Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-01-27
Buyer: Vattenfall Europe Windkraft GmbH
Country: DE
Region: DEUTSCHLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71631000
Estimated value: 1400000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2017-02-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This ‘Wind Turbine Generator Quality Surveillance Services — Nacelle and Hub components’ tender concerns the provision of qualified Quality Surveillance services on site at WTG Nacelle, Hub, transformer-converter unit manufacturing/assembly facilities, or any facility where components making up such assemblies are manufactured (e.g. generators, gearboxes and bearings), including:
— Reviewing and monitoring Manufacturer's documentation, staff qualifications and competency, processes, quality control activities and the end product,
— Using Employer's tracking system to report any deficiencies with respect to compliance with the Turbine Supply Contract and other relevant requirements.
Quality Control at the manufacturer is not required, but rather the manufacturer's own QA/QM/QC shall be inspected and assessed.
The manufacturing facilities will be located within Europe, mostly northern Europe. On occasion, travel further afield may also be required. In exceptional cases inspections may also take place at other points in the execution process of the WTG supplier, e.g. pre-assembly, installation, completion, commissioning.
There must be minimum 10 quality inspectors directly and permanently employed (on your own payroll) by your organisation in North/West/South Europe and/or Poland.
Your company must have taken out liability insurance that at the time of application is valid for at least 6 more months, with a minimum cover of 1 000 000 EUR per event or you must provide for such insurance in case of contract award.
—sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge including relevant formal qualification(s) such as an engineering degree and/or trade qualification(s);
—at least 5 years' experience within the wind industry related to offshore wind turbines including design, and/or production of Nacelle, Hub, transformer-converter unit components;
—at least 3 years' of work experience on the shop floor within the production environment of the wind industry as a production lead and/or carrying out quality control of Nacelle, Hub, transformer-converter unit components.
—verifiable experience/knowledge of wind turbines of at least two different wind turbine manufacturers;
—be able to interpret quality documentation (e.g. NDT reports, material certificates, hardness measurements, etc.);
This procedure will be carried out using an electronic application, Commerce-Hub. Vattenfall will only make available the relevant documents through this website. Candidates need to submit all requested information by using this website. Use the following link to register for this tender procedure: https://portal.commerce-hub.com/index.cfm?action=sourcing:__requestform.subscribe&document=BCD0CD48-D9BC-B507-A71AC3B9D8CF6D27
a) if the appellant has recognised the breach of tender rules prior to filing the appeal and did not claim this towards the contracting entity within 10 calendar days; the expiry of the deadline according to § 134 II remains unaffected (§ 160 III s. 1 no. 1 GWB);
b) as far as breaches of tender rules, recognisable based on the tender notice, has not been claimed towards the contracting entity at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for filing the bid or for the request for participating notified in the notice (§ 160 III s. 1 no. 2 GWB);