Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-01-31
Buyer: EnBW HeDreiht GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 60651000
Submission deadline: 2023-02-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contractor shall deliver and operate a suitable Crew Transfer Vessel as well as qualified crew for the EnBW Offshore Windpark He Dreiht.
The Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) is Germany’s third largest energy provider. The company reached in 2020 a total turnover of about 20 billion Euro and has about 6 million customers. The EnBW AG is today involved in several offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The main offices for the renewable energy activities are located in Hamburg and Stuttgart, Germany.
EnBW He Dreiht will be located in the North Sea, 90 km northwest of Borkum and about 110 km west of Helgoland. With a capacity of 900 MW, He Dreiht is one of the largest planned offshore wind power projects in Europe and is scheduled to go into operation in 2025.
EnBW plans to charter a Crew Transfer Vessel during the construction phase of the Offshore Windfarm EnBW He Dreiht. The Contractor shall deliver and operate a suitable Crew Transfer Vessel as well as qualified crew for the EnBW Offshore Windpark He Dreiht.
The Contractor shall provide the CTV for transportation of personnel, tools and spare parts to various locations within the offshore construction sites, vessel as well as neighboring windfarms (EnBW Hohe See, Global Tech I, Bard). Planned base port is Emden, Germany.
The Employer requires one Crew Transfer Vessel (minimum 16pax) for the transport of its personnel and personnel of its subcontractors as well as cargo transfer and associated works.
The transport is mainly between the port of Emden and the offshore construction site HeDreiht. In individual cases, there is also a need to call other North Sea ports.
In addition, the vessel is to transport personnel within the park and between the park and neighbouring parks and other vessels (e.g. installation vessel, OSV).
The charter of the Crew Transfer Vessel shall be from the 1st of April 2024 to the 31th of December 2025. The charter contract of the CTV can be extended until the 31st of March 2026. The start of work for the Crew Transfer Vessel is possible between the 1st of April and the 1st of June 2024.
In the period between the 1st of December 2024 and 28th of February 2025, offshore works may be significantly reduced. For this period, the Employer reserves the right to announce a so-called "Winter Break". During this time, the CTV does not have to be available. Such a Winter Break Period shall be announced at least 14 calendar days in advance by the Employer. The Winter Break Period shall have a minimum duration of 14 calendar days. The Contractor is asked to offer a reduced day rate for such a winter break. More details are described in the "Scope of Work" and BIMCO Windtime tender document.
The bidder shall confirm that its company pays all of its employees according to the legal requirements (Minimum Wage Act). Corresponding attached document shall be signed.
The bidder shall provide a credit report (e.g. from Creditreform, D&B) reflecting the current company financial position. In case of a negative credit rating, the tendering company may exclude the bidder from the tendering process. A negative credit rating exists, if in regard to the aggregate risk assessment of the company a high overall rating of the company and a high risk (highest risk level) at payment index is certified by a credit report.
The bidder shall provide  the extract from the company's commercial register which is not older, than 3 years.
The bidder shall confirm that no application has been made or opened for an insolvency procedure or an equivalent procedure regarding the company, nor has the opening of such proceedings been declined due to insufficiency of assets, nor is the company in the process of liquidation, nor has it ceased its activities (Section 124 (1), No. 2 GWB).
If the tender application is provided as a bidding consortium, a declaration, which is signed by all members of the bidding consortium shall be submitted together with the application for the tender participation. This declaration shall include a jointly  and several liability in case of an award, the names of all members of the bidding consortium, an authorized representative [and the intention to join the bidding consortium in case of the successful selection of applicants and to joint to a working group in case of an award.