Drinking-water and wastewater network works in the Nîmes Métropole area

Summary

The contract concerns the renewal, reinforcement and extension of drinking-water and wastewater networks across the Nîmes Métropole area, including the installation of protective ducts, cable-pulling chambers and inspection chambers. The works will serve, among other projects, a future prison in the Nîmes Sud business area and the connection to Générac. This is a single-operator framework agreement under which work will be ordered during the contract period; payment is based on unit prices and quantities actually completed. The initial term is 36 months, with one possible 36-month extension, and a maximum value of EUR 14 million with no minimum amount. The award criteria are price (65%), technical merit (30%) and environmental criterion (5%). According to the notice amendment, the contracting authority intends to cancel the procedure because omissions in the technical specification prevented bidders from submitting compliant bids; the procurement is expected to be relaunched later. Bids had to be submitted electronically, and variants were not permitted.