Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-11
Buyer: TenneT Offshore GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 60440000: Aerial work
Submission deadline: 2020-07-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Subject of contract is the provisioning of helicopter hoisting services in The Netherlands and Germany.
Lot 1: helicopter hoisting is required as part of the maintenance phase of the offshore sections of the grid connection systems in the Dutch North Sea.
Helicopter hoisting operations (HHO) will be used especially for unscheduled deployments. Furthermore, it also shall be used to transport small amounts of cargo including dangerous goods and waste (usually packed in transport units, e. g. big bags).
The helicopter pilots will work in close cooperation with the Marine Operation Center (MOC) or the installation unit/offshore installation manager (OIM) and will transfer the client's personnel mainly as well as third party personnel from designated airports in NL to the offshore platforms or various installation units.
Beside the hoisting operations on demand, the client also will make call-off orders for ordering training and education measures for the client's personnel.
The client reserves the right to negotiate with a maximum of four candidates. The selection of candidates to be invited for negotiations after the submission of tenders will be based on the award criteria according to number II.2.5).
Lot 2: helicopter hoisting is required as part of the maintenance phase of the offshore sections of the grid connection systems in the German North Sea.
Helicopter hoisting operations (HHO) is only performed in case the HVDC platforms in operation in the German North Sea cannot be reached via the regular access systems.
Furthermore in those situations, it also shall be used to transport small amounts of cargo including dangerous goods and waste (usually packed in transport units, e. g. big bags).
The helicopter pilots will work in close cooperation with the Marine Operation Center (MOC) or the installation unit/offshore installation manager (OIM) and will transfer the client's personnel mainly as well as third party personnel from designated airports in GER to the offshore platforms or various installation units.
The client reserves the right to negotiate with a maximum of four candidates. The selection of candidates to be invited for negotiations after the submission of tenders will be based on the award criteria according to number II.2.5).
The client reserves the right to negotiate with a maximum of four candidates per lot. The selection of candidates to be invited for negotiations after the submission of tenders will be based on the award criteria according to number II.2.5).
(a) extract of professional or trade register proof of registration in a professional or trade register of the country in which the applicant is established, which must be no more than three months old at the time of expiry of the time limit for submitting an application for participation; and
(b) declaration that no grounds for exclusion under §§123,124 GWB exists (corresponding form A7); and
The applicant and each member of a bidding consortium shall submit a presentation of the business organisation as part of their application for participation, including references to the business model (corresponding form A1 and, if applicable, form A2).

Eligibility requirements: Applies to lot 1 and lot 2: Proof must be provided by presenting the following documents, which represent minimum conditions: (a) extract of professional or trade register proof of registration in a professional or trade register of the country in which the applicant is established, which must be no more than three months old at the time of expiry of the time limit for submitting an application for participation; and (b) declaration that no grounds for exclusion under §§123,124 GWB exists (corresponding form A7); and (c) business organisation. The applicant and each member of a bidding consortium shall submit a presentation of the business organisation as part of their application for participation, including references to the business model (corresponding form A1 and, if applicable, form A2). Please follow the instructions given in the ‘Information Memorandum’ that can be downloaded from Negometrix. The form ‘Annex A4’ should be used for verification purposes. In the event that the tenderer uses the capacity of another company to obtain the necessary professional, financial and technical qualifications under sections III.1.1) to III.1.3) (e.g. group companies), the ‘Annex A3’ must be completed and handed in together with the request for participation (the relevant documents can be downloaded from Negometrix) by the tenderer in order to prove that other company/companies will be jointly and severally liable with. The corresponding form A1-A4 can be downloaded via Negometrix and are to be submitted (uploaded) along with the application for participation of the applicant/tenderer.