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The Minister in charge of energy publishes a
call for competition in the Official Journal of
the European Union.
This is a formal, rigid process which offers in
practice very little room for negotiation and
implies that candidates submit a technical
and financial offer (price) based on the
tender specifications and contractual
documentation. At the end of the procedure,
and after the offers have been analysed by
the CRE, the Minister in charge of energy
chooses the most economically advantageous
tender without negotiation on the basis of
objective criteria which have previously been
communicated to the candidates.
A call for tender was used to attribute the
first and second sets of French OWF projects
respectively launched in 2011 and 2013. In
these two tenders, the evaluation criteria
were: (i) electricity purchase price (40%); (ii)
industrial and social quality of the project
(40%); and (iii) respect for the marine
environment and existing activities (20%).
Secondly, the competitive dialogue is a
smoother, more flexible procedure under
which the candidates participate in the
establishment of the specifications drafted
by the Minister in charge of energy. More
specifically, the Minister elaborates a first
draft of Intention to Tender (“ITT”) –
containing the main information such as the
purpose of the competitive dialogue, the
calendar of the procedure, the expected
technical and financial capacities of the
candidates, the award criteria – and submits
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it to the CRE. The government thereafter
publishes a call for competition in the
Official Journal of the European Union.
Then, it prequalifies candidates that will be
able to participate in the dialogue itself on
the basis of their technical and financial
capacities. The Minister in charge of energy
discusses with the prequalified candidates in
order to define or develop solutions to meet
its needs and prepare the detailed tender
specifications. Candidates are invited to
advantageous tender without negotiation on
the basis of objective criteria which have
previously been communicated to the
candidates.
A call for tender was used to attribute the
first and second sets of French OWF projects
respectively launched in 2011 and 2013. In
these two tenders, the evaluation criteria
were: (i) electricity purchase price (40%); (ii)
industrial and social quality of the project
(40%); and (iii) respect for the marine
environment and existing activities (2%).
Secondly, the competitive dialogue is a
smoother, more flexible procedure under
which the candidates participate in the
establishment of the specifications drafted
by the Minister in charge of energy. More
specifically, the Minister elaborates a first
draft of Intention to Tender (“ITT”) –
containing the main information such as the
purpose of the competitive dialogue, the
calendar of the procedure, the expected
technical and financial capacities of the
candidates, the award criteria – and submits
it to the CRE. The government thereafter
publishes a call for competition in the