NOTICE
PROCEDURE FOR SUBLICENSING AREA TO BE USED FOR STORAGE, SALE AND REFUELING TO AIRCRAFT OF AVIATION FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND SPECIAL PRODUCTS
1. GEAC S.p.A. – Cuneo Airport Management Company, with registered offices in Strada Statale 20, no. 1, 12038 Savigliano, Fr.ne Levaldigi, hereby announces that it intends to hold a tender procedure aimed at identifying a party – to be selected from among leading companies in the sector of at least national and international importance – to be entrusted with the sub-concession of an area of approximately 320 sq. m. within the perimeter of Cuneo Airport (ref. plans attached), in which the sub-concessionaire will be entrusted with the services of running and operational management of the fuel depot and service of Cuneo Airport. The Operator of the centralized fuel depot shall guarantee, without solution of continuity, the regular operation of the facility, putting in place all the necessary activities and initiatives so that the receipt of fuel from the refueler and/or external refuelers, its storage and distribution to the ground handling service provider, certified for category 7 as per Annex A of Legislative Decree. 18/99, for the specific activity of “putting on board” the fuel.
2. The procedure will consist of two phases. In a first pre-selection phase, the GEAC will proceed to identify, in the manner indicated below, the companies that will be invited to participate in the subsequent bidding phase. The sub-concession, as a result of this second phase, will be awarded to the entity that will present the best requirements and experience, based on qualitative criteria that will be better specified in the documentation for the second phase. All direct and indirect costs related to the operation and management of the depot, including, among them, those related to the ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of the depot and its facilities and appurtenances, will be borne by the contractor.
3. Duration of the sub-concession: 5 years, with indicative starting date January 15, 2025. In order to ensure continuity of service and the eventual gradual takeover of a new sub-concessionaire, GEAC will have the right – without prejudice to the overall duration of the sub-concession – to indicate different effective date.
4. Minimum conditions for participation in the pre-selection phase:
– non-existence of the grounds for exclusion referred to in Articles 94, 95, 98 of Legislative Decree 36/2023;
– registration with the Chamber of Commerce or homologous register of the foreign state in which the economic operator is established, from which it appears that the operator has been involved for at least five years in the management of fuel depots in the airport area. In the case of RTIs formed or
being formed, the requirement must be met under penalty of exclusion by each of the companies participating in the grouping.
– The candidate should submit the following certifications:
– UNI EN ISO 9001: 2015;
– ISO 22301 – Management System for Business Continuity (Business Continuity);
– ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System;
– BS OHSAS 18001: 2007;
– JIG 1 – Aviation Fuel Quality Control and Operating Standards for Into-Plane Fuelling Services;
– JIG 3 – Guidelines for Aviation Fuel Quality Control and Operating Procedures for Jointly Operated Supply and Distribution Facilities;
– additional certifications or equivalent.
In the case of a temporary grouping, network business aggregation or ordinary consortium, the requirement must be met by all
grouped economic operators.
– Be in possession of the general requirements under the New Code.
The circumstances referred to in Article 94 of the New Code are causes
of automatic exclusion.
The existence of the circumstances referred to in Article 95 of the Code shall be ascertained after cross-examination with the economic operator.
An economic operator that finds itself in one of the situations referred to in Articles 94 and 95 of the New Code, with the exception of contribution and tax irregularities that have been definitively and not definitively ascertained, may provide evidence that it has taken measures (so-called self cleaning) sufficient to demonstrate its reliability.
– Have managed in the three-year period of 2019 – 2022 and 2023 for at least 24 consecutive months at least 2 areas for storage and management activities operational aviation special products at as many national or community airports with traffic exceeding 300,000 passengers/year.
– Have carried out airport fuel depot management activities, on the basis of a contract that is valid until at least December 31, 2024, of the management of at least one storage area for aviation fuels, lubricants and specialty products at at least one domestic or community airport with traffic of at least 300,000 passengers/year. For each storage area, it should indicate: 1) the airport where the depot is located; 2) the name of the depot holder, if different from the operator; 3) the type and volumes of fuel dispensed; 4) the type of contract under which operation took place.
– Having disbursed to air carriers in fiscal years 2019, 2022 and 2023 an average annual quantity of fuel of not less than 15,000,000 liters (fifteen million).
5. The participation requirements referred to in the preceding point may be held directly by the applicant firm or, indicatively, by firms belonging to the same group of companies, linked to the applicant firm by controlling relationships under Article 2359 of the Civil Code. Except for the above, subcontracting and outsourcing are not permitted.
6. Firms interested in receiving an invitation to the bidding process referred to in item no. 1, possessing the minimum requirements indicated in point no. 4 should send their request by PEC or envelope no later than 12 noon on October 25, 2024 to the following address:
geacspa@legalmail.it
or
GEAC SPA
Strada statale 20, n. 1
12038 Fr.ne Levaldigi – Savigliano (CN)
Italy
After this deadline, no other request will be considered valid.
The delivery of the e-mail remains at the sole risk of the sender, and the postmark will be the date of receipt of the envelope.
In addition to the name, address, telephone number and e-mail of the company, the documentation must bear the words: “SUBMISSION FOR SUBCONCESSION OF AREA FOR FUELING, SALES AND REFILLING OF FUEL, LUBRICANTS AND SPECIAL PRODUCTS AVIO”
7. The documentation should contain:
– application for participation signed by the legal representative, complete with the indication of all the identification data of the enterprise;
– declaration of non-existence of the grounds for exclusion referred to in Articles 94, 95, 98 of D. Lgs 36/2023;
– summary of budget data for the financial years 2021, 2022 and 2023;
– presentation of the company containing, in particular, a description of the main activities carved out in the sectors indicated in the subject, including a list of existing contracts (from which it is clear, among other things, that the company meets the minimum requirements referred to in point 4 above).
8. A special committee appointed by GEAC will proceed, in a confidential session, to examine the documentation referred to in the previous point and to verify the existence, on the part of the applicant firms, of the requirements referred to in point 4 above. The list of firms that will have access to the second phase of the procedure will thus be drawn up. The GEAC, before proceeding to the formalization of the list, reserves the right to request proof of possession of the requirements declared in the expression of interest.
9. GEAC reserves the right to invite applicants to clarify or complete statements, certificates, and documents submitted.
10. GEAC reserves the right to proceed to the second phase even if there is only one valid application. In such a case, the second phase will take the form of a direct negotiation with the sole applicant.
11. GEAC will not assume any obligation towards applicants before all acts pertaining to the procedure have been approved by the competent bodies. GEAC reserves the right to cancel or revoke the procedure at any time, not to award and/or not to enter into the subject contract without incurring liability and/or actions for damages, not even under Articles 1337 and 1338 of the Civil Code.
12. It should be noted that the reference to rules D. Lgs 36/2023 does not imply the applicability, to this procedure, not even by analogy, of the provisions contained therein, unless expressly referred to the tender documentation.
13. Please note that GEAC will process personal data provided by third parties for the purposes and in the manner indicated in the privacy policy, pursuant to Reg. EU 679/2016 (European Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) and D. Lgs. 196/03 Privacy Code as amended and updated by Legislative Decree. 101/2018, available at our website.
Levaldigi, 04/10/2024
Prot. 2024/270
Anna Milanese
Executive Vice President
