Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-12-18
Buyer: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Country: DE
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 4275000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-01-23
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: No exclusion grounds pursuant §§ 123,124 GWB

Do you confirm that there are no grounds for exclusion pursuant to §§ 123, 124 German GWB (Act against Restraints of Competition) with regard to our company and, if applicable, those from whom the suitability is borrowed.
The Contracting Authority wants to purchase services for preparing Planning Consent and Environmental Impact Assessment, where required, for the Bornholm Energy Islands’ DK-DE Interconnector. The services are solely provided for Danish waters (up to the Danish/German EEZ border) and Danish onshore territory (up to but not including the Converter station on Bornholm).
DK Denmark with occasional appointments at the 50Hertz headquarter in Berlin and Energinet headquarter
For a better reading - please see document 1 Supplier Questionnaire chapter 4.1.2

Financial rating

The applicant must confirm the economic ability in the ESPD part IV.B: “Economic and financial standing” with information from the latest annual report regarding the following economic indicators:    ///   

- Equity (total equity incl. share capital, reserves, revaluation, retained earning etc.)    ///   
- Equity ratio (equity/total assets)    ///   

If the applicant is relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor) or the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) the information for the ESPD part IV.B must also be given in a separate ESPD from each of these entities. In this context it will be sufficient that one of the entities fulfill the standards required in isolation or that the applicant, including the capacity of other entities, or a group of economic operators fulfill it jointly.    ///   

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:  ///   

Concerning a: Equity from the latest annual report must be at least 33 pct. of the expected total value of the contract.  ///   
Concerning b: Equity ratio from the latest annual report must be at least 20 pct. If the equity ratio is between 15 pct. and 20 pct. the applicant can qualify, if Equity exceeds the total expected amount of the contract.
For a better reading - please see document 1 Supplier Questionnaire chapter 4.1.3

Confirmation of Compliance with Sanctions against Russia   ///   

According to Article 5k of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, added by Council Regulation (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 Russian nationals, legal person entities or bodies established in Russia and companies majority-owned by, or acting on behalf, or at the direction of, Russian companies are banned from EU public procurement procedures covered by the EU Public Procurement Directives as well as most public contracts and concessions that are subject to exceptions from these directives. The restrictions cover also all ongoing procedures, which will not be allowed after 10 October 2022. The ban also extends to subcontractors, suppliers and other entities whose capacities are being relied on, if they account for more than 10% of the contract value. ///    

Candidates are requested to make the following binding declaration (if applicable, also on behalf of the persons represented in the request to participate / bid): ///    

1. the applicant(s)/tenderer(s) do(es) not belong(s) to the persons referred to in Article 5k Para 1 of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended by Article 1(23) of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 2022 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, referred to persons or entities having a connection with Russia within the meaning of the provision,  ///   

a) by the Russian nationality of the applicant/tenderer or the establishment of the applicant/tenderer in Russia,  ///   
b) by the participation in the candidate/tenderer of a natural person or an enterprise to which one of the criteria under letter a applies, through the holding of shares to the extent of more than 50%,   ///   
c) by acting on behalf of or on the instructions of persons or companies to which the criteria in letters a and/or b apply.  ///    

2. Companies participating in the contract as subcontractors, suppliers or companies whose capacities are used in connection with the provision of proof of suitability and which account for more than 10% of the value of the contract shall also not be included in the group of persons with a connection to Russia within the meaning of the provision 1.  ///    

3. it is confirmed and ensured that, also during the term of the contract, no companies with a connection to Russia within the meaning of the provision 1 involved as subcontractors, suppliers or companies are used with a connection to Russia within the meaning of provision 1 and whose capacities are used which account for more than 10% of the contract value.


Winner: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH