Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-02
Buyer: Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG
Country: DE
Region: DEUTSCHLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 66513200 | 66515000 | 66516000
Submission deadline: 2016-11-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Offshore Wind Policy to cover the construction phase of the Offshore Windfarm Project ‘Trianel Windpark Borkum (Phase II)’ including the first operation phase.
Subject matter of this tender is the insurance coverage for the construction of the Offshore Wind Farm Project ‘Trianel Windpark Borkum (Phase II)’ including coverage for the first operational phase (insurance lines as detailed below). The ‘Trianel Windpark Borkum (Phase II)’ Offshore Wind Farm Project comprises (including but not limited to)
— 32 wind turbines generators (Senvion 6.2M152 Power Upgrade, Nominal capacity 6.330 kW each) complete including but not limited to nacelles, blades, towers and foundations;
— Connection to the existing Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum Substation (owned by ‘Infrastruktur Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG’)
Offshore Wind Policy comprises Construction/ Erection All Risks Insurance, Delay in Start-up Insurance and Third Party Liability Insurance (Installation Phase) as well as Operation All Risks Insurance including Business Interruption (Operation Phase). Sums Insured in respect of physical damage and business interruption (18 months indemnity period considered) approx. 1 100 000 000 EUR plus additional limits for various cost items (such as debris removal, sue and labour etc.).
Policy period scheduled to start in April 2017. Installation phase expected to be completed end of 2019 (preliminary) following automatically by operation phase cover for (at least 1 year) up to 3 years (with automatic renewal afterwards).
The awarded tenderer has to collaborate with the mandated insurance broker, being Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG.
License to operate as property insurer in Germany. Participants/tenderers with a legal domicile outside Germany: equivalent license by the competent supervisory authority.
All interested participants/tenderers to provide a written tender application (by mail er email) until the point of time as set out under Section IV.2.2) including confirmation/ proof of credit rating by Standard & Poor's of not less than A- (or equivalent rating by another rating agency such as Fitch or Moody's).
License to operate as property insurer in Germany. Participants/tenderers with a legal domicile outside Germany: equivalent license by the competent supervisory authority.
1. Non-compliance with minimum requirements as per III.1.2) and III.2.1) leads to the exclusion of the participant/tenderer.
2. The contracting entity may exclude tenderers from further negotiating procedures already after the submission in case that the tender is economically significantly less advantageous compared with the competition. In addition the contracting entity reserves the right to conduct the negotiated procedure in consecutive stages in order to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated.
3. Tender applications and tenders/offers are to be submitted by mail or email. They are to be marked as tender/request to participate with the EU tender reference number
4. All proof, declarations and other information required by the contract notice are to be delivered to and received by the contracting entity by the end of closing date for submission. They have to be valid and in compliance with the requirements of the contract notice. The contracting entity reserves the right to additionally request proof, declarations and other information that is incomplete or was incorrectly submitted or submitted other than requested. The participants/tenderers cannot rely on such procedure. The contracting entity may in particular exclude incomplete tenders or requests to participate for reasons both of timetable and equal treatment.
In addition the contracting entity reserves the right to request further proof, in particular regarding the tenderer's/participant's suitability or regarding the suitability of its sub-contractors, to the extent that leads indicate insufficient suitability. Such proof may comprise licenses or records in databases. Additional documents are not desired.

Eligibility requirements: License to operate as property insurer in Germany. Participants/tenderers with a legal domicile outside Germany: equivalent license by the competent supervisory authority.