Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-25
Buyer: TenneT TSO B.V.
Country: NL
Region: NL226
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 30200000 | 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles | 34300000 | 34711200: Aeroplanes | 35125100: Sensors
Estimated value: 900000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-07-04

Technical requirements: This tender concerns project "Innovation Maintain the Grid". We are looking for alternative proven technologies for maintenance inspections in accordance with the Technical Maintenance Guideline (TOR). The aim of TenneT is to reduce the number of maintenance inspections requiring a Planned Outage (translation: "Voorziening Niet Beschikbaar" (VNB)) and optimize the inspections processes by integrating proven technologies that enable more efficient, accurate and data-driven maintenance practices.
This tender concerns project "Innovation Maintain the Grid". We are looking for alternative proven technologies for maintenance inspections in accordance with the Technical Maintenance Guideline (TOR). The aim of TenneT is to reduce the number of maintenance inspections requiring a Planned Outage and optimize the inspections processes by integrating proven technologies that enable more efficient, accurate and data-driven maintenance practices.
A Candidate and/or Consortium Member(s) and/or Third Party/Third Parties who are relied upon must submit a Certificate of Conduct for Procurement (GVA).
A Candidate and/or Consortium Member(s) and/or Third Party/Third Parties who are relied upon must submit a compliance with tax obligations payment history declaration from the Tax and Customs Authority.
Reference for core competence - 'Project "Innovation Maintain the Grid'
Core competence 'Experience with  deploying advanced inspection technologies.'

Eligibility requirements: Extract from the commercial register
Certificate of Conduct for Procurement
A Candidate and/or Consortium Member(s) and/or Third Party/Third Parties who are relied upon must submit a Certificate of Conduct for Procurement (GVA).
A Candidate and/or Consortium Member(s) and/or Third Party/Third Parties who are relied upon must submit a compliance with tax obligations payment history declaration from the Tax and Customs Authority.
Payment history declaration
Reference for core competence - 'Project "Innovation Maintain the Grid'
Core competence 'Experience with  deploying advanced inspection technologies.'
The Candidate must have experience with deploying advanced inspection technologies comparable in scale and complexity. As a successful implementation determines the good operation of the system and successful adoption for a substantial part, the candidate is required to be experienced in implementations of the solution. 
A reference should be executed within the past two (2) years before the publication date of this tender.

The Candidate must provide references as evidence, which proves that the Candidate has experience with:
Developing and/or implementing a technical solution aimed at data acquisition, monitoring, inspection, or automation (e.g. IoT, robotics, drone inspections, data platforms) or a combination of these technical solution)
Executing an innovation and/or digitalisation project;
Delivering the project with a minimum duration of two (2) months and a maximum of six (6) months.
The data of the solution will remain within the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) or European Free Trade Association (EFTA);
Data centre operations of Service provider adhere to EU-regulations, a.o. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant;
Experience in carrying out a project to the customer's satisfaction. TenneT reserves the right to check and verify the references and testimonials supplied. If the testimonial(s) shows that the requirements are not met, TenneT can declare the Tender invalid and set it aside.
Quality management system (NEN-EN-ISO 9001)
The Candidate must have a certified quality management system according to NEN-EN-ISO 9001:2015 or an equivalent system certified by an authority established in a Member State of the European Union, in both cases hereinafter referred to as 'the certificate'. The certificate must relate to the scope of this tender.
Environmental management system (NEN-EN-ISO 14001)