Contract notice – utilities
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Postal address: Durlacher Allee 93
Town: Karlsruhe
NUTS code:
DE122 Karlsruhe, StadtkreisPostal code: 76131
Country: Germany
E-mail:
g.madeddu@enbw.comInternet address(es): Main address:
www.enbw.com I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via:
www.tender24.de I.6)Main activityElectricity
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Offshore Windfarm (OWF) - GeoPhysical Survey
Reference number: EnBW-2023-0021
II.1.2)Main CPV code71351900 Geology, oceanography and hydrology services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Given the limited availability of existing regional geophysical data in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), EnBW intends to conduct a geophysical survey for the installation of new offshore windfarms. Several areas are potentially of interests for conducting a geophysical survey and instrumentation for the survey will consist of Multibeam Echosounder ("MBES"), Side Scan Sonar ("SSS"), gradiometer, Subbottom Profiler ("SBP"), and optionally Ultra High Resolution 2D seismic ("2D UHRS").
The intent of the geophysical survey is to acquire geophysical data of such resolution and quality to be able to fully characterize the seafloor and the shallow subsurface and to fulfill the applicable regulatory requirements as stipulated by the BSH after obtaining site control and issuance of required permits to conduct the survey work.
We recommend for tenderers to review the "BSH Standard Ground Investigations, 2014", which includes a full description of to be fulfilled requirements for the geophysical ground investigation and the "BfN-Kartieranleitung für "Riffe" in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone (AWZ)", which reflects all requirements for reef mapping.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 10 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: DEZ Extra-Regio NUTS 1
Main site or place of performance:
German EEZ (German bight)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
In accordance to ITT Documents
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemStart: 01/12/2023
End: 02/10/2024
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: yes
Description of options:
The employer reserves the right to increase the scope of work (for e.g. seismic 2D-UHRS)
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingList and brief description of selection criteria:
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilityList and brief description of selection criteria:
III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participationList and brief description of rules and criteria:
III.1.6)Deposits and guarantees required:
Please see tender documentation
III.1.7)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please see tender documentation
III.1.8)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
jointly and severally liable
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogueRecourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 08/05/2023
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidatesDate: 25/05/2023
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderTender must be valid until: 01/01/2024
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
All request and communication shall be done trough the AI bidding cockpit (AI Bietercockpit) via tendering platform "tender24".
Please be aware that question regarding the call for competition shall only be submitted latest October 14th 2022.
Due date for questions by tendering company: October 19th 2022
The tendering company reserves its unilateral right to award a tenderer a contract based on initial or subsequent tenders received without requesting best and final offers (BAFO’s).
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: Vergabekammer Baden-Württemberg
Postal address: Durlacher Allee 100
Town: Karlsruhe
Postal code: 76137
Country: Germany
Telephone: +49 721-926-8730
Fax: +49 721-926-3985
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
According to Section 160 (1) GWB, the public procurement chamber initiates a review only on request.
An application may, inter alia, be inadmissible if the candidate has not complained in due time of the alleged infringement of public procurement rules. Infringements recognized in the award procedure must be notified to the tendering company within ten calendar days (§ 160 (3) no. 1 GWB).
Infringements of procurement rules, which are recognizable on the basis of the notice, must be notified at the latest by the end of the participation period (§ 160 (3) no. 2 GWB). Infringements that can only be identified in the tender documents must be notified at the latest by the end of the offer period (§ 160 (3) no. 3 GWB). Furthermore, the petition for review is inadmissible if more than 15
calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification of the issuing undertaking to refuse to remedy a complaint (sec. 160 (3) no. 4 GWB)
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:06/04/2023