Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG
Country: DE
Region: Extra-Regio
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 31321220 | 31321400 | 32561000 | 32562000 | 45314310
Submission deadline: 2016-02-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Conclusion of a contract on the production, installation, and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling within an offshore wind farm in the EEZ.
Within the exclusive economic area according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of the North Sea. The Trianel Windpark Borkum (Phase II) is situated 45 km north of the island of Borkum at a water depth of approximately 30 meters at lowest astronomical tide. Main site or location for the onshore-production and storage are the facilities of the contractor including interim storage before laying at an appropriate port near the construction site.
The contract concerns the production, installation and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling within the wind farm (between wind turbine locations and to the offshore substation) to connect a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 34 of the offshore wind park's wind turbine generators of TWB II.
Production 33 (36)-kV submarine cable with fibre optic cable, laying in waters approx. 30 m LAT, laying 1.5 m burial depth in the seabed (to top of product); overall approx. 50-55 km of cable in 29-39 separate cable links (routes), as well as assembly, hang-off and testing of the cable up to the point that it is ready for commissioning.
Pre-installation of the cable protection system in synchronization with the construction of the support structures/scour protection.
The formation of a tenderer consortium is permissible. However, a member of a group of tenderers is prohibited from submitting its own tender or belonging to another group of tenderers at the same time. Should a tenderer consortium be established, the consortium is obligated to provide a legally binding statement to be signed by all involved parties of the tenderer consortium [the form can be downloaded from the tendering portal]. The form must include:
— A list of the names of the tenderer consortium members and a statement of which member will act as the legal representative of the consortium for contract negotiations
— A confirmation that the legal representative is authorized to bindingly act on behalf of all members of the tenderer consortium
— An overview of which contractual service will be rendered by which member of the tenderer consortium
Additionally, an explanation of the grounds for the establishment of a tenderer consortium shall be submitted, for example based on technical or commercial grounds.
— Excerpt from the trade register or a register which is similar if applicable (entities which do not have to be registered are not required to provide an excerpt)
— Declaration about the reliability of the bidder and about the compliance with certain provisions of the German Criminal Code and similar foreign provisions such as section 21(1) and (4) of the German Sector Ordinance (Sektorenverordnung — SektVO). The declaration form can be downloaded from the Deutsche Vergabeportal [declaration can be downloaded in the tendering portal].
If a group of tenderers/consortium is established, all of its members must submit the above mentioned information. The public contracting entity requires the documents listed in the first 2 indents (excerpt from the trade register or a register which is similar and company presentation) for information purposes. Missing documents entitle the public contracting agent to exclude the participant from the further proceeding.
To be submitted to assess the suitability of the tenderers [Declarations can be downloaded in the tendering portal]:
— Declaration on the company's number of employees in the last 3 business years (separated by business years)