of performance:
         Main site or place of performance:

         A greenfield in a harbor provided by RTE, on the Channel façade between Rouen and Dunkirk. The exact location of the site will be communicated later to the selected candidates.

      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         The full description of the services covered by this contract appears in the Application Regulations, attached to the application file.

         An excerpt is provided below:

         Design and Construction of the storage site for submarine cables:

         - Design and construction of an industrial building, of a warehouse type (including preliminary and then detailed studies as well as the preparation of the necessary permitting).

         - Design, manufacturing, supply, transport and integration into the building of motorized storage and handling means for submarine cables, as well as heavy storage means, on racks or on the ground, for boxes of cable accessories and for drums. The equipment must be able to ensure the storage of non-coilable portions of cable. Motorization systems (permanent or temporary) will have to be considered: Fixed basket type solutions will not be retained. Storage equipment may have several separate and modular compartments. A cable handling and circulation system for loading/unloading operations from a ship at the dock must be considered, with part of the system being able to be fixed, particularly in the building, as well as parts having to be mobile, particularly for the loading dock area. This system must take into account the minimum bending radius of the cables. The moving elements of the handling system will be stored on site.

         - The site will have an outdoor space serving as a delivery area and temporary storage area. An access control system (enclosure, controlled vehicle access, controlled pedestrian access, lighting, cameras connected to a surveillance center) will guarantee the protection of the site against vandalism and intrusions. Mobile fire fighting systems (fire extinguishers) will be present on the site, primarily aimed at limiting the risk of fire and then its spread (material classification, architecture, hot spot procedure).

         Operation and maintenance of the site :

         - The storage of the first cables and accessories will take place in 2026 (CELTIC Program) and will then be phased according to the planning of offshore projects deliveries. For each delivery by ship, the operator must guarantee the integrity of the cables throughout the unloading operation, from the ship interface at quay to storage facilities. The same cautions will be applied for the handling/storage of accessories. In the event of a damage to a cable at sea, the operator must ensure, upon request from RTE, that the requested cable and accessories are made available and any accessories, as well as their transfer to a ship or any other means designated by RTE. Throughout the storage period, the operator must guarantee computerized monitoring of the quantities stored, expiry dates for the products concerned, regular inventories and regular integrity checks of the products concerned. The operator must also guarantee that the building and exteriors are maintained in good condition, by carrying out appropriate preventive and curative maintenance. Finally, the operator must guarantee the proper and uninterrupted operation of cable storage and transport equipment, through the performance of appropriate preventive and curative maintenance. Throughout the storage period, the operator must subscribe to appropriate contracts with external service providers (fluid supply, waste treatment, legal certifications, safety, etc.) in order to ensure the compliant and uninterrupted operation of the entire site.

      5. Award criteria:
         Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
      6. Estimated value:
         Value excluding VAT: 37 200 000.00 EUR
         
      7. Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
         Duration in months: 84
         This contract is subject to renewal: yes
         Description of renewals:

         Firm period of 7 years, renewable for 2 periods of 2 years each, for a total duration of 11 years.

      8. Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited:
         Envisaged number of candidates: 5
         Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

         See paragraph III.1.3

      9. Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: no
         
      10. Information about options:
          Options: yesDescription of options:

          o Option to renew site operation and maintenance services for 2 periods of 2 years each;

          o Temporary storage option, in Europe, for a maximum period of 12 months, of the CELTIC cable and accessories, on a platform of the candidate, then transferred to RTE storage platform, object of this contract, in particular in the event of a delay in the handover of buildings and storage means during the first delivery of stock scheduled for May 2026 at the earliest;

          o Option to construct an extension to the building with additional long-term storage capacity for repair cables and accessories (hypothesis of a new France-UK interconnection : additional storage and development of the infrastructure accordingly) ;

          o Option relative to the management of repair stock in the event of a damage to a cable at sea (temporary storage of accessories, preparation and loading of cables and accessories on the repair vessel; responsibility for the return of unused and/or damaged cables and accessories ). The organization implemented must provide mobilization meeting RTE criteria (365 days/year).

          Each of these options are part of the bidder"s offer and may be exercised at the discretion of RTE during Contract handling.

      11. Information about electronic catalogues:
          
          
      12. Information about European Union funds:
          The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      13. Additional information:
          

          Services related to cable handling (except for the option relating to CELTIC"s temporary stock) are prohibited from subcontracting.

          In order to prevent any conflict of interest, candidates acting as operators or stockists as well as cable manufacturers are not allowed.

          Bonus of €50K will be granted to each bidder who submits an admissible offer.

3. Section III
   1. Conditions for participation:
      1. Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         List and brief description of conditions:

         List and brief description of conditions:

         The candidate must send with its request for participation to this tender :

         Candidate established in France:

         - The unique identification number (SIREN) issued by INSEE, or identification card justifying registration in the "Répertoire des métiers" (original or copy) dating less than 3 months from the response deadline ; or a receipt for filing the declaration with a business formalities center for legal or natural persons in the process of registration.

         Candidate established outside France:

         - a document from the authorities maintaining the professional register or an equivalent document certifying this registration or, for companies currently being created, a document dated less than 3 months from the authority authorized to receive registration in the professional register and attesting to the application for registration in said register;

         - a document mentioning their identity and address or, where applicable, the contact details of their specific tax representative in France.

         For all candidates:

         - A dated and signed declaration on honor justifying that it does not fall into any of the cases of prohibition on bidding mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 of ordinance no. 2018-1074 of November 26

         2018 relating to the legislative part of the public procurement code and that it is in good standing regarding articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labor code concerning the employment of disabled workers;

         Which is, without being exhaustive:

         * sentences handed down by a criminal judge relating to corruption in the broad sense, extortion, influence peddling, illegal taking of interest, fraud, breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery, money laundering, participation in a criminal conspiracy, for acts of terrorism, for narcotics;

         * defects in regularity with regard to social or tax obligations, noted either by a judge, or by the administrations responsible for the collection of taxes, contributions and social contributions, or by labor inspection services and the like;

         * reports of judicial liquidations, bankruptcies and receiverships not justifying authorization to continue activities for the foreseeable duration of execution of the public contract noted by the commercial court;

         * breach of the rules related to the fight against illegal work, noted by the labor inspection services and assimilated or reported by the latter to State representatives.

         Candidate who is part of 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 French Energy Code, a candidate controlled directly or indirectly by a company in the EDF or CDC group must produce in its application file a declaration indicating its capital links with one or more companies of the EDF or CDC group.

         Those elements produced in French or English must be provided by individual candidates, by each member of a consortium of companies and, where applicable, by the subcontractors presented.

      2. Economic and financial standing:
         List and brief description of selection criteria:

         The candidate must provide balance sheet extracts from the last two years. In the event of a consortium, each member must provide these 2 extracts.

         Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

         The last annual revenue communicated by the candidate (or the sum of the last annual revenues of all the members of the consortium) to RTE must reach at least 10 million euros.

      3. Technical and professional ability:
         List and brief description of selection criteria:

         The suitability (aptitude) criteria are as follows:

         1/ Transmission and compliance of all the documents mentioned below, with clear and concise content. The candidate must provide a list of all documents requested in French or English, for himself as a candidate or as a member in the event of an application of a consortium. All members of the consortium must also provide the required documents (apart from the Aptitude File, summarizing all the skills of each members and subcontractors in a single document; as well as the DC1):

         - Application response framework completed in Excel format

         - Presentation of the company, completed in PowerPoint format, to be produced by all members of the group and planned subcontractors

         - Aptitude file completed in PowerPoint format (as described in the following paragraph 2/)

         - SIREN (for French applicants) or document certifying registration in the professional register

         - Letter of application - Designation of the Lead Contractor of the consortium and his co-contractors (DC1), to be produced in a single example for all members of the consortium

         - Declaration of the individual candidate or member of the consortium (DC2), to be produced by each members of the consortium

         - Declaration on honor justifying the absence of a ban on tendering

         - Certificate of non-judicial recovery and if the candidate or one of the members of the consortium is in judicial recovery, copy of the judgment(s) pronounced to this effect

         - For candidates belonging to the EDF group or Caisse des dépôts et consignations, an explanatory note of the capital links with the group

         - The quality and appropriate delegation of power of the company representative(s) involved in this application

         - Extracts from balance sheets from the last two years

         2/ Relevance of the technical Aptitude file (limited to 15 pages) in which the candidate will demonstrate his understanding of RTE"s need and his ability to respond to it, in terms of technical means (in particular tools, material and technical equipment, software), human means (expertise and experience associated by category of profile), methodological means (expertise in management of similar projects, processes put in place) and organisation proposed to RTE (privileged interlocutor, considered project team and organization chart, organization and distribution between the members of the group and the possible subcontractors, QSE prevention officer, etc.) regarding to:

         - The design and construction of the site and storage means on a greenfield in a port environment close to a quay, allowing long-term storage (40 years) of submarine electrical power cables. Within a limited footprint, this logistics platform must ensure protection and adequate security of the stock in a controlled atmosphere and rapid provision of the stock at the request of RTE;

         - Operation of the site and stock: handling of submarine electrical power cables in accordance with the associated technical constraints and its monitoring throughout the handling in order to guarantee their integrity; interfaces with ships for delivery (including loading/unloading of stock), operations in the event of a damage at a cable at sea (including preparation of stock and means of transporting the cable from the site to the ship); ability to manage a warehouse and its stock (including inspection) in a secure manner; organization capable of operating 24/7 after notification of damage;

         - Preventive and curative maintenance as well as upkeep of the site, in particular of built elements and storage equipment, in order to ensure the proper functioning of the infrastructure at all times and its sustainability.

         Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

         Among the candidates deemed suitable (through the suitability/aptitude criteria), a selection of the 5 best candidates will be made based on the following selection criteria:

         - Number and relevance of references in the design of a platform inclusive of a industrial hall, regarding RTE"s expressed need in the "Notice", over the last 10 years, indicating the type of customer or end user, the cost, the details of the services provided, the date of creation of the site: 2 points

         - Number and relevance of references in the construction of a platform inclusive of a industrial hall, regarding RTE"s expressed need in the "Notice", over the last 10 years, indicating the type of customer or end user, the cost, the details of the services provided, the date of creation of the site: 2 points

         - Number and relevance of references in the design and construction of electrical power cable storage equipment and associated accessories, regarding RTE"s expressed need in the "Notice", over the last 10 years, indicating the type of customer or end user, the cost, details of the services provided, the delivery date of the equipment: 5 points

         - Number and relevance of references in the handling of submarine electrical power cables, regarding RTE"s expressed need in the "Notice", over the last 5 years, indicating the type of customer or end user, the cost, details of services provided, dates of performance of the service: 6 points

         - Number and relevance of references in the management of a storage platform, regarding RTE"s expressed need in the "Notice", over the last 5 years, indicating the type of customer or end user, the cost, the details of the services provided, the dates of completion of the service: 5 points

         The number of references, their relevance to"s RTE need, as well as their recentness will be taken into account.

      4. Information about reserved contracts:
         
      5. Deposits and guarantees required:
         

         Deposits or bank guarantees may be requested and will be indicated in the consultation file

      6. Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
         

         Financing from own resources. Payment 49 days from the invoice"s date of issue.

      7. Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
         

         RTE is allowed to ask the consortium to transform it into a "Groupement solidaire" or with a "Mandataire solidaire" when the contract is awarded, to the extent that this transformation is necessary for the proper execution of the contract.

         In the event of a consortium application, all of the documents requested in III.1.1) to III.1.3) must be provided by each member (apart from the suitability file, to be provided in a single document, compiling all RTE prerequisites; as well as DC1).

         Except in the cases provided for in article R. 2142-26 of the Public Procurement Code, the composition of the consortium applying for a call for competition cannot be modified between the date of submission of applications and the date of signature of the contract.

         A candidate cannot submit several applications by acting at the same time:

         1° As individual candidate and member of one or more consortiums;

         2° As member of several consortium

   2. Conditions related to the contract:
      1. Information about a particular profession:
         
         
      2. Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract:
         
4. Section IV
5. Description:
   1. Type of procedure:
      Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
   2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
      
   3. Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue:
      
   4. Information about negotiation:
      
   5. Information about electronic auction:
      
   6. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
6. Administrative information:
   1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
      
   2. Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
      Date: 2023-12-04
      Local time: 12:00
      
   3. Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
      Date: 2024-01-10
      
   4. Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
      FR, EN
   5. Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
      (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
      
   6. Conditions for opening of tenders:
      

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