Areva’s bid to supply two new nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic has been disqualified, Czech utility CEZ said October 5.
Unless
Areva appeals successfully against the disqualification, that would
leave Westinghouse and Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport as the two
remaining bidders to supply the Temelin-3 and -4 reactors.
“CEZ
has today informed Areva that they have in their bid failed to meet
statutory requirements for building two new units of the Temelín Nuclear
Power Plant,” CEZ said in a statement.
“Moreover,
Areva has not fulfilled some other crucial criteria defined in the
tender. Since the award procedure has been conducted in accordance with
the Public Procurement Act, Areva’s bid had to be excluded from further
evaluation,” CEZ said.
CEZ
said it informed Areva in detail about the specific grounds for
excluding their bid. It said the reasons are both of a commercial and
legislative nature and concern “crucial requirements.”
CEZ said it would only release the reasons publicly after Areva has a chance to appeal the decision.
Other bidders have not yet been found to have failed to fulfill the awarding entity’s requirements, CEZ said.
The
tender documentation specified the company’s requirements for the scope
of the public contract, i.e., the supply of two complete blocks of a
nuclear power station on a turnkey basis, including sets of fuel rods
for nine years of operation.
It also specified commercial and technical conditions as well as methods that will be used to evaluate the bids, CEZ had
previously said.
The
reactors being offered had to be licensed in the country of origin or
in one of the EU member states, as well as be compliant with safety
regulations of the IAEA and the Western European Nuclear Regulators
Association.
Westinghouse had offered its AP1000, Areva its EPR and Atomstroyexport its MIR 1200 reactor (NPP 2006).
All
three reactor vendors are working in tie-ups with local firms.
Westinghouse and its Czech subsidiary are working with Metrostav. Areva
has signed agreements with some 25 Czech companies.
The
Russian MIR1200 reactor is being offered through the MIR 1200
Consortium led by Czech engineering firm Skoda, and includes OKB
Gidropress.--David Stellfox
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