O&M Services for V80 Wind Turbines for a Windfarm Located in France

Liste et brève description des conditions

Please see the RFI at the following link: https://pha.edf.com/. The RFI is under reference RFx_089791
The following candidates cannot bid:
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 222-34 to 222-40, 225-4-1, 225-4-7, 313-1, 313-3, 314-1, 324-1, 324-5, 324-6, 421-1 to 421-2-4, 421-5, 432-10, 432-11, 432-12 to 432-16, 433-1, 433-2, 434-9, 434-9-1, 435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 to 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 to 445-2-1 or 450-1 of the French Penal Code, Article 1741 to 1743, 1746 or 1747 of the French General Tax Code;
2) Those candidates who have, within the last 3 years, been handed down a final sentence listed on Report No 2 of the Criminal Records Bureau for one of 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, or for one of the offences provided for in Article L. 1146-1 of the same Code and in Article 225-1 of the French Penal Code. Those candidates who, on 31 December of the year prior to that during which the tender is launched, have not fulfilled their obligations relating to the negotiation obligation provided for in Article L. 2242-1, 2º of the French Labour Code; as well as those candidates who have, within the last three years, been handed down a final sentence for the offence referred to in Article 131-39, 5 of the French Penal 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 or those candidates subject to court-supervised administration proceedings provided for in Article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, as well as those candidates subject to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates admitted to court-supervised administration proceedings provided for in Article L.631-1 of the French Commercial Code or to equivalent proceedings under a foreign law jurisdiction who provide evidence that they have been authorised to continue their activities throughout the foreseeable term of execution of the contract;
4) Those candidates who had not fulfilled their obligations in terms of tax and social security declarations or had not paid the payable tax and contributions. However, the following shall be regarded as eligible candidates: those candidates who, prior to the date on which the procuring entity determines the candidates’ admissibility, had not paid the various amounts due or provided any guarantees, but who had, 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;
5) Those candidates who have been subjected to a measure of exclusion from administrative contracts by virtue of an administrative decision taken in application of Article L. 8272-4 of the French Labour Code.
In order to provide evidence that it is not in one of the situations cited in points 1) to 5) above, the candidate must furnish a sworn statement, dated and signed. For the situations cited in point 4) above, the candidate must also provide the certificates issued by the competent authorities and bodies. For the situations cited in point 3) above, the candidate must also provide an extract from the relevant register, such as a K extract, a K bis extract, a D1 extract or, failing that, an equivalent document issued by the competent judicial or administrative authority of the candidate's country of origin or establishment, attesting to the absence of exclusion.
These conditions are applicable to the candidates and to each of the members of a group wishing to tender as a single candid.

Liste et brève description des critères de sélection

Please see the RFI at the following link: https://pha.edf.com/. The RFI is under reference RFx_089791.
Main requirements:
— the company must justify an average turnover at least equivalent to 2 times the estimation of the contract subject to this contract notice on the last past 3 years (financial statements and a rating through an independant agency shall be provided);
— the candidate shall show that it:
1) is not bankrupt or in the course of being wound up, that their business is not being administered by the courts or any person appointed by the courts for that purpose, has not entered into an arrangement with its creditors, has not suspended business activities or is not in any analogous situation arising form a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
2) is not subject to proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy or for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or for an arrangement with creditors or of any similar proceedings under national.
Laws or regulations.
— the candidate shall prove it has valid liability insurance.

Liste et brève description des critères de sélection

I. Certifications:
— the candidate shall demonstrate having implemented and maintained a quality management system according to the standard EN ISO9001, or other equivalent system of quality management;
— the candidate shall demonstrate having implemented and maintained an environmental management system according to the standard ISO14001, or other equivalent system of environmental management;
— the candidate shall demonstrate having implemented and maintained a health and security management systems according to a) OHSAS 18001, or (alternatively) b) MASE, or (alternatively) c) VCA or (alternatively) d) ILOSH - or other equivalent system of health and security management.
II. H&S KPIs (accidents and incidents):
The candidate shall provide a letter from its Chief Executive Officer or any other duly empowered person certifying that all incidents and accidents reported by all its subcontractors throughout the execution of its contracts are properly registered, followed up, and included in all incidents and accidents statistics provided by the candidate.
III. Sustainable development and applicable law
The candidate must certify, by providing a letter from its Chief Executive Officer or any other duly empowered person, that it will execute all its obligations under potential contracts with EDF Renouvelables France in accordance with
(i) the principles of the European Directive No 2014/25/UE and its possible transpositions and more generally with;
(ii) all applicable laws.
IV. Human resources
— the candidate certifies to have in-house human resources capable to communicate, write and work in English and in French language in the field of operation and maintenance of WTGs;
— the candidate shall provide proof that it employs in-house human resources duly qualified and trained to maintain WTGs and their various components (first aid training, working at heights and rescue training, LV, MV and HV electrical safety training and authorization for electrical works according to NF C18-510, technical trainings for the maintenance and troubleshooting of the WTGs)
V. Technical abilities
— the candidate must provide proof that it has at least one operating control center which operates WTGs remotely 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The candidate shall certify that it has operators capable to communicate in English or French;
— the candidate shall provide proof that it has or will have the relevant access rights for the models of WTG listed
• operate remotely the WTGs: check the status and parameters of the WTGs, troubleshoot failures and remote restart;
• troubleshoot failures and restart WTGs on site;
• manage controllers or change parameters of the WTGs in order to implement scheduled power reduction plan.
— the candidate shall provide such a proof by producing one of the listed items in the procurement portal;
— the candidate must provide proof that they have at least one control center which operates wind turbines on a 24/7 basis;
— the candidate must provide proof that they have performed operation and maintenance on at least 20 WTGs V80 or equivalent WTGs in Europe.
The justification of this capacity can be demonstrated by the presentation of at least 2 references performed during the past 5 years. Each of the references provided by the candidate shall at least describe the name and location of the project, the global budget, the work made and scope (full scope O&M), the contractual set-up for the realisation of such reference, the date and duration of realisation, the activities subcontracted or performed, the equipment used and human resources dedicated.
If the candidate does not have any reference, they shall demonstrate they have the professional skills, human resources, technical and financial capacity to undertake such project (2 pages max, word or PDF format).