Celtic - Marine Geoscience Specialist

CIDAC - Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company Contact

Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company (CIDAC) is a joint venture between the Transmission System Operators (TSO) of Ireland and France, EirGrid via its Irish wholly-owned subsidiary, and RTE respectively. The joint venture manages the Celtic Interconnector project aiming at creating a new electrical link for direct electricity exchange between France and Ireland (575 km).
RTE on behalf of CIDAC wishes to contract a Marine Geoscience Specialist (MGS) for the engineering and construction phase performed by the Cables Contractor on the Celtic Interconnector project until 2027. The MGS will be in charge of providing sound technical expertise in geoscience to CIDAC, especially in relation with the burial and protection of the Cables.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-24. The procurement was published on 2023-02-21.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-02-21 Contract notice
2023-10-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-02-21)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: CIDAC - Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company Contact
Postal address: Block 2 The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Magalie Augros
E-mail: magalie.augros@rte-france.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://rte-france.bravosolution.com 🌏
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: https://rte-france.bravosolution.com 🌏
Participation URL: https://rte-france.bravosolution.com 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Celtic - Marine Geoscience Specialist 23312
Products/services: Offshore services 📦
Short description:
“Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company (CIDAC) is a joint venture between the Transmission System Operators (TSO) of Ireland and France, EirGrid...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Engineering services 📦
Place of performance: France 🏙️
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The services provided by the Marine Geoscience Specialist (MGS) during the full duration of the Celtic project up to 2027 will consist in: • Review of...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 44
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals: The contract may be extended up to 12 months.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 5
Scope of the procurement
Information about European Union funds: Celtic Interconnector Project

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“• For candidates registered in France: Extrait de l’inscription au registre du commerce et des sociétés (imprimé K bis), ou Carte d’identification...”    Show more
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“• Justify of 1M€ turnover for at least one of the three last years (2010, 2021, 2022). • Provide the turnover amount associated to the type of services...”    Show more
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“Technical Criteria are defined in the excel file "CELTIC - GEOSCIENTIST - PQQ" enclosed in the dossier "RFI - 23312 : CELTIC Marine Geoscience Specialist"...”    Show more
Conditions for participation
Deposits and guarantees required:
“If applicable, such conditions/arrangements/reference will be described in the ITT documentation.”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-03-24 18:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre
Postal address: 179-191 avenue Joliot-Curie
Postal town: Nanterre
Postal code: 92020
Country: France 🇫🇷
Phone: +33 140971010 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“A claim in a pre-contractual summary proceeding is possible as stated in articles 5 et seq. of OrderNO.2009-515 of 7 May of 2009 related to complaint...”    Show more
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre
Postal address: 179-191 avenue Joliot-Curie
Postal town: Nanterre
Postal code: 92020
Country: France 🇫🇷
Phone: +33 140971010 📞
Source: OJS 2023/S 040-114561 (2023-02-21)
Contract award notice (2023-10-11)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
URL: www.rte-france.com 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://rte-france.bravolution.com 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Celtic Interconnector Designated Activity Company (CIDAC) is a joint venture between the Transmission System Operators (TSO) of Ireland and France, EirGrid...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 487 106 💰

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 040-114561

Award of contract

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Title: Celtic - Marine Geoscience Specialist
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-07-31 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: 4C Offshore
National registration number: 6955052
Postal town: Lowestoft
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 487 106 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Fax: +33 147243161 📠
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: 179-191, avenue Joliot-Curie
Fax: +33 147243161 📠
Source: OJS 2023/S 199-624747 (2023-10-11)