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II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The detailed design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, transport, installation, construction, testing, commissioning and maintenance of two High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Converter Stations with a DC voltage level of +-525kV. One HVDC Converter Station is located onshore in Belgium and one HVDC Converter Station, with the ability to connect future DC interconnections, is located on Princess Elisabeth Island in the Belgian North Sea.
Activities up to commissioning last up to 6 years after which the maintenance period begins, lasting 20 years. II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system: 312 months
This contract is subject to renewal: NO
II.2.10) Variants: NO
II.2.11) Options: YES
Description of options: If applicable, will be described in the Tender Documents.
II.2.13) The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: NO

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Class: N/A, Category: N/A

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.4) Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): NO
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 27/02/2023
Local time: 18:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: EN FR NL

VI.1) This is a recurrent procurement: NO
VI.3) Additional information:
Taking into account that Bidders are expected to incur considerable expenses by participating in this tender procedure and to maximize competition for this tender, the Contracting Entity will offer a fixed lump-sum compensation of EUR 1,200,000 (one million two hundred thousand euros) ("Bid Fee") to bidders, provided that (i) the Contracting Entity has issued an award decision in relation to the tender, (ii) the bidder has submitted a fully compliant bid to all technical evaluation criteria (iii) and without material incompliances with the formal requirements (complete, submitted within the deadline, validly signed, no abnormal prices, etc.), and (iv) the bidder is not awarded the tender. Bidders will under no circumstances be entitled to the Bid Fee if either the bidder is awarded the tender or a bidder voluntarily abandons its participation in the tender. If applicable, the Bid Fee will be paid after contract award and at the earliest in 2024.
The Applicant must request, complete and submit by the closing date (see IV.2.2.) the selection questionnaire (SQ) with the most actual available data together with the requested documents.
The applicants must request the access to the tender on the Ariba platform by sending an e-mail to the responsible buyer (see I.1.) mentioning the name of the legal entity, address, VAT number, name + e-mail + telephone of the contact(s).
Information to access the tender on the Ariba platform will be provided by e-mail as soon as possible.
Applicants are advised to request this access as soon as possible and to click on ‘intend to participate’ in Ariba in order to receive possible clarifications from the contracting entity.
Contracting entity don’t guaranty to provide the Ariba login details before closing time for candidates requesting their access to Ariba less than 48 hours before closing time.
The applicant is solely responsible for requesting the access to the tender on the Ariba platform on time.
The contracting entity declines any responsibility in the event of problems with the Ariba platform.
Any application not sent correctly via Ariba will be rejected.
The manuals for usage of E-Sourcing (Ariba) can be found via the following URL:
http://www.elia.be/en/suppliers/information-and-tools-for-suppliers#ariba VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.3) Review procedure - Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Any dispute related to the suspension of the procurement procedure shall be settled by the President of the Business Court ('Voorzitter van de Ondernemingsrechtbank' / ‘Président du Tribunal de l’entreprise’), or, in case of annulment by the Business Court ('Ondernemingsrechtbank' / 'Tribunal de l’entreprise’), each time Boulevard de Waterloo 70 - 1000 Bruxelles.