Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-06
Buyer: TenneT Offshore GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 43131200 | 71351920 | 71352000 | 71352110 | 71353100
Estimated value: 38000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: On the basis of legal foundations, TenneT has had the mandate to establish and operate the grid connection for offshore wind farms in its transmission grid area in Germany since December 2016.
To ensure this mandate and security of supply, TenneT builds and operates offshore converter stations in the German Bight of the North Sea.
Due to the political and social consensus for an accelerated expansion of offshore wind energy use, numerous new offshore converter substations will have to be built in the future. In the course of tendering and planning the HVDC platforms, information about the subsoil are required as a basis for planning. For this purpose, geophysical and geotechnical subsoil investigations (in short: INVESTIGATION) must be carried out.
On the basis of legal foundations, TenneT has had the mandate to establish and operate the grid connection for offshore wind farms in its transmission grid area in Germany since December 2016.
To ensure this mandate and security of supply, TenneT builds and operates offshore converter stations in the German Bight of the North Sea.
Due to the political and social consensus for an accelerated expansion of offshore wind energy use, numerous new offshore converter substations will have to be built in the future. In the course of tendering and planning the HVDC platforms, information about the subsoil are required as a basis for planning. For this purpose, geophysical and geotechnical subsoil investigations (in short: INVESTIGATION) must be carried out.
Qualification to practice the profession, including conditions regarding registration in a professional or
In the event that different bidders join together to form a consortium, the contracting entity will only accept a joint liability of the consortium.
Furthermore, a clear consortia leader must be appointed. Moreover, the exact bidder constellation has to be explained and the legal construction needs to be visualized. The consortium structure shown in the call for competition is considered as fixed and may not be changed in the further proceedings.
Candidates/tenderers must complain about violations of public procurement provisions in compliance with the provisions of Section 160 (3) of the ARC (Act against Restraints of Competition). An application for review is inadmissible pursuant to Section 160 (3) ARC insofar as
1. the applicant became aware of the claimed violation of public procurement provisions before filing the application for review, but did not notify the contracting authority within a time limit of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the time limit pursuant to Section 134 (2) ARC remains unaffected,
2. violations of public procurement provisions which become apparent from the tender notice are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice,
3. violations of public procurement provisions which only become apparent from the procurement documents are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice,
4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting entity that it is unwilling to redress the objection.

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria according tender documents in Negometrix: List and brief description of conditions: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents: Qualification to practice the profession, including conditions regarding registration in a professional or commercial register Economic and financial performance Technical performance

Award value: 38000000