Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-01-23
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 75211200
Estimated value: 731026 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The study aiming at identifying the main challenges deriving from the integration of variable, renewable energy sources into the Brazilian energy and electrical system.
In Brazil and other countries worldwide the importance of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar (PV) is growing.
One of the main goals of power system planning and operation is to comply with the reliability and economic feasibility criteria established for supplying electricity to consumers.
Pursuing this goal, investment plans and operating strategies must foresee the possibility of failure of single components and other problems in the power system.
Long-term planning for the Brazilian power system makes provision for significant expansion of renewable sources of energy with seasonal generation characteristics and/or intermittent operations (such as solar and wind power). In parallel to a gradual reduction in the regularisation capabilities of Brazil’s hydropower segment, the integration of intermittent generation sources into its National Interconnected System (SIN) underscores the need for studies buttressing knowledge about the effects of renewable energy sources on the structural performance of the SIN.
This study is aiming to identify the main challenges deriving from the integration of variable, renewable energy sources into the Brazilian energy and electrical system. Inputs for potential solutions for those challenges identified should be developed and presented in the report taking into account the peculiarities of the Brazilian energy system.
1) An application is only possible using the required documents provided by the contracting authority (compare sec. I.3) of this notice ‘communication’). The documents must be completed in English. Formless applications will not be considered. The documents must be submitted together in triplicate, on time and locked.
2) Consortia must already apply as consortia. The subsequent formation of a consortium is not possible. Consortia have to provide the required information for every member. They have to mark this information accordingly, designate a lead partner and authorize this member to represent the consortium and receive payments for all members in the discharge of the liability for the contracting authority. A formal agreement to this effect must be signed by each member of the consortium and attached to the request to participate.
3) The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:https://www.giz.de/biddingopportunities-services. On this page look for the transaction number 81212141 to get to the documents.
According to section 160, paragraph 3 sentence 1 Act against Restraint of Competition (Competition Act - GWB), application of the review proceeding is inadmissible if:
1) The applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the contract award regulations before submitting the application for the review proceeding and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting entity within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to section 134, paragraph 2 GWB remains unaffected,
2) Complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that are evident in the notice are not submitted to the contracting entity at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application specified in the notice or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
3) Complaints of infringements of contract award regulations that 1st become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting entity at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or for the submission of bids,
4) More than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of the notification from the contracting entity that it is unwilling to redress the complaint.


Winner: Lahmeyer International GmbH
Award value: 731026
Number of bids: 3