Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-01-10
Buyer: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V. Über Vergabeportal Deutsche eVergabe
Country: DE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 38970000
Submission deadline: 2020-02-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Subject of the invitation to tender is an HIL simulator system that will be installed in a scientific research and development laboratory of Fraunhofer ISE, performing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) tests on electric energy components and systems. The technical purpose of the HIL simulator is the emulation of power electronic parts and grid components/systems in order to test the electric properties of distributed inverter driven energy systems, such as micro grids. Also certified testing of components, e.g. electric vehicle charging infrastructure, should be possible.
The requested HIL simulator will be the central instance in the laboratory it is connected with. Core of the desired system is a real time computer (HIL PC), which is the platform of the simulations. This resource can model arbitrary grids and energy systems. It is connected via the HIL-interface to the remaining infrastructure of the lab, which are mainly amplifiers to emulate grid connections or sources and sinks. Other devices under test can be connected via other communication channels.
Subject of the invitation to tender is an HIL simulator system that will be installed in a scientific research and development laboratory of Fraunhofer ISE, performing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) tests on electric energy components and systems. The technical purpose of the HIL simulator is the emulation of power electronic parts and grid components/systems in order to test the electric properties of distributed inverter driven energy systems, such as micro grids. Also certified testing of components, e.g. electric vehicle charging infrastructure, should be possible.
The requested HIL simulator will be the central instance in the laboratory it is connected with. Core of the desired system is a real time computer (HIL PC), which is the platform of the simulations. This resource can model arbitrary grids and energy systems. It is connected via the HIL-interface to the remaining infrastructure of the lab, which are mainly amplifiers to emulate grid connections or sources and sinks. Other devices under test can be connected via other communication channels.
The documents listed in the following must be presented in full with the tender. Incomplete documents could lead to exclusion from the procedure.
2) Self-declaration regarding the absence of exclusion criteria pursuant to § 123 and § 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB);
3) Self-declaration that the technical support by phone or email should be available within 1 working day (Mo-Fr from 08.00 to 17.00).
2) References from comparable projects not more than 3 years old (minimum information: name of the clients and contacts including contact data). If, for reasons of data protection, you are not allowed to name your contact persons, please categorize your client (research, industry, other public clients).
In the event that subcontractors are used, they must be named and their suitability is likewise to be substantiated on the basis of the listed documents under III.1). Furthermore, it must be confirmed that they will be available if the order is placed; their share in the scope of the contractual object must be stated.
Request of documents — available at: the award documents can be retrieved exclusively through the award portal of the German eVergabe at www.deutsche-evergabe.de With the tender submission, contenders are also subject to the provisionsregardingunsuccessful tenders (§134 GWB [German Act Against Restraints of Competition]). Questions or remarks from the tenderer must be sent, in English only, exclusively via email to the contact point named under No I.1). As far as relevant, responses to the questions or remarks of the tenderer shall also be sent to all other tenderers.
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A request for review is inadmissible if more than 15 calendar days have passed since the receipt of the notification from the ordering party indicating a lack of willingness to help with the objection (§ 160 Par. 3 Clause 1 No 4 GWB <German Act Against Restraints of Competition>). A request for review is additionally inadmissible if the contract has been awarded before the Vergabekammer <procurement review authority> has informed the ordering party of the request for review (§§ 168 Par. 2 Clause 1, 169 Par. 1 GWB). The award of the contract is possible 15 calendar days after the dispatch of the tenderer information pursuant to § 134 Par. 1 GWB. If the information is sent electronically or via fax, this time period is reduced to ten calendar days (§ 134 Par. 2 GWB). The time period begins on the day after the dispatch of the information by the ordering party; the day on which it is received at the concerned tenderer and applicant is not relevant. The admissibility of a request for review furthermore presupposes that a complaint has been made to the ordering party with regard to the asserted procurement violations within 10 days after knowledge was obtained of it (§ 160 Par. 3 Clause 1 No 1 GWB). Complaints regarding violations of procurement rules that are apparent on the basis of the announcement must be made to the ordering party before the expiration of the time period named in the announcement for the application or for the tendering (§ 160 Par. 3 Clause 1 No 1 GWB). Complaints regarding violations of procurement rules that do not become apparent until appearing in the award documents must be made to the ordering party no later than by the expiration of the time period for the application or for the tendering (§ 160 Par. 3 Clause 1 No 1 GWB).

Eligibility requirements: The documents listed in the following must be presented in full with the tender. Incomplete documents could lead to exclusion from the procedure.