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57330-2021 - CompetitionSee the notice on TED website 
57330-2021 - CompetitionSpain-Barcelona: Provision of Nuclear Safety I&C Consultancy, Design and Qualification Services
OJ S 25/2021 05/02/2021
Contract notice
Services
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1.
Name and addresses
Official name: Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking ('Fusion for Energy')
Official name: Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking ('Fusion for Energy')
Postal address: C/Josep Pla 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral, Edificio B3
Town: Barcelona
NUTS code: ES511 Barcelona
Postal code: 08019
Country: Spain
E-mail: tenders-gpro@f4e.europa.eu
Telephone: +34 933201800
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://f4e.europa.eu
Address of the buyer profile: https://industryportal.f4eda.local/IP_PAGES/ihome.aspx
I.3.
Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://industryportal.f4eda.local/IP_PAGES/ihome.aspx
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://industryportal.f4eda.local/IP_PAGES/ihome.aspx
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://industryportal.f4eda.local/IP_PAGES/ihome.aspx
I.4.
Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5.
Main activity
Other activity: Fusion energy
Other activity: Fusion energy
Section II: Object
II.1.
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1.
Title
Provision of Nuclear Safety I&C Consultancy, Design and Qualification Services
Reference number: F4E-OMF-1116
II.1.2.
Main CPV code
71300000 Engineering services
71300000 Engineering services
II.1.3.
Type of contract
Services
Services
II.1.4.
Short description
This call for tenders concerns the provision of services in the field of instrumentation and control system engineering aiming to support F4E with the:
• preparation of technical specifications;
• follow-up of contracts and the acceptance of systems;
• design of nuclear safety I&C systems.
The overall scope can be divided into three main areas:
1) Direct support to F4E I&C procurement activities;
2) I&C consultancy services;
3) Procurement of tools or services (necessary to support activities 1 and 2).
II.1.5.
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 13 500 000,00 EUR
Value excluding VAT: 13 500 000,00 EUR
II.1.6.
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2.
Description
II.2.3.
Place of performance
NUTS code: FRL04 Bouches-du-Rhône
Main site or place of performance:
— outsourcing activities (design and qualification activities) — at supplier premises (located anywhere in EU);
— Insourcing services – at ITER site in Cadarache (France).
II.2.4.
Description of the procurement
The services concern the support of F4E with the preparation of technical specifications, the follow-up of the contacts and the acceptance of systems in the fields of instrumentation and control system engineering with the main focus on the design of nuclear safety I&C Systems.
II.2.5.
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6.
Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 13 500 000,00 EUR
Value excluding VAT: 13 500 000,00 EUR
II.2.7.
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 84
Duration in months: 84
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Initial duration of 48 months and maximum 3 renewals for 12 months each.
II.2.10.
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11.
Information about options
Options: no
Options: no
II.2.13.
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:
ITER
II.2.14.
Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.
Conditions for participation
III.1.2.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3.
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.
Description
IV.1.1.
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3.
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8.
Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2.
Administrative information
IV.2.2.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 18/03/2021 Local time: 23:59
Date: 18/03/2021 Local time: 23:59
IV.2.3.
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4.
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
English
IV.2.7.
Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 19/03/2021 Local time: 09:30
Date: 19/03/2021 Local time: 09:30
Place:
The public tender opening will take place at F4E premises in Barcelona (C/ Josep Pla 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral B3, 08019 Barcelona, Spain).
If as a result of the restrictions generated by the Covid-19 outbreak, physical presence for the public tender opening cannot be allowed, the public tender opening will take place by video conference.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
An economic operator may appoint a maximum of 2 representatives to attend the public tender opening. Their full names and ID or passport numbers must be sent at the latest on the day of the submission deadline to tenders-gpro@f4e.europa.eu.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1.
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
The procurement procedure is likely to be re-launched in 7 years.
VI.3.
Additional information
1) Tenderers are informed that the awarded contract will not be signed in paper. Signature of the contract will take place through a web-based fusion for energy tool called deviation, amendment and contract changes (DACC). The contract must be signed by the tenderer’s legal representative in DACC. Signature of the contract in DACC is considered as equivalent to a paper document with a handwritten signature and shall be admissible as evidence in legal proceedings. It is legally binding;
2) This notice and the rest of the procurement documents will be published also on the F4E's Industry and associations portal. Tenderer's requests for clarifications will only be admitted and the answers published only there. Economic operators are strongly advised to regularly visit the webpage indicated in Section I of this notice;
3) This procurement procedure is governed by the rules laid down by:
(a) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046; referred to as the ‘General Financial Regulation’ (GFR); and
(b) complemented, where it derogates, by the: Financial Regulation for Fusion for Energy adopted by Governing Board decision of 10 December 2019.
All legislation can be found in http://www.fusionforenergy.europa.eu/procurementsgrants/keyreference.aspx;
4) Tenderers can only submit a tender via the foreseen eSubmission tool detailed in the procurement documents;
5) In accordance with point 11 of Annex I of the GFR, Fusion for Energy may use the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in order to award new contract(s) consisting of a repetition of similar works or services to the contractor chosen as a result of the present call for tender, in which case the amount to be awarded under that procedure will not exceed 50 % of this contract. Such a right will be exercised by F4E in case/in the event that/should one of the following circumstance occur: descoping of other contracts on I&C and qualification services or any other circumstance which would justify the use of such procedure.
VI.4.
Procedures for review
VI.4.1.
Review body
Official name: General Court
Official name: General Court
Postal address: rue du Font Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 430301
Fax: +352 43032100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3.
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Within 2 (two) months of notice of the award decision, you may launch an action for annulment of the award decision. Any request you may make and any reply from us, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for launching an action for annulment or to open a new period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated in Section VI.4.1) of the contract notice.
If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu)
VI.5.
Date of dispatch of this notice
25/01/2021
25/01/2021
