Project certification for all components of the wind farm DanTysk

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a. The scope of work covers the project certification for all components of the windfarm starting after the second BSH release and covering the phases from preparation of the manufacturing until comissioning. All the work shall be executed in accordance with the permit, the BSH standards and the first and second release. The above mentioned components are the following:i. 80 Wind turbine generator including tower and blades, SWT 3.6-120.ii. 80 Monopile foundations for the WTG.iii. Offshore substation on a jacket foundation.iv. Inter array cabling.v. Offshore Acommodation Platform, most likely on a Jacket foundation (to be decided, contract not finalized yet) (as an option)

Zusätzliche Informationen

The application and tender procedure is conducted in accordance with the German Sektorenverordnung (SektVO). 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 German or 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 execution of services, are to be awarded to third parties as subcontractors. In such case, an index of subcontractors (“Nachunternehmerverzeichnis”) with corresponding service(s) / work and the necessary information/declarations/confirmations 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 decision on the invitation to tender will take into account the principles of transparency, equal access, publicity and equal treatment.

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

B. Selecting the operators 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 reguired information, declarations and confirmations designated as “other information” will be evaluated each with 1 point if submitted; otherwise with 0 points,

— Information, declarations and confirmations regarding 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 19 points by the awarding authority.

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

The applicants 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 confirmation by the awarding authority that the work described in this announcement will be carried out with commercial reasonableness.

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

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

5. 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 should be jointly and separately liable for performance of the contract. The application and later bidder consortium shall remain unchanged throughout the whole procedure until the works have been completed. 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.