Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-11
Buyer: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Country: DE
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45230000 | 45240000: Construction work for water projects
Submission deadline: 2025-07-04
Award criteria: cost, quality

Technical requirements: The grounds for exclusion listed here are not an exhaustive list of grounds for exclusion. The complete list of grounds for exclusion can be found in the tender documents.
The landfall for the planned Ostwind 4 (OW4) HVDC cable system is located in Vierow, at the Greifswalder Bodden, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. For the landings, 3 Horizontal Directional Drillings (HDD) with cable ducts are planned. This Scope is Lot 1. ----
The landfall for the planned Bornholm Energy Island (BEI) HVDC cable system is located in Vierow at the Greifswald Bodden (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany). For the landings, 3 Hori-zontal Directional Drillings (HDD) with cable ducts are planned. This Scope is Lot 2. ----
The landfall for the planned BEI HVDC cable system, is located at Sose Odde on the Baltic Sea Island of Bornholm (Denmark). For the landings, 3 Horizontal Directional Drillings (HDD) with ca-ble ducts are planned. This Scope is Lot 3. ----- 
Lot 4 to 6 are Combination Lots of Lot 1 to Lot 3. ----

For all lots, the landfall structure will be used to accommodate power cables. The subject of the contract is the full scope required for the planning and execution of the complete landing structure. Delivery and installation of the power cables are not part of the contract per lot.
As part of the engineering, detailed design, work method statements and related documents as well as the scope- and process-specific work and its conceptualization are to be implemented. Documentation of production, quality assurance and as-built planning are further components of the engineering.
The execution work scope includes the setup of the construction site both on land and sea and the preparation of the construction site by means of access roads and construction roads. This also includes clearing the construction site. Environmental avoidance, mitigation and protection measures must be carried out in accordance with permit requirements. The delivery and pre-assembly of ducts, the production of auxiliary structures and temporary construction aids on land and water, as well as the drilling of boreholes for the installation of cable ducts (constituting the actual landfall structure) are also part of the execution work scope. The installation and confirmation of conformity of the cable ducts are also part of this scope. The execution work scope is completed by dismantling the construction site facilities, access roads and construction roads, clearance of the construction site and reinstatement of the landscape and surfaces on both the land and sea side.
Average annual turnover of at least 50 million EUR over the last three completed audited years
No exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB (in German "Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, GWB")
Confirmation that paid wages are compliant with the statutory minimum wage or collectively agreed remuneration regulations are obeyed, where applicable.

Eligibility requirements: Average annual turnover of at least 50 million EUR over the last three completed audited years
No exclusion grounds according §§123, 124 GWB (in German "Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, GWB")
Confirmation that paid wages are compliant with the statutory minimum wage or collectively agreed remuneration regulations are obeyed, where applicable.
Self-declaration sanctions against Russia: Binding self-declaration in regards with existing sanctions against Russia.
At least 1 (one) reference for a completed HDD landing project on an EPCI basis, either by your-self or by a subcontractor commissioned by you, or in the case of a consortium by a consortium member, within the last 15 years. 
Projects in this sense are HDD landings for pipelines, cable ducts or other pipes with an installation length of at least 500 metres, an outer diameter of the pipes of at least 300 mm and related marine operations incl. vessel spread.
1. Environmental management system certified in accordance with ISO 14001 or an equivalent, certified system 
2. Quality management system certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or an equivalent, certified system 
3. Occupational health and safety management system certified in accordance with ISO 45001 or an equivalent, certified system
The Contracting Entities reserve the right to request additional documents in accordance with legal requirements (in particular § 51 SektVO; Regulation (in German "Verordnung") 2022/2560).
Details (e.g. requirements on joint and several liability) will be further provided with the invitation to tender (ITT) / start of the Bid Phase.
Monetary Evaluation
Technical Evaluation

Winner: 50Hertz Transmission GmbH