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Supply of sf6 gas handling and storage plant for the mitica experiment
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25/08/2015 S163 Agency - Supply contract - Contract notice - Open procedure
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Spain-Barcelona: Supply of SF6 gas handling and storage plant for the Mitica experiment

2015/S 163-297793

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)
Name, addresses and contact point(s)
The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (‘Fusion for Energy’)
C/ Josep Pla, 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral, Building B3, Office 10/05
For the attention of: Jorge Caballero — Procurement Officer
08019 Barcelona (Barcelona)
SPAIN
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://industryportal.f4e.europa.eu/default.aspx
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)
Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)
Main activity
Other: Energy.
I.4)
Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)
Description
II.1.1)
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supply of SF6 gas handling and storage plant for the Mitica experiment.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: The place of delivery is the Mitica experiment that will be hosted in the PRIMA facility located in Padua (Italy).
NUTS code
II.1.3)
Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The scope of this tender is the supply of the SF6 gas and the gas handling and storage plant for the Mitica experiment, to be delivered and installed at the PRIMA site.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
44161100, 45231220, 63121110, 44612200
II.1.7)
Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)
Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
Firm part of the contract: supply of the SF6 gas and the gas handling and storage plant for the Mitica experiment, to be delivered and installed at the PRIMA site.
Option 1 — Spares.
Option 2 — Operation time reduction.
Option 3 — Maintenance.
Option 4 — Purchase of additional quantity of gas.
II.2.2)
Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: Option 1 — Spares.
Option 2 — Operation time reduction.
Option 3 — Maintenance.
Option 4 — Purchase of additional quantity of gas.
II.2.3)
Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)
Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 13 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)
Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions
III.2)
Conditions for participation
III.2.1)
Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the tender conditions available in Fusion for Energy Industry portal.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the tender conditions available in Fusion for Energy Industry portal.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please refer to the tender conditions available in Fusion for Energy Industry portal.
III.2.4)
Information about reserved contracts
III.3)
Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)
Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)
Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)
Type of procedure
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)
Award criteria
IV.2.1)
Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)
Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)
Administrative information
IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
F4E-OPE-676.
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
13.10.2015
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)
Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): ITER project.
VI.3)
Additional information
1. This notice and the call for tender documentation will also be published on the Joint Undertaking's buyer's profile. Economic operators are strongly advised to regularly visit the Web page mentioned in Section I of this notice.
2. This procurement procedure is governed by the rules laid down by the Financial Regulation of Fusion for Energy adopted by the Decision of the Governing Board of 22.10.2007 as last amended and the implementing rules of the Financial Regulation adopted by the Decision of the Governing Board of 22.10.2007 as last amended.
3. In case of (a) new contract(s) consisting of a repetition of similar works or services entrusted to the economic operator to whom Fusion for Energy awarded the contract currently subject of this procurement procedure, Fusion for Energy may use the negotiated procedure in accordance with Article 100.2 g (ii) of Fusion for Energy's implementing rules.
4. An information meeting may be scheduled by Fusion for Energy. Further information in relation to the date, location and agenda of the information meeting will be published on the Fusion for Energy buyer's profile at least 2 weeks before the meeting.
VI.4)
Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures
General Court
rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
2925 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
E-mail: generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
Date of dispatch of this notice:
13.8.2015



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