Provision of Civil Engineering and Construction Consultancy Services in Connection with the ITER Project

Construction consultancy services and design activities. Construction consultancy services and design activities.

CPV: 71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services, 71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services
Place of execution:
Provision of Civil Engineering and Construction Consultancy Services in Connection with the ITER Project
Awarding body:
The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ('Fusion for Energy')
Award number:
F4E-OPE-1496

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ('Fusion for Energy')
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Provision of Civil Engineering and Construction Consultancy Services in Connection with the ITER Project
Description : Construction consultancy services and design activities.
Procedure identifier : a3515bc4-7996-42b2-8f23-cfcffb0a9db9
Previous notice : 437409-2023
Internal identifier : F4E-OPE-1496
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure : Consultancy activities from 2025 until 2030: — construction supervision and coordination of ongoing construction TBs, — nuclear safety and quality management, — project management, — project control, — engineering support (civil and mechanical and electrical). Building services design activities: — B14 1st plasma execution design (ED) activities; — update of B14 CD & ED to integrate Instrumentation and control optimisation and IO expected changes on 1stplasma configuration; — design for additional PCRs after Mid 2024: specific technical items design, optimisations, other; — B14 CD and ED for new DT1 phase configuration; — building integrator (functional analysis). Estimated contract volume is 105 000 man days.

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : 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 services to the contractors chosen as a result of the present call for tender, in which case the amount to be awarded under that procedure will not exceed 100 % of this contract, including any additional contractual modifications to the contract that have a financial impact. Such a right will be exercised by Fusion for Energy in the event that one of the following circumstance occur: possible changes in ITER requirements, changed interfaces between F4E contracts, schedule delays in associated contracts, etc. This notice and the rest of the procurement documents will be published also on the joint undertaking's buyer's profile. Economic operators are strongly advised to regularly visit the webpage; 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 on: https://industryportal.f4e.europa.eu/mainmenu/how-to-do-business/procurement-documents/
Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Provision of Civil Engineering and Construction Consultancy Services in Connection with the ITER Project
Description : Construction consultancy services and design activities.
Internal identifier : F4E-OPE-1496

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services
Options :
Description of the options : Option 1 – Extension of the consultancy services by 1 year, renewable up to three times.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Postal address : ITER Site in Cadarache
Town : Saint-Paul-lez-Durance
Postcode : 13115
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bouches-du-Rhône ( FRL04 )
Country : France
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 108 Month

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Financial Score
Weight (percentage, exact) : 50
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Technical Score
Weight (percentage, exact) : 50
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : Within 2 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 anew period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated in section VI.4.1) of this 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 ).

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : General Court (European Union)
TED eSender : Publications Office of the European Union

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 81 701 979,02 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : B.NEXT SNC
Tender :
Tender identifier : Provision of Civil Engineering and Construction Consultancy Services in Connection with the ITER Project
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 81 701 979,02 Euro
Subcontracting : Not yet known
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : F4E-OPE-1496-01
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 3

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ('Fusion for Energy')
Registration number : n01110115D
Postal address : C/ Josep Pla, 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral, edificio B3
Town : Barcelona
Postcode : 08019
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Barcelona ( ES511 )
Country : Spain
Contact point : Rodia Tsitsikli
Telephone : +34933201800
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : General Court (European Union)
Registration number : EUCJ
Postal address : Rue du Font Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 430301
Fax : +352 4303-2100
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0006

Official name : B.NEXT SNC
Registration number : FR54932901879
Postal address : Tour Egée - 9-11 Allée de l'Arche
Town : Courbevoie
Postcode : 92400
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Paris ( FR101 )
Country : France
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : c390cad4-ddac-422b-bad3-0e7ce26b4be6 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 14/10/2024 08:54 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00622036-2024
OJ S issue number : 201/2024
Publication date : 15/10/2024