Planning, construction and commissioning of three combined-cycle gas and steam turbine power plants (CCGTs) in Berlin

Zusätzliche Informationen

A. Formal guidelines for the application

1. The application must be submitted in writing and personally signed in triplicate and additionally submitted in electronic form on CD and may preferably not exceed a scope of 60 DIN A 4 pages. It should be put in a sealed envelope. Each application shall be marked with the EU notification number and be marked as 'confidential'. Submission of the application via fax or email is not sufficient.

2. The application is to be structured according to the numbering in Section III.2) and must contain the requested information in the respective categories. The employer reserves the right to disregard information not placed in the herefore provided categories. Indications of earlier applications are not sufficient for verification.

3. Under "Current" in item III.2.) it is understood that the date of issue of the respective third party certification (e.g. certificate of registration) must not be older than three months from the date of publication in the official journal of the EU.

4. The application must include a notice which lot has been applied for.

5. With the Request to Qualify the applicant agrees to a change in the person of the employer. It cannot be ruled out that during the tendering process, a different person e.g. within the Vattenfall Group becomes the employer.

6. The obligation to provide third party certificates does not apply if and when a similar register is not kept or registration is not required. The applicant has to demonstrate and explain this.

7. In the context of the previous item 6 foreign applicants are encouraged to provide comparable third party certificates. Their equivalence is to be demonstrated. Comprehensive demonstration is expected to that effect. In this context, referring to item III.2.3. Point 20 of the notice it is pointed out that the entire application is to be written in English, including respective proofs and appendixes. If an official document or third party certificate is not written in English, a literal translation must be provided by a sworn interpreter. This shall not apply if the official document or third party certificate is written in German.

8. An applicant may, also as a member of an applicant consortium, also refer to the skills of third companies (such as subcontractors) in demonstrating his/her suitability, as long as the division in two contractual parts remains (see items II.1.5) u. III.1.3)). Then the applicant must submit proof for the other company regarding the items III.2.1) to III.2.3), whereas the obligation to submit proof of economic and financial capacity (III.2.2) and of technical capacity (III.2.3) is limited to the part or the parts of services, for which the third company shall be responsible. In addition, the applicant has to demonstrate that the necessary resources are made available by the third company. This can be carried out by a personally signed letter of commitment from the other company or the other companies respectively.

9. The employer reserves the right to demand further statements and proof (including minimum requirements). Furthermore, it reserves the right to request a personal presentation or visit of company or reference site of a candidate to verify for example the self-declarations. Applicants are not entitled to claim an additional demand or a visit or to do a personal presentation.

10. Questions are exclusively to be sent via email to the contact point until 7 calendar days before the application deadline. Thereafter, incoming questions are not considered. The employer will try to reply in a timely manner.

11. Every applicant and every member of an applicant consortium has to submit a Non-Disclosure Agreement. The form to be used has to be requested from the contact point (see I.1.).

B. Identifying the companies that are invited to tender

The companies that will be invited to tender are selected in a two stage process:

1. Formal Evaluation

2. Suitability Test

C. Tendering Procedure and Guidelines for contract awarding

The specifications for contract awarding result from the ITT. For reasons of maximum transparency, the employer announces some general rules in advance. There is, however, no entitlement for employer to comply with them. Therefore, specifications and changes can occur in the context of the ITT:

1. The evaluation of the offers will positively take into account a technically uniform solution offered by the bidder for all three lots (in the industry known as so-called "convoy"). Therefore, as it currently stands, all bidders may be given the opportunity to provide a discount for the proposed prices of two or three lots in case of contract awarding.

2. Contract awarding for each lot requires the approval of the employer’s boards.

3. Contract awarding for each lot is subject to existing permits under public law.

4. Contract awarding for each lot is subject to the economically viable implementation of the services to be determined by the employer.

5. Contract awarding for each lot is subject to the feasibility of continuous operation of the respective plant according to the forecast of the employer dated second quarter (Q2) of 2016 in order to secure funding in accordance with the CHP-Act.

Beschreibung der Optionen

Extension of the instrumentation and control system of the CCGT for the controlling and monitoring of Hot Water Boiler(s) (Black Box), auxiliary steam generator (Black Box), district heating pumping station, general appliances as well as the necessary signal interfaces to higher level systems. Delivery, programming, installation, commissioning and documentation on the basis of Employer’s functional specifications, signal exchange lists and image designs.

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

The application must be signed by all members of the applicant consortium. A leading member is to be named. His/her authority must be presented. The statement by the bidding consortium must include that the bidding consortium constitutes itself jointly and severally liable with the exception of II.1.5 (LTSA).

Informationen zu Fristen für Nachprüfungsverfahren

According to § 107 para 3 No.4 of the Law against Restricted Competition (GWB), the deadline for the initiation of review proceedings before the Public Procurement Board ('Vergabekammer') is 15 calendar days after receiving notification of the Employer that he will not remedy a complaint.