Ile de Sein Turbine Supply, Transport, Installation and O&M

Brève description

This Contract Notice is for the Ile de Sein project currently under development in West France. The project consists of 1 wind turbine with an anticipated connection date in Q3 2020.

Description du marché

EDF (Electricité De France) dedicates to France's island territories (Corsica or overseas territories) a separate division – SEI (Systèmes Energétiques Insulaires – to incorporate all functions that ensure the electricity public service: producing, buying, transporting, distributing and selling electricity in the small isolated systems that do not benefit from interconnection to the continental power grid. Within this context, EDF SEI is currently developing in France the Île de Sein wind farm for the owner EDF SEI. EDF Renewables on behalf of EDF SEI invite interest from the market for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning and servicing of one onshore wind turbine as detailed below:
— 1 turbine with a maximum tip height of 45 m,
— commercial operation date of Q3 2020,
— the ability to generate electricity for a minimum of 20 years,
— a turbine warranty for the first 2 years of operation,
— servicing for the lifetime of the turbine.
Works shall be compliant with the employers’ requirements including health and safety provisions, project documentation and local norms and regulations from the relevant authorities.
For confidentiality reasons, the details of the requirements together with the procurement documents shall be accessed at https://pha.edf.com, after the acceptance of a confidentiality agreement.

Informations complémentaires

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically through EDF's purchasing platform, called “Portail Achats”, accessible via this link: https://pha.edf.com. In order to access the purchasing portal and to submit a tender or request to participate, the candidate must register in advance on the platform.

Liste et brève description des conditions

The required information shall include as a minimum the following information/documentation:
— company's description/presentation,
— corporate ownership and corporate structure details.
(If the company is a subsidiary, the name of the parent company and ultimate parent company must be stated as well as the name of a French representative, if any.)
— corporate headquarters details,
— list of worldwide locations if any (subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, distributors) specifying the type of functionality (manufacturing, service, sales),
— an administration statement stamped and signed by the company that the work will be achieved by regular workers, according to the laws in force,
— a sworn statement dated, stamped and signed by the company stating that the candidate is not in one of the 4 situations cited in points 1) to 4) below (full text to be entirely transcribed in the sworn statement):
1) Those candidates who have, within the last 5 years, been handed down a final sentence for one of the offences provided for in Articles 222-38, 222-40, 226-13, 313-1 to 313-3, 314-1 to 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6, 413-9 to 413-12, 421-1 to 421-2-3, subparagraph 2 of Article 421-5, Article 433-1, subparagraph 2 of Article 433-2,subparagraph 8 of Article 434-9, subparagraph 2 of Article 434-9-1, Articles 435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 to 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 and 450-1 of the French penal code, Article 1741 of the French general tax code and Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French defense code and L.317-8 of the French interior security code;
2) Those candidates who have, within the last 5 years, been handed down a sentence listed on report No 2 of the criminal records bureau for the offences referred to in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L.8231-1, L.8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L 8251-2 of the French labour code;
3) Those candidates subject to the compulsory liquidation proceedings provided for in Article L. 640-1 of the French commercial code, those individuals whose personal bankruptcy has been pronounced under Articles L.653-1 to L. 653-8 of the same code as well as those persons subject to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction. Candidates admitted to the compulsory reorganization proceedings laid down by Article L. 631-1 of the French commercial code or to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction must provide evidence that they have been authorized to continue their activities throughout the foreseeable term of execution of the contract;
4) Those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, had not fulfilled their obligations in terms of tax and social security declarations or had not paid the tax and contributions payable on that date. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, had not paid the various amounts due on that date or provided any guarantees, but who had, before the date of the launch of the tender and without any enforcement measures having been taken by the accountant or the agency responsible for collection, either paid the said amounts or provided guarantees deemed sufficient by the accountant or the agency responsible for collection. Individuals who are legal or de facto directors of a legal entity that does not satisfy the conditions provided for in this subparagraph may not personally tender for a contract.
These conditions are applicable to the candidates and to each of the members of a group wishing to tender as a single candidate.
The sworn statement shall be provided by the candidate, all the members of the consortium or joint venture, and also by the proposed subcontractors.

Liste et brève description des critères de sélection

The required information shall include as a minimum the following information/documentation:
— the candidate or each member of the consortium or joint venture will have to give a presentation of its structure, its organization, and in case of subsidiary, will have to indicate the name of its parent company and the share of this one,
— annual report of the last 3 financial years attesting to its financial sustainability,
— total number of employees,
— declaration dated, signed and stamped that the company neither filled or is involved in insolvency proceedings and that insolvency proceedings have not been refused for lack of assets,
— proof of valid liability insurance stating all the insurance policies and the sums insured (copy of insurance certificates to be provided if available),
— the candidate or the members of the consortium or joint venture must have an annual turnover over the last 3 years equal to or greater than twice the estimated amount of the contract which is the subject of this notice,
— if 50 % or more of the candidate or a member of the consortium or joint venture is owned by a third party company, or if this third party company owns 50 % or more of the votes, or if more than half of its members are on the board of directors of the member of the consortium or joint venture, then this parent company will have to provide all the necessary justifications for the evaluation of the economic and financial capacity.

Liste et brève description des critères de sélection

Certifications:
1) The company or group must specify that it has a quality organization similar to ISO 9001 standard (attach a copy of the valid certificates);
2) The company or group must have an environmental management certification similar to ISO 14001 (attach a copy of the valid certificates);
3) The company or group must have a safety management certification similar to OHSAS 18001 or MASE or VCA or ILOSH (attach a copy of the valid certificates).

EDF Group's Contract Notices and/or Tenders are published in the EDF Group Purchasing Portal (GPP). To access it, the candidate has to get registered and to access to the RFx 072107
Any supplier can register on the Internet page: https://pha.edf.com. To register, the supplier has to fill in a questionnaire. Fields followed by * are mandatory.
An identification number is required:
— for EU suppliers, the intra-community VAT number is mandatory,
— for suppliers outside European Union, the national identification number (or DUNS number) is mandatory.
For French suppliers (except non-profit organizations), the SIRET number is also mandatory.
Suppliers have to enter a main contact. By default, this contact will be registered as the administrator of the supplier's record.
As soon as practical after receipt of any request for clarification through the EDF GPP, EDF Renouvelables shall respond through the GPP mailbox. Employer's response (including an explanation of the request but without identifying the source of the enquiry) may be sent, as the case may be, to all prospective candidates.