Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-25
Buyer: Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 2 sp. z o.o.
Country: PL
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 31170000 | 31321000 | 45220000 | 45231400 | 45232221
Submission deadline: 2022-04-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: EPC contract for the onshore connection (line and substation part) for OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica -3 Lot 1 and Lot 2
The subject-matter of the Contract consists in EPC (Engineering, procurement & construction) contract  for the project involving the construction of the onshore OWF Baltica-2 Connection and OWF Baltica-3 Connection, which are necessary for power evacuation from the two offshore wind farms OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica-3 with a generating capacity of 1498 MW and 1045.5 MW, respectively. The Contractor shall be required to deliver the subject-matter of the contract in  EPC formula.
The subject of the contract is divided into two lots. The Contractor, by submitting an application, and then the offer, is obliged to apply for both lots at the same time - the Contractor may not submit an application or a tender for only 1 lot. The Ordering Party will select the same Contractor for both lots and sign 2 contracts with the selected Contractor - one contract for each lot.
EPC contract for the onshore connection (line and substation part) for OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica -3 Lot 1 and Lot 2 - Lot 1 - OWF Baltica 2
The subject-matter of the Contract consists in EPC (Engineering, procurement & construction) contract  for the project involving the construction of the onshore OWF Baltica-2 Connection and OWF Baltica-3 Connection, which are necessary for power evacuation from the two offshore wind farms OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica-3 with a generating capacity of 1498 MW and 1045.5 MW, respectively. The Lot 1 concerns the OWF Baltica 2.
1. The Ordering Party will invite to the competitive dialogue Contractors who are not excluded from the Procedure and meet the conditions of participation in the Procedure for both parts of the Order in the number of 5 (say five) Contractors. The minimum number of invited contractors is 1. In the case of less than 2, the Ordering Party may cancel the procedure.
2.If the number of Contractors who meet the conditions for participation in the Procedure is greater than 5 (say: five), the Ordering Party will invite to the competitive dialogue Contractors who meet the selection criteria and will receive the most points for these criteria in accordance with the description of the criteria in point 4 below.
3.If the number of Contractors who meet the conditions for participation in the Procedure is less than or equal to 5, all Contractors who meet the conditions for participation in the Procedure will be invited to the dialogue.
1)The Contracting Authority shall award 1 point for every 3 bays of at least 220 kV, constructed or modified as part of a single construction work on alternating current Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS) or Air Insulated Switchgears (AIS) in the ENTSO-E Continental Europe synchronous area transmission network – other than that specified as part of the works listed to demonstrate compliance with the condition for participation described in Section 12.6.3.1. para. 1 of the DNR – complete during the period of the last 10 years before the deadline for the submission of Requests to participate in the Procedure, and where the period of business activity is shorter – during that period. The construction or modification (upgrading) of a bay in an alternating current GIS or AIS switchgear will be considered to consist in the installation of fully-equipped circuit-breaker bays and automation, protection, control and telecommunications systems. The scope of work shall also include bay commissioning understood as obtaining a positive result of a voltage and load test that allows it to be put into operation. If there are more than 3 bays in one listed construction work, the Contractor shall be awarded 1/3 of a point for each additional bay. In order to be awarded points, the Contractor may list more than one construction work in which it has built at least 3 bays.
2) The Contractor shall award 1 point for each construction work duly completed during the last 10 years before the deadline for the submission of Requests in the Procedure, and where the period of business activity is shorter – during that period, involving the construction of an alternating current 220 kV or higher voltage cable line in the ENTSO-E Continental Europe synchronous area transmission network.
5. In the event that Contractors are awarded the same number of points for a selection criterion, the Contracting Authority shall take into account, when drawing up the ranking list, the amount of average annual turnover stated in Section 12.6.2.1. of the DNR, admitting to the dialogue Contractors with a higher average turnover, ranked from the highest to the lowest turnover. A Contractor with a higher average annual turnover will be ranked higher on the list.
1. The contracting authority provides for the possibility of exercising the right of option. The options are described in section 9.2 of the Description of needs and requirements.
EPC contract for the onshore connection (line and substation part) for OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica -3 Lot 1 and Lot 2 - Lot 2 - OWF Baltica 3
The subject-matter of the Contract consists in EPC (Engineering, procurement & construction) contract  for the project involving the construction of the onshore OWF Baltica-2 Connection and OWF Baltica-3 Connection, which are necessary for power evacuation from the two offshore wind farms OWF Baltica-2 and OWF Baltica-3 with a generating capacity of 1498 MW and 1045.5 MW, respectively. The Lot 2 concerns the OWF Baltica 3.
1. The Ordering Party will invite to the competitive dialogue Contractors who are not excluded from the Procedure and meet the conditions of participation in the Procedure for both parts of the Order in the number of 5 (say five) Contractors. The minimum number of invited contractors is 1. In the case of less than 2, the Ordering Party may cancel the procedure.

Eligibility requirements: 1. Contractors who: 1) are not subject to exclusion in accordance with point 12.2 of the Description of needs and requirements; 2) meet the conditions for participation in the procedure in accordance with item 12.7 of the Description of needs and requirements can participate in the proccedure The conditions for participation for both Lots of the contract are the same and should be met for both Lots of the contract jointly. 2. Contractors who have no grounds for exclusion from the procedure on the basis of the Code of Conduct constituting Annex 5 to the Rules of Tender Procedure by EWB-2 and EWB-3 may participate in the Procedure. 3. In order to confirm that there are no grounds for excluding the Contractor from the procedure referred to in sec. 2, the Ordering Party calls on the contractors to submit, together with the application, through the SWPP2 procurement system, the following subjective means of proof, valid as of the date of their submission: A declaration of compliance with the conditions for participation specified in the Code of Conduct for the the EWB-2 and for the EWB-3 Tender Regulations. 4. In the event of a joint application for the award of the contract by two or more Contractors, the documents referred to in para. 2 is submitted by each contractor separately. 5. If the contractor relies on the abilities or situation of other entitiess (third parties), the documents referred to in para. 2 consists of each contractor and entity providing resources separately.