Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-12
Buyer: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71314000: Energy and related services
Submission deadline: 2020-09-04
Award criteria: Mixed

Technical requirements: Framework agreements for external resource services for offshore projects and regional centres for Belgium (grid Elia) and Germany (grid 50 Hertz).
1) Self declaration with legally binding signature with the following content: declaration that there are no grounds for exclusion according to §§ 123, 124 GWB.
1) proof from the insurer of the existence of business and professional liability insurance, stating the sums insured (per claim and maximised per insurance period) for property damage, personal injury and financial losses:
1a) For the business liability insurance, a minimum insurance sum of EUR 10 000 000 (per claim, two-fold maximised) must be proven,
1b) Self-declaration that the professional liability insurance sum will be increased to at least EUR 2,000,000 in the event of an order;
2) submission of annual reports or alternatively balance sheets, for the last 2 financial years and information on the turnover of the company in the last 3 full financial years, if available.
1) Lot-related list of at least two reference projects (presupposed that the service has been provided in compliance with the relevant European laws and standards) comparable with the respective lot (not older than 5 years and project volume at least EUR 10 million) in tabular form, stating:
— contract volume of the Bidder in the respective reference project in EUR million (contract volume at least EUR 0.25 million each).
2) Self-declaration that the intended personnel have at least level B2 (written and spoken language) in the use of German or English (lot 1-8) or German and English (lot 9).
3) The availability of an adequate (i.e. adequate means: Lot 1: three experts; Lot 2: five experts; Lot 3: three experts; Lot 4: five experts; Lot 5: six experts; Lot 6: three experts; Lot 7: five experts; Lot 8: five experts; Lot 9: 10 experts) number of sufficiently capable experts for the successful performance of the above activities must be demonstrated: for this purpose, a list with the following columns must be enclosed with the application for participation: lot, anonymous name, qualification, certifications (e.g. PMI, etc.), project references, duration of relevant project and professional experience.
Interested companies can contact the awarding authority with questions about the application up to a maximum of 6-calendar days before the application deadline. Should the questions or answers be of general interest, they will be made available in anonymised form at the URL address given (see point I.3). All interested companies or applicants are obliged to take note of the questions and answers published at the above URL address (see point I.3) when drafting their application to participate. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the procedure.
The time limits for questions regarding the deadline for submission of tenders are laid down in Annex A, Chapter 4 of the tender dossier.
For reasons of confidentiality, Annex E.3 and other technical documents will only be made available to applicants within the application procedure after a declaration of confidentiality has been issued (cf. Art. 73 para. 1 subpara. 4 in conjunction with Art. 39 para. 2 Directive 2014/25/EU). This does not apply if a company has no legitimate interest in the confidential documents being made available, in particular if they are manifestly unsuitable.
1) Current means not older than 6 months backdated from the date of the end of the participation period.
2) If an applicant cannot present a third party certificate, e.g. an entry in the register, as required, a comparable third party certificate must be presented and the comparability must be demonstrated by appropriate explanations.

Eligibility requirements: 1) Self declaration with legally binding signature with the following content: declaration that there are no grounds for exclusion according to §§ 123, 124 GWB.