Framework Agreement Cable Monitoring Systems

Zusätzliche Informationen

(a) Q&A:

Interested companies can contact the awarding authority with questions about the application at least 7 days before the end of the participation period (Stage 1). If the questions or answers are of general interest, they will be made available in anonymized form. All interested companies or applicants are obliged to take note of the questions and answers published when drafting their application to participate. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from the procedure.

Deadlines for questions regarding the offer period will be clarified within the tender documents.

(b) Tender documents:

For reasons of confidentiality, selected parts of the tender documents are only made available to the applicants within the application procedure after a confidentiality declaration has been issued (cf. Art. 73(1), fourth subparagraph, in conjunction with Art. 39(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU). This does not apply if a company has no legitimate interest in the confidential documents being made available, in particular if they are manifestly unsuitable.

(c) Continuation of point III.1.4) Objective participation rules and criteria:

General explanations on the content of the request to participate.

1) Current means not older than 6 months backdated from the date of the end of the participation period.

2) If an applicant cannot present a third party certificate, e.g. an entry in the register, as required, a comparable third party certificate must be presented and the comparability must be demonstrated by appropriate explanations.

3) Foreign applicants: as a rule, they must submit the required declarations/evidence in German or English or in an officially certified translation. If a declaration/evidence cannot be submitted at all, the reasons for this must be given, a comparable declaration/evidence must be submitted and an explanation must be given in German or English why the comparability exists.

4) Consortia of applicants. Together with the application for participation, a legally binding declaration of participation, signed and completed in full by all members has to be submitted. Particular attention shall be paid to the aspect of compliance of the formation of the applicant group with cartel law. Each member of the applicant group must submit the declarations and evidence required under III.1.1) and II.1.2). This applies to a limited extent to the declarations and evidence under III.1.3) if the applicant group foresees a division of tasks and if, for example, certain references can only be submitted by one applicant group member; any limited submission of declarations and evidence must be explained in detail by the applicant group in an Annex to the applicant group declaration. The same rules apply to applicant groups as for applicants.

5) Other companies: applicants can use other companies to prove their suitability (suitability loan). In this case, the other company must submit a declaration of commitment according to which it will provide a specifically defined partial service for the applicant in the event of an order. Companies which lend the suitability to the applicant (suitability lenders and subcontractors) must be summarised in a list in which the name and registered office of the other company and the part of the service are formulated.

(d) Besides 50Hertz Transmission GmbH all companies affiliated with the Elia Group (in particular 50Hertz Offshore GmbH and Elia Grid International GmbH) are entitled to call on this framework agreement.

(e) The first offer can only be evaluated if its valid, complete, unconditional and eligible, meets the technical conditions of the attached enquiry documents, is fully completed in all parts as an individual offer and is received by us in accordance with the deadlines set out in the invitation to tender. The bidders have no right for

negotiation.