Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-05-22
Buyer: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Country: DE
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 31170000 | 31200000 | 45232220 | 45232221 | 45317200
Submission deadline: 2025-06-06
Award criteria: cost, quality

Technical requirements: The grounds for exclusion listed here are not an exhaustive list of grounds for exclusion. The complete list of grounds for exclusion can be found in the tender documents.
s. Description in chapter 5.1 of this EU-announcement
Economic operators based in European Union or in a country with an international agreement on market access to the European Union. The same requirement has to be fulfilled for significant scope subcontractors and/ or in case of reliance on the capacities of other entities (subcontractors) to fulfil one or more Selection Criteria (in German “Eignungsleihe”).
The fabrication yard must be located within 5.000 km around the 50Hertz office location in Berlin, Heidestrasse 2, 10557 Berlin
No exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB (in German "Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, GWB")

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators based in European Union or in a country with an international agreement on market access to the European Union. The same requirement has to be fulfilled for significant scope subcontractors and/ or in case of reliance on the capacities of other entities (subcontractors) to fulfil one or more Selection Criteria (in German “Eignungsleihe”).
The fabrication yard must be located within 5.000 km around the 50Hertz office location in Berlin, Heidestrasse 2, 10557 Berlin
No exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB (in German "Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, GWB")
Confirmation that paid wages are compliant with the statutory minimum wage or collectively agreed remuneration regulations are obeyed, where applicable.
Self-declaration Sanctions against Russia according to the "SCM.01.004-2GW_Selection Questionnaire" available via link at the chapter 5.1.11 of this EU-Announcement documents
Technical Capability including Project References:

1. At least 1 (one) reference as contractor or as being the responsible and executing contract member (as being part of a consortium/ as being subcontractor) for the converter system for a commissioned and operating HVDC system project with a transmission capacity of at least 800 MW.

The HVDC system under this reference project shall be considered as an HVDC offshore converter station as well as the corresponding onshore converter station. The reference project shall have successfully achieved BSH1 and BSH2 Release-certification via a statement of conformity according to BSH standard 7005, documents 513 and 520 respectively or should have been certifiable according to BSH regulations.

2. At least 1 (one) reference as contractor or as being the responsible and executing contract member (as being part of a consortium/ as being subcontractor) of a commissioned and operating offshore platform.

The offshore platform under this reference project shall be considered as an offshore platform with topside and substructure. The reference project shall have been designed according to internationally recognized standards, e.g. BSH standard 7005, DNV, NORSOK, API and shall have successfully achieved third-party certification. Certified scope shall be at minimum concept design and basic design. If the reference is an offshore platform commissioned and operating in the German EEZ, concept design should be equal to BSH1 and basic design should be equal to BSH2.
It is clarified that a project may also consist of more than one platform. The reference is sufficient, if engineering and construction of the works are distributed across different topsides and substructures of the same project.


In case of an application by a consortium:
- The project reference, item 1, needs to be fulfilled only by the consortium partner which is executing the main parts of the converter system.
- The project reference, item 2, needs to be fulfilled only by the consortium partner which is executing the main parts of the platform (topside & substructure)

The Candidate is required to provide a copy of the “SCM.01.008-2GW_Reference Table form” (as provided with document package of EU-notification) in unprotected Excel format, fully filled in with its list of project references and along with all requested information.
Candidate is required to provide the following proofs/references:

1.	Quality Management System certified in accordance with ISO 9001.
2.	Environmental management system certified in accordance with ISO 14001.
3.	Occupational health and safety management system certified in accordance with ISO 45001.
Candidate is required to provide the proofs of the average annual turnover of at least 2.5 billion EUR over the last three completed audited years. If the Bidder was established more recently, a shorter period is acceptable.

Clarification: in the case of a joint venture/consortium application, it is sufficient if either one member meets this criterion, or the criterion is met by the combined turnovers of two or more members; final-ly, a “Eignungsleihe” is also possible.
The Candidate is required to confirm their capability to achieve the Readiness-for-Trial-Operation-Date for the offshore and onshore HVDC converter system by 31st March 2034.
The Contracting Entities reserve the right to request additional documents in accordance with legal requirements (in particular § 51 SektVO; Regulation (in German "Verordnung") 2022/2560).

Winner: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH