Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-11-17
Buyer: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
Country: DE
Region: DED21
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34999100
Submission deadline: 2025-12-16
Award criteria: quality, price
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The statutory exclusion requirements pursuant to Sections 123 to 126 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB), the 5th EU sanctions package (RUS sanctions), and the grant notice for the magKI project apply.
To this end, the self-declarations 'Non existence reasons for exclusion’ and 'RUS sanctions’ attached to the tender documents, as well as the 'Declaration on the beneficial owner’ must be completed and submitted as part of the tender.
Delivery, installation, commissioning and acceptance of an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG)
01D_Declaration_Identification of beneficial owners
01B_Self-Declaration  
Non-Existence of Grounds for Exclusion (pursuant to Section 122 GWB)
Legal remedies pursuant to Section 160 GWB: 1) The public procurement chamber shall only initiate a review procedure upon application; 
2) Any company that has an interest in the
public contract or concession is authorized to apply and asserts an infringement of its rights pursuant to Section 97 (6) GWB due to non-compliance with procurement regulations.
It must be shown that the company has suffered or is at risk of suffering damage as a result of the alleged breach of the procurement regulations; 
3) The application is inadmissible if:
(1) The applicant has recognized the alleged breach of procurement regulations before submitting the application for review and has not notified the contracting authority of this within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the deadline pursuant to Section 134 (2) GWB remains unaffected, 
(2) violations of procurement regulations that are recognizable on the basis of the contract notice are not notified to the contracting authority by the expiry of the deadline for application
or submission of tenders specified in the contract notice at the latest, 
(3) violations of procurement regulations that are only recognizable in the procurement documents are not notified to the contracting authority by the expiry of the deadline for application or submission of tenders at the latest, 
(4) more than 15 calendar days have passed since receipt of the notification from the contracting authority that it does not intend to remedy a complaint. Sentence 1 shall not apply to an application for a declaration of invalidity of the contract pursuant to Section 135 (1) No. 2.

Eligibility requirements: 01D_Declaration_Identification of beneficial owners
01B_Self-Declaration  
Non-Existence of Grounds for Exclusion (pursuant to Section 122 GWB)
in accordance with legal requirements from VgV
Credit Points according to Annex 01A
Evaluation price according to Annex 01A
Legal remedies pursuant to Section 160 GWB: 1) The public procurement chamber shall only initiate a review procedure upon application; 
2) Any company that has an interest in the
public contract or concession is authorized to apply and asserts an infringement of its rights pursuant to Section 97 (6) GWB due to non-compliance with procurement regulations.
It must be shown that the company has suffered or is at risk of suffering damage as a result of the alleged breach of the procurement regulations; 
3) The application is inadmissible if:
(1) The applicant has recognized the alleged breach of procurement regulations before submitting the application for review and has not notified the contracting authority of this within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the deadline pursuant to Section 134 (2) GWB remains unaffected, 
(2) violations of procurement regulations that are recognizable on the basis of the contract notice are not notified to the contracting authority by the expiry of the deadline for application
or submission of tenders specified in the contract notice at the latest, 
(3) violations of procurement regulations that are only recognizable in the procurement documents are not notified to the contracting authority by the expiry of the deadline for application or submission of tenders at the latest, 
(4) more than 15 calendar days have passed since receipt of the notification from the contracting authority that it does not intend to remedy a complaint. Sentence 1 shall not apply to an application for a declaration of invalidity of the contract pursuant to Section 135 (1) No. 2.
A new fully remote-controllable arbitrary waveform generator with 2 output channels of 128 GSa/s and 8 GSa memory per channel and two high-frequency microwave amplifiers will be acquired at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e. V.. The aim is to lay the groundwork for a novel and highly energy-efficient hardware platform for artificial intelligence - a technology designed to operate more sustainably than today’s AI systems. 

The bid must include according to the criteria listed under "2. Performance quote" the following items:
- the arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)
- two separate microwave amplifiers (10 MHz-50 GHz)
- a one-day on-site startup-training (OST) for the AWG
- a toolkit with the necessary torque wrenches and set of male-female adapters (connector savers) for the output channels.
- two phase-matched microwave cables, length 500mm, 1.85mm male connectors
- software to operate/remote control  the AWG and design/load arbitrary waveforms

Beside the fulfilment of the criteria described under "2. Performance quote" of this Annex 01A, the scope of deliveries and services includes:  
- delivery terms: DDP Dresden (Incoterms 2020)
- place of delivery: HZDR, Bautzner Landstr. 400, 01328 Dresden, Geb. 707/106b
- printed, pdf, or online version of user documentation in English or German 
- at least 1yr warranty remote support
- the delivery of the AWG and amplifiers might be split, if delivery times are largely different.

Winner: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.