Design, engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning of an Offshore Accommodation Platform (OAP)

Zusätzliche Informationen

The application and tender procedure is conducted in accordance with the German Sektorenverordnung (SektVO). The contract will be based on FIDIC plant and design-built and the applicable law will be German law.

Pursuant to this regulation the following procedural guidelines have to be observed:

A. Formal.

1. The participation application and the corresponding confirmations/declarations/documentation must be made in writing and in English and additional electronic on a data carrier (CD) (submission to the specified point of contact by the closing date – submission by telefax or electronic form, e.g. by e-mail, is not sufficient).

2. All declarations and confirmations specified in the announcement must be submitted completely. The participation application, confirmations and declarations must be signed personally, original and as legally binding. Copies or Scans of signatures are not allowed.

3. The application documents must be structured according to No. III. 2) and have to contain the requested information in the respective category. Otherwise the awarding authority is not obliged to take such information into consideration. A reference to an earlier application is not sufficient.

4. The application must contain the applicant’s consent to the fact that the awarding authority may be exchanged with another entity. It might be necessary to change the awarding authority to a separate legal entity within the group of the awarding authority in the course of the tender procedure.

5. Applicants who are not seated in Germany shall submit their registry copies, confirmations, certifications and qualifications in accordance with the legal requirements of the seating country.

6. Applicants shall state in their application details of any service(s) / work for the supply of steel, logistics and the fabrication location are to be awarded to subcontractors. In such case, an index of subcontractors (“Nachunternehmerverzeichnis”) with corresponding service(s) / work and the necessary information/declarations/confirmations referred to the points III.2.1, III.2.2 and III.2.3 must be attached to the application.

7. The obligation of the submission of certificates is not applicable, if a comparable register does not exist or if a registration is not necessary in the particular country. In this case applicant has to give sufficient evidence that a comparable register does not exist or if a registration is not necessary.

8. The required information, declarations and confirmations do not constitute minimum conditions. Essential information, i.e. information which absolutely must be submitted by the end of the application period, is designated as „minimum conditions”. Delay or failure to submit information designated as “minimum conditions” will result in exclusion from the procedure. The awarding authority reserves the right to require further declarations and confirmations, but is not obliged to do so, neither are the applicants entitled to complete their documents.

9. The whole tender process will take into account the principles of transparency, equal access, publicity and equal treatment.

10. Queries to the awarding authority must be made exclusively by email, containing the supplement number, until the 7th of June. The awarding authority will try to reply as soon as possible. Queries made after the 7th of June will not be considered.

11. Regarding to the technical capacity (point III.2.3 of this publication) and deviant to the additional information (point VI.3 of this publication) the applicant has to be able to create necessary documents for permissions in German.

B. Selecting the applicants who will be invited to tender.

The awarding authority will examine the participation applications in a four-stage process:

1. Examination of the required confirmations and qualifications,

2. Examination of potential reasons for exclusion („minimum conditions“),

3. Examination of the suitability of the applicant in accordance with the published participation conditions which are not designated as minimum condition.

4. In case that as an result of the examination more than 5 applicants will meet the required demands, the awarding authority reserves the right to send out the Invitation To Tender (ITT) to the most suitable applicants in consideration of the following qualification criteria:

— all required information, declarations and confirmations designated as “other information” will be evaluated each with 1 point if submitted; otherwise with 0 points,

— all required information, declarations and confirmations designated as "weighted information" will be evaluated with in point III.2.2 and III.2.3 mentioned scores,

— information, declarations and confirmations regarding the personal, economic and financial capacity (point III.2.1 and III.2.2 of this publication) of the applicant will be evaluated in total with 14 points by the awarding authority,

— information, declarations and confirmations regarding the technical capacity (point III.2.3 of this publication) of the applicant will be evaluated in total with 12 points by the awarding authority.

The evaluation will follow in accordance with the valuation rules for the particulary qualification criteria.

The applicant selection will follow the rank as a summery of the awarded scores. The five best applicants will be selected. The higher rank, the better.

C. Conditions relating to the contract

1. The awarding of the contract is subject to approval by the corporate bodies of the awarding authority (i.e. Supervisory Board of Vattenfall Europe AG and Supervisory Board of Vattenfall AB and Stadtwerke München GmbH) (organ reservation).

2. The awarding of the contract is subject to the issuance of the necessary permits, approvals and regulatory licenses.

3. The awarding authority reserves the right to cancel the tender procedure in its entirety or in parts at any time.

4. The awarding authority is not liable for any costs incurred by the bidders nor shall it reimburse any expenses or losses which bidders incur or suffer in connection with the tender procedure, including in the event of a cancellation.

Rechtsform der Gruppe von Wirtschaftsteilnehmern, an die der Auftrag vergeben werden soll

Two or more applicants may also form a grouping in the form of an application consortium in order to obtain an ITT. No specific legal form is required but the individual members of such a consortium shall be jointly and severally liable. The application and later bidder consortium shall remain unchanged throughout the whole procedure for the settlement of contract. If unforeseen circumstances require a change in the composition of such consortium, the awarding authority may allow such change at its sole discretion provided that the change does not distort competition amongst the applicants.