ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE MULTITERMINAL HVDC CONVERTER STATIONS 320kV

The contract notice is under French law. The time for this contract notice is the French time. The applicable law of the future contracts will be French law. Official communications shall be conducted via the message board of RTE e-procurement platfom, namely https://rte-france.bravosolution.com. Applicants wishing to participate in the pre-qualification process must provide the Expression of Interest and the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) duly filled in via RTE e-procurement platform including but not limited to: (i) for single company — company name, main contact name and main contact address completed [in case of Joint Venture (JV) with brief description of JV and its structure] with contemplated list of main sub-contractors if necessary; (ii) for consortia — brief description of consortium structure, companies names, main contact name and main contact address with contemplated list of main sub-contractors if necessary. The binding letter with all participants signed by each company legal representative with power of attorney. The main sub-contractors shall be understood as the ones that the construction and/or manufacturing capacities are essential for project and the proposal is based on. The PQQ, which is available on the RTE e-procurement platform, is a questionnaire divided into general questions regarding the applicants and more specific questions regarding the applicants experience relevant to the scope of the project as well as health and safety policies and experiences. RTE reserves its right to exclude Joint Venture/consortium applicants that would change their composition partway through the process without prior approval from RTE. Any change in the form and/or composition of the single company or consortium at any point of the procedure shall be prior-approved in writing by RTE. Applicant shall note that for certain aspects of the work, tenderer(s) may be required to select sub-contractors from existing RTE qualification system and/or use the pre-approved sub-contractors’ details of which will be set-out in the Invitation To Tender (ITT) or during tendering process. Applicants shall note that the aspects and proposed solutions for social insertion and environmental criteria may be set-out in the ITT and will be part of award criteria. Pursuant to Article 28§6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, Applicants are informed that they are under the notification or declaration’s obligation as set out in Article 29 of said Regulation.