Three Compressor Units for Compressor Station Wittenburg, Germany

Three (3) hermetically sealed electrical driven Compressor Units. Scope of this tender is the compression part of CS Wittenburg and includes following items: - three (3) hermetically sealed electrical driven Compressor Units (3 x 50%), per definition max. 2 Units are in operation and 1 Unit is standby. Each Unit …

CPV: 42123100 Gas compressors, 42100000 Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power
Place of execution:
Three Compressor Units for Compressor Station Wittenburg, Germany
Awarding body:
NEL Gastransport GmbH
Award number:
2024_724_001

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting entity : Production, transport or distribution of gas or heat

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Three Compressor Units for Compressor Station Wittenburg, Germany
Description : Three (3) hermetically sealed electrical driven Compressor Units.
Procedure identifier : 17381157-ce12-462c-b88a-362297fea3cc
Internal identifier : 2024_724_001
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 42123100 Gas compressors
Additional classification ( cpv ): 42100000 Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power

2.1.2 Place of performance

Town : Wittenburg
Postcode : 19243
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Ludwigslust-Parchim ( DE80O )
Country : Germany

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXVHY6AY1W1JM5VH The Attachments B.0 to B.9 and B.12, which are part of the tender documents, contain particularly confidential and sensitive information. This especially pertains to the Attachment` related to the performance specification. Therefore, the contracting authority requests the applicants to submit a Non-Disclosure Agreement (Attachment A.4) (see § 5 (3) sentence 2 SektVO). This can be submitted via the messaging function of DTVP. The particularly confidential and sensitive tender documents will then be made available to the tenderer promptly after receipt of the Non-Disclosure Agreement through the messaging function of DTVP. The basis for the suitability assessment are the conditions mentioned in the announcement and the procedure letter 1 under the item 15. Three (3) suitable applicants will be invited to submit an indicative offer, provided that a sufficient number of participation applications from suitable applicants have been submitted. These three (3) applicants will be determined based on the selection criteria described in Attachment A.5 (Evaluation Offer (Suitability)). The remaining applicants will no longer be considered for the further procurement process and will be informed promptly. If more than three (3) applicants equally meet the suitability requirements and the number of applicants remains too high after an objective selection according to the published suitability criteria, the selection among the remaining application may be made by drawing lots (see § 75 (6) VgV).
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/25/EU
sektvo -

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Three Compressor Units for Compressor Station Wittenburg, Germany
Description : Scope of this tender is the compression part of CS Wittenburg and includes following items: - three (3) hermetically sealed electrical driven Compressor Units (3 x 50%), per definition max. 2 Units are in operation and 1 Unit is standby. Each Unit consists of a compressor / motor entity with electrical equipment such as magnetic bearings, transformer, variable frequency drive (VFD), variable frequency drive (VFD) cooler and dedicated control system, - basic and detail engineering, design, procurement, construction - manufacturing, supply delivery, installation, and commissioning, performance and acceptance testing of the three (3) Units - ancillary equipment, commissioning spares, spare parts, special tools - training and technical assistance For further details please refer to Attachments B.0 to B.9 and B.12.
Internal identifier : 2024_724_001

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Supplies
Main classification ( cpv ): 42123100 Gas compressors
Additional classification ( cpv ): 42100000 Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power

5.1.2 Place of performance

Town : Wittenburg
Postcode : 19243
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Ludwigslust-Parchim ( DE80O )
Country : Germany
Additional information :

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 0

5.1.6 General information

The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given : Not yet known
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Criterion :
Type : Economic and financial standing
Name : Wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit
Description : WL1: Self-Declaration of the consolidated total revenue of the company for the last 3 (three) financial years. If a company has not been operating in the market for that long, it shall provide a business plan for the missing years, indicating the expected annual revenues. Minimum Requirement (Failure to meet will result in exclusion): The average annual revenue must be at least EUR 90 million (net) for each of the last 3 (three) completed financial years. WL2: Proof of Existing Professional or Business Liability Insurance or a comparable Market Standard Insurance - Proof of a currently existing professional or business liability insurance or a comparable market-standard insurance for personal, property and financial damages. - Proof of a currently existing product liability insurance or a comparable market-standard insurance for personal, property and financial damages. - Proof of a currently existing environmental liability insurance or a comparable market-standard insurance for personal, property and financial damages. The proofs may be submitted in photocopy/scan (PDF) but must be clearly legible. The proof must not be older than 6 months at the time of the expiry of the deadline for submitting the participation applications. One or more of the insurances may also be part of another of the mentioned insurances. The minimum liability coverage stated below must, in any case, apply to each of the aforementioned insurances. If any of the insurances (professional or business liability insurance, product liability insurance, environmental liability insurance) with these coverage amounts is not currently in place, it is sufficient for each of the aforementioned insurances to provide: 1. A self-declaration from the applicant stating that they are willing to take issue the corresponding insurance at the first request of the contracting authority in the event of a contract award and 2. The declaration of an insurance (in non-verified copy) stating that they are willing to conclude the corresponding insurance. Minimum Requirements (Failure to meet this will result in Exclusion): The liability coverage amounts for each of the aforementioned insurances (professional or business liability insurance, product liability insurance, environmental liability insurance) must be at least EUR 20,000,000.00 per insured event for personal, property, and financial damages.
Criterion :
Type : Other
Name : Sonstiges
Description : Self-declaration Knowledge of German Directives: The contractor must be familiar with safety, electrical and mechanical directives in the German market to ensure acceptance by German authorized body. Those directives are: - DIN EN 12583 Gas-Compressor Stations, - DVGW guidelines especially G 260, G 442, G 495, G 497 - EC Machinery guidelines 2006/42/EG und EU 2023/1230, - EC Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EC (PED), - Technical regulations for pressure vessels, TRB, AD gazettes, - Norms for functional safety of electrical/electronic/ programmable electronic safety-related systems, determination SIL level, for example (but not limited to) IEC DIN EN 61508, IEC DIN EN 61511. - EC Explosion protection guidelines 2014/34/EC, ATEX, - Norms for electrical equipment, for example (but not limited to) DIN EN 60034, DIN EN 50014-34, DIN EN 60079, - Electrical equipment and apparatuses are to be tested and certified by the manufacturer according to the Accident Prevention Regulations (DGUV V3) for Electrical Systems and Equipment. - VDE regulations especially - DIN VDE 0100, all parts as far as applicable - VDE AR-N 4110 - VDI applicable guidelines and gazettes Self-Declaration Code of Conduct: Tenderer shall ensure that Tenderer and its personnel do not pay any commission or fee or grant any loan or rebate to any of Company"s personnel, nor provide such Company"s personnel with gifts or entertainment of significant cost or value, not enter into any business arrangements with such Company"s personnel either as individuals or as representatives of anyone other than Company. A breach of this condition can lead to disqualification of the Tenderer. Company conducts its business in accordance with the principles of sustainable development and complies with internationally recognized fundamental environmental, labour and social standards. Company has described and set forth its understanding and implementation of these standards in it"s "Code of Conduct" ( https://www.nel-gastransport.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Lieferanten/GASCADE_Verhaltenskodex_Lieferanten.pdf) Company expects likewise that Tenderers and Contractors will comply with environmental, labour, social and corporate governance standards ("ESG Standards"). Should Company discover that Tenderer or Contractor is in breach of these ESG Standards, Company reserves the right to reject such Tenderer's Tender or terminate the contract with such Contractor, as the case maybe, - without notice, if necessary - on account of national circumstances. Furthermore, Contractor shall be obliged to ensure that all its subcontractors of any tier shall also observe these standards likewise. By submission of its Tender Tenderer warrants that: ­The prices in the Tender have been arrived at independently, without consultation, communication, agreement or understanding for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices, with any other Tenderer or with any competitor. ­Unless otherwise required by law, the prices which have been quoted in the Tender have not knowingly been disclosed by the Tenderer, directly or indirectly, to any other Tenderer or competitor, nor will they be so disclosed. ­No attempt has been made or will be made by the Tenderer to induce any other person or firm to submit or not to submit a Tender for the purpose of restricting competition. The Tenderer confirms compliance with all requirements mentioned in this section by a self-declaration, which must be attached to the application to participate.
Criterion :
Type : Suitability to pursue the professional activity
Name : Eignung zur Berufsausübung
Description : PL1: A proof of registration in the trade or commercial register must be attached in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which the tenderer is based (in unverified copy), provided that the tenderer is registered in the trade or commercial register. In case of non-registration The submission of a business registration (for foreign tenderers: or equivalent). The proof may be submitted in (non-certified) photocopy/scan (PDF) but must be clearly legible and formulated in German or English (if necessary, translated). The proof must not be older than 6 months at the time of the publication of this announcement. PL2: Declaration of the absence of Exclusion Grounds according to §§ 123, 124 GWB. The proof of self-cleaning measures according to § 125 GWB is possible. PL3: Self-Declaration Regarding Regulation (EU) 2022/576 (Sanctions against Russia).
Criterion :
Type : Technical and professional ability
Name : Technische und berufliche Leistungsfähigkeit
Description : TL1: Information on the execution of relevant and comparable services (references) in the last maximum fifteen (15) years since the publication of the notice. Comparability requires that the listed references are comparable both in terms of performance and subject matter to the required service package. A reference is considered comparable, in particular, when it involves services that allow conclusions about the applicant's suitability based on size and complexity. It should be noted that a reference project, for the purposes of this self-declaration, is comparable if the following services were performed in the reference project: Design, construction, project management, installation, and commissioning of hermetically sealed, electrically driven compressor units, consisting of a compressor/motor unit with electrical equipment such as magnetic bearings, transformer, variable frequency drive (VFD) with associated cooler, and dedicated control system constructed in accordance with DVGW, SVGW, or OVGW standards. The reference must include at least the following information to demonstrate comparability: 1. Reference Title 2. Contracting Authority 3. Contract Person including contact data 4. Description of services provided 5. Value in EUR (net) 6. Period of execution Minimum Requirement (Failure to meet will result in exclusion): At least three particularly relevant (comparable) references must be submitted. TL2: Proof of Certification or Self-declaration according to DIN ISO/IEC 27001. A proof of certification according to ISO DIN ISO/IEC 27001 (or equivalent) must be attached. The proof can be submitted as a photocopy/copy (PDF) but must be clearly legible. If a proof of certification according to ISO DIN ISO/IEC 27001 (or equivalent) is not currently in place, it is sufficient to provide a Self-declaration that ensures compliance with the contents of ISO DIN ISO/IEC 27001. In this case, the tenderer must submit the underlying company policy as proof. The contractor will receive remote access to the contracting authority's IT system to query the status data of the machines and to provide support services online. The contracting authority, as an operator of critical infrastructure, is subject to the requirements of the BSI Critical Infrastructure Ordinance.
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure :
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 1
Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 3

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 06/12/2024 23:59 +01:00
Ad hoc communication channel :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : German, English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 17/12/2024 12:00 +01:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 134 Day
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :
At the discretion of the buyer, all missing tenderer-related documents may be submitted later.
Additional information : The contracting authority reserves the right to request documents pursuant to § 51 para. 2 or 3 SektVO. The requested documents must be submitted by the affected tenderer within the deadline set by the contracting authority. There is no entitlement to request documents.
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Conditions relating to the performance of the contract : Reference is made to the tender documents.
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : no
Electronic payment will be used : yes
Financial arrangement : Reference is made to the tender documents.
Information about review deadlines : The tender documents must be checked by the interested companies for completeness and legibility after receipt/download. If the announcement, the tender documents, or the documents or other information communicated, provided, and made accessible to the applicants/tenderers contain ambiguities or violate applicable law, the applicants/tenderers have the obligation to notify the awarding authority immediately. Otherwise, they cannot invoke the ambiguities or legal violations. Unresolved ambiguities must be included by the tenderers as risks they bear in their offers. Any procedural objections must be clearly identified as such. The obligation of the applicants/tenderers to raise objections according to § 160 (3) GWB is explicitly noted. Furthermore, the awarding authority expressly points out the time limit for legal remedies under § 160 (3) sentence 1 No. 4 GWB. According to this provision, a request for review is inadmissible if more than 15 calendar days have passed after the receipt of the contracting authority's notification that it will not remedy an objection.

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction : no

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Vergabekammer des Bundes
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Organisation receiving requests to participate : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Procurement service provider : Ernst & Young Law GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft und EY Consulting GmbH
TED eSender : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Registration number : 5e50e9b0-8f6b-4b8d-8047-f0a327c61bf9
Postal address : Kölnische Straße 108-112
Town : Kassel
Postcode : 34119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE731 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49621420817593
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Ernst & Young Law GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft und EY Consulting GmbH
Registration number : 2eced5f6-5ea1-4e5c-855b-12f878cd0f0e
Postal address : Glücksteinallee 1
Town : Mannheim
Postcode : 68163
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Mannheim, Stadtkreis ( DE126 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49621420817593
Roles of this organisation :
Procurement service provider

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Registration number : ba2ff520-e571-4413-9571-2fa4029e67ea
Postal address : Kölnische Straße 108-112
Town : Kassel
Postcode : 34119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE731 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49621420817593
Roles of this organisation :
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : Vergabekammer des Bundes
Registration number : b9e7a8bf-f225-4ae8-abfc-c08887edc0e9
Postal address : Villemombler Straße 76
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53123
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +4922894990
Fax : +492289499163
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0005

Official name : NEL Gastransport GmbH
Registration number : bf701e5d-f256-4873-aad5-7262ceb1158e
Postal address : Kölnische Straße 108-112
Town : Kassel
Postcode : 34119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE731 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49621420817593
Roles of this organisation :
Organisation receiving requests to participate

8.1 ORG-0006

Official name : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)
Registration number : 0204:994-DOEVD-83
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49228996100
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

10. Change

Version of the previous notice to be changed : 5cc558a8-f57b-439d-8397-ff67dc386a30-01
Main reason for change : Information updated

10.1 Change

Section identifier : PROCEDURE
Description of changes : Suitability criteria TL2 as well as documents "Procedure Letter Nr. 1" and "A.1 Forms and Proof (Suitability" updated.
The procurement documents were changed on : 20/11/2024

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 4ccb26fe-3bea-43d1-867b-5c4744b43c07 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 20/11/2024 10:55 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00711563-2024
OJ S issue number : 227/2024
Publication date : 21/11/2024