Provision of Guard Vessels

TenneT is looking for reliable, trustworthy and highly professional providers of Class B and Class C Guard Vessels (GV) and their respective crews to conclude a service framework contract for the duration of 3 years (+2 +2 years as options = 7 years max.). For the specific tasks, the Client …

CPV: 60651000 Alquiler de embarcaciones con tripulación, 34500000 Buques y barcos, 34521100 Barcos de vigilancia, 60650000 Alquiler de medios de transporte por vías navegables con tripulación, 60651100 Alquiler de embarcaciones de navegación marítima, con tripulación, 63726400 Servicios de fletamento de barcos
Lugar de ejecución:
Provision of Guard Vessels
Organismo adjudicador:
TenneT Offshore GmbH
Número de premio:
Guard Vessel 2024

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : TenneT Offshore GmbH
Activity of the contracting entity : Electricity-related activities

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Provision of Guard Vessels
Description : TenneT is looking for reliable, trustworthy and highly professional providers of Class B and Class C Guard Vessels (GV) and their respective crews to conclude a service framework contract for the duration of 3 years (+2 +2 years as options = 7 years max.). For the specific tasks, the Client distinguishes between and requires GV of Class B (max. speed min. 15 knots) and Class C (max. speed min. 10 knots). The minimum requirement is a contractor fleet of at least 3 Guard Vessels for each Class: Class B (maximum speed of at least 15 knots): 3 vessels minimum within the fleet or in direct access. Class C (maximum speed of at least 10 knots): 3 vessels minimum within the fleet or in direct access. A guard vessel (GV) is required by safety regulations during various scenarios. The scope of work of the GV is to guard certain nearshore or offshore areas, e. g. during cable repairs, to protect unburied cables and joints, UXO locations or to guard a platform during outage of navigational lights or similar. The main activities of the GV are permanent observation of surrounding vessel traffic and to inform all vessels in the vicinity about the present activities or dangers via public broadcasts or by other visual and non-visual instructions within their guarding area. In order to protect the confidentiality of the information provided by the client in the tender documents, it is mandatory to conclude a confidentiality Agreement as per "NDA" document provided for download via Mercell. Please send the signed and stamped copy to: dominik.schellhase@tennet.eu . After sending the NDA and a plausibility check by the Client, the Client will grant the interested parties access to the tender by Email. After registering for the tender at Mercell Source-to-Contract, you will find all tender documents for the call for competition phase as well as the offer phase under "Questionnaires", section "Call for Competition", question 1.2.1.  The bidder can not deduce eligibility for participation only from signing and submitting the NDA. TenneT will only accept tenderers who successfully qualify during the call for competition phase to participate in the offer phase.
Procedure identifier : f91ed25e-b25c-4b09-b247-f3b1b00698c0
Previous notice : 56df7222-54f8-4124-aba0-1161b65b9499-04
Internal identifier : Guard Vessel 2024
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure : Details of the award procedure can be found in the openly accessible document "Procedure Guidelines.pdf", which can be downloaded from the tender page (see section 5.1.11 of this EU notice). * In order to protect the confidentiality of the information provided by the awarding authority (TenneT) in the tender documents, it is mandatory to conclude a confidentiality Agreement (NDA) provided for download via Mercell Source-to-Contract tender main page (see section 5.1.11 of this EU notice). Please send the signed and stamped copy to: dominik.schellhase@tennet.eu . After submitting the NDA and a plausibility check by TenneT, TenneT will grant the interested parties access to the tender by email. After registering for the tender at Mercell, applicants will find all tender documents under "Questionnaires", section "Call for Competition", question 1.2.1.

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 60651000 Hire of vessels with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 34500000 Ships and boats
Additional classification ( cpv ): 34521100 Surveillance boats
Additional classification ( cpv ): 60650000 Hire of water transport equipment with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 60651100 Hire of sea-going vessels with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 63726400 Ship chartering services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE242 )
Country : Germany
Additional information : See documentation - Area of supply is the German North Sea/German Bight, nearshore and offshore.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 10 000 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : #Besonders geeignet für:selbst# The application documents must be submitted in digital form (in a standardised data format, e.g. PDF and MS Office format) exclusively via the Mercell platform. Pre-submission of application documents by email, fax or mail is not permitted and will lead to disqualification of the applicant and exclusion from the tender process. * The application for the call for competition must be submitted in due time and no later than by 10.06.2024 at 12:00 CET via the e-Award platform Mercell. Individual extensions of time will not be granted. * Requests to participate must be submitted in full by above deadline exclusively via Mercell in the sections provided for this purpose. Please use all forms provided on the Mercell online platform, which must be submitted with the tender application. Tender applications that are submitted late cannot be considered. Incomplete documents will lead to exclusion from the tender. * The selection of bidders who are invited to negotiations following successful submission of a bid is based on the award criteria in accordance with Section 5.1.10 and is limited to 3. * In accordance with § 57 SektVO, the contracting authority is authorised to discontinue the award procedure at any time. * The estimated total maximum value of any call-offs under this framework agreement is EUR 10,000,000.00 (see section 2.1.3. “Value”). For the avoidance of doubt, it is emphasized that this is merely an estimated value, taking into account all options and "worst-case" scenarios, which does not justify any claims against TenneT for call-offs up to the aforementioned maximum value. The value stated is purely indicative and must not be used as a guideline when submitting an offer. * The award of the contract is subject to changes in the legal and/or regulatory framework, rules and regulations in force at the time of publication of this announcement. * The exercise of any call-offs under this framework agreement is subject to the proviso that the necessary approvals for the realisation of the projects have been obtained or the corresponding projects in the network development plan have been finally confirmed. * Companies affiliated with the contracting authority within the meaning of §§ 15 ff. AktG (even if they are only founded after conclusion of the framework agreement). Call-offs under this agreement are made in particular by the contracting authority (TenneT Offshore GmbH) and/or one of its affiliated companies. * The Principal is authorised to transfer the rights and obligations of the subject matter of the contract as a whole to a project company (Special Purpose Vehicle/NewCo), irrespective of whether third parties have already participated as shareholders in this project company or will only participate in such a company after any transfer of this Framework Agreement. * Technical questions regarding the use of Mercell can be addressed directly to the Mercell ServiceDesk: E-mail: support-nl@mercell.com Telephone: +31 (0)85-001 4593 Availability: 9:00 to 17:00 * Methodology for the general evaluation of offers and BAFO offers: For each criterion - except for the evaluation criterion "price", which will be dealt with separately - a comparative evaluation will be carried out and the bidders will be ranked according to their performance within this criterion. The ranking is then multiplied by the weighting of the respective criterion. The weighted rankings of all criteria are added together. The bidder with the best overall ranking is deemed to be the most economically favourable bidder and will be awarded with the first place. Price: The price criterion is based on the following evaluation: The tender with the lowest tender price will be ranked 1.00. Any tender that exceeds 2 times the lowest tender price is ranked last, whereby this always corresponds to the number of tenders submitted and evaluated. The evaluation for the bid prices in between is carried out using linear interpolation with up to two decimal places. Contractual conditions: The negotiation results within the framework of the award procedure are evaluated with regard to the final distribution of contractual risks to the disadvantage of the TenneT in comparison to TenneT's draft. If there are no specifications from TenneT, the results of the negotiations are assessed comparatively. Technical Ability & Availability: The results of the negotiations within the framework of the award procedure are evaluated with regard to the final concept submitted by the bidders in terms of the overall service design in all areas required by TenneT. The results of the negotiations are evaluated comparatively. * Note on Review Procedure: Applicants/bidders must complain about violations of procurement law in compliance with the provisions of Section 160 (3) ARC - Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB – Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschraenkung). An application for review is inadmissible pursuant to Section 160 (3) ARC if 1. the applicant has recognised the alleged violation of procurement law before filing the application for review and has not notified the contracting authority within a period of ten calendar days; the expiry of the time limit pursuant to Section 134 (2) ARC remains unaffected, 2. infringements of procurement law which are apparent from the EU notice are not notified to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the time limit for application or submission of tenders stated in the notice, 3. infringements of procurement law which are only apparent in the tender documents are not notified to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the time limit for application or submission of tenders, 4. more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the contracting authority's notification that it does not intend to remedy a complaint.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/25/EU
sektvo -

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Provision of Guard Vessels
Description : TenneT is looking for reliable, trustworthy and highly professional providers of Class B and Class C Guard Vessels (GV) and their respective crews to conclude a service framework contract for the duration of 3 years (+2 +2 years as options = 7 years max.). For the specific tasks, the Client distinguishes between and requires GV of Class B (max. speed min. 15 knots) and Class C (max. speed min. 10 knots). The minimum requirement is a contractor fleet of at least 3 Guard Vessels for each Class: Class B (maximum speed of at least 15 knots): 3 vessels minimum within the fleet or in direct access. Class C (maximum speed of at least 10 knots): 3 vessels minimum within the fleet or in direct access. A guard vessel (GV) is required by safety regulations during various scenarios. The scope of work of the GV is to guard certain nearshore or offshore areas, e. g. during cable repairs, to protect unburied cables and joints, UXO locations or to guard a platform during outage of navigational lights or similar. The main activities of the GV are permanent observation of surrounding vessel traffic and to inform all vessels in the vicinity about the present activities or dangers via public broadcasts or by other visual and non-visual instructions within their guarding area. In order to protect the confidentiality of the information provided by the client in the tender documents, it is mandatory to conclude a confidentiality Agreement as per "NDA" document provided for download via Mercell. Please send the signed and stamped copy to: dominik.schellhase@tennet.eu . After sending the NDA and a plausibility check by the Client, the Client will grant the interested parties access to the tender by Email. After registering for the tender at Mercell Source-to-Contract, you will find all tender documents for the call for competition phase as well as the offer phase under "Questionnaires", section "Call for Competition", question 1.2.1.  The bidder can not deduce eligibility for participation only from signing and submitting the NDA. TenneT will only accept tenderers who successfully qualify during the call for competition phase to participate in the offer phase.
Internal identifier : Guard Vessel 2024

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 60651000 Hire of vessels with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 34500000 Ships and boats
Additional classification ( cpv ): 34521100 Surveillance boats
Additional classification ( cpv ): 60650000 Hire of water transport equipment with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 60651100 Hire of sea-going vessels with crew
Additional classification ( cpv ): 63726400 Ship chartering services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE242 )
Country : Germany
Additional information : See documentation - Area of supply is the German North Sea/German Bight, nearshore and offshore.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/11/2024
Duration end date : 31/10/2027

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
The buyer reserves the right for additional purchases from the contractor, as described here : TenneT may extend the term of the Agreement by two (2) periods of two (2) years, resulting in a maximum overall contract duration of seven (7) years.

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 10 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes
Additional information : #Besonders geeignet für:selbst# The application documents must be submitted in digital form (in a standardised data format, e.g. PDF and MS Office format) exclusively via the Mercell platform. Pre-submission of application documents by email, fax or mail is not permitted and will lead to disqualification of the applicant and exclusion from the tender process. * The application for the call for competition must be submitted in due time and no later than by 10.06.2024 at 12:00 CET via the e-Award platform Mercell. Individual extensions of time will not be granted. * Requests to participate must be submitted in full by above deadline exclusively via Mercell in the sections provided for this purpose. Please use all forms provided on the Mercell online platform, which must be submitted with the tender application. Tender applications that are submitted late cannot be considered. Incomplete documents will lead to exclusion from the tender. * The selection of bidders who are invited to negotiations following successful submission of a bid is based on the award criteria in accordance with Section 5.1.10 and is limited to 3. * In accordance with § 57 SektVO, the contracting authority is authorised to discontinue the award procedure at any time. * The estimated total maximum value of any call-offs under this framework agreement is EUR 10,000,000.00 (see section 2.1.3. “Value”). For the avoidance of doubt, it is emphasized that this is merely an estimated value, taking into account all options and "worst-case" scenarios, which does not justify any claims against TenneT for call-offs up to the aforementioned maximum value. The value stated is purely indicative and must not be used as a guideline when submitting an offer. * The award of the contract is subject to changes in the legal and/or regulatory framework, rules and regulations in force at the time of publication of this announcement. * The exercise of any call-offs under this framework agreement is subject to the proviso that the necessary approvals for the realisation of the projects have been obtained or the corresponding projects in the network development plan have been finally confirmed. * Companies affiliated with the contracting authority within the meaning of §§ 15 ff. AktG (even if they are only founded after conclusion of the framework agreement). Call-offs under this agreement are made in particular by the contracting authority (TenneT Offshore GmbH) and/or one of its affiliated companies. * The Principal is authorised to transfer the rights and obligations of the subject matter of the contract as a whole to a project company (Special Purpose Vehicle/NewCo), irrespective of whether third parties have already participated as shareholders in this project company or will only participate in such a company after any transfer of this Framework Agreement. * Technical questions regarding the use of Mercell can be addressed directly to the Mercell ServiceDesk: E-mail: support-nl@mercell.com Telephone: +31 (0)85-001 4593 Availability: 9:00 to 17:00 * Methodology for the general evaluation of offers and BAFO offers: For each criterion - except for the evaluation criterion "price", which will be dealt with separately - a comparative evaluation will be carried out and the bidders will be ranked according to their performance within this criterion. The ranking is then multiplied by the weighting of the respective criterion. The weighted rankings of all criteria are added together. The bidder with the best overall ranking is deemed to be the most economically favourable bidder and will be awarded with the first place. Price: The price criterion is based on the following evaluation: The tender with the lowest tender price will be ranked 1.00. Any tender that exceeds 2 times the lowest tender price is ranked last, whereby this always corresponds to the number of tenders submitted and evaluated. The evaluation for the bid prices in between is carried out using linear interpolation with up to two decimal places. Contractual conditions: The negotiation results within the framework of the award procedure are evaluated with regard to the final distribution of contractual risks to the disadvantage of the TenneT in comparison to TenneT's draft. If there are no specifications from TenneT, the results of the negotiations are assessed comparatively. Technical Ability & Availability: The results of the negotiations within the framework of the award procedure are evaluated with regard to the final concept submitted by the bidders in terms of the overall service design in all areas required by TenneT. The results of the negotiations are evaluated comparatively. * Note on Review Procedure: Applicants/bidders must complain about violations of procurement law in compliance with the provisions of Section 160 (3) ARC - Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB – Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschraenkung). An application for review is inadmissible pursuant to Section 160 (3) ARC if 1. the applicant has recognised the alleged violation of procurement law before filing the application for review and has not notified the contracting authority within a period of ten calendar days; the expiry of the time limit pursuant to Section 134 (2) ARC remains unaffected, 2. infringements of procurement law which are apparent from the EU notice are not notified to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the time limit for application or submission of tenders stated in the notice, 3. infringements of procurement law which are only apparent in the tender documents are not notified to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the time limit for application or submission of tenders, 4. more than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the contracting authority's notification that it does not intend to remedy a complaint.

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : The price criterion is based on the following evaluation of the bids/offers: The bid with the lowest bid price will be ranked at 1.00. Any bid that exceeds 2 times the lowest bid price will be awarded the last rank, which always corresponds to the number of bids submitted and evaluated. The evaluation of the bid prices which lie in between is carried out by means of linear interpolation with up to two decimal digits. This applies to both, the selection of candidates to conduct the negotiations with (evaluation based on the initial offer documents) as well as the later awarding of the contract to the winning candidate (evaluation based on BAFO documents).
Weight (percentage, exact) : 35
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Contractual Conditions
Description : The contractual parts of the initial offers and negotiation results (BAFO) are evaluated against the client’s requirements laid out in the tender documents and assessed on a comparative basis (relative method). The annotated contract drafts sent in by the bidders are evaluated with regard to the final distribution of contractual risks to the disadvantage of the client in comparison to the client's original draft contract proposal. This applies to both, the selection of candidates to conduct the negotiations with (evaluation based on the initial offer documents) as well as the later awarding of the contract to the winning candidate (evaluation based on BAFO documents).
Weight (percentage, exact) : 35
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Technical Ability & Availability
Description : The technical parts of the initial offers and negotiation results (BAFO) are evaluated against the client’s requirements laid out in the tender documents and assessed on a comparative basis (relative method). This applies to both, the selection of candidates to conduct the negotiations with (evaluation based on the initial offer documents) as well as the later awarding of the contract to the winning candidate (evaluation based on BAFO documents).
Weight (percentage, exact) : 30
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.15 Techniques

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

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Vergabekammer Nordbayern
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed : Vergabekammer Nordbayern
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : TenneT Offshore GmbH
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract : TenneT Offshore GmbH
Organisation signing the contract : TenneT Offshore GmbH
TED eSender : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 3 905 880 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Van Laar Maritime B.V.
Tender :
Tender identifier : BAFO
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
The tender was ranked : yes
Rank in the list of winners : 1
The tender is a variant : no
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 4600001421
Date on which the winner was chosen : 26/09/2024
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 07/10/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Organisation signing the contract : TenneT Offshore GmbH

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders from medium tenderers
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : unpublished
Justification code : Commercial interests of an economic operator
Justification for publishing later : Commercial interests of an economic operator
Date of when this will be published : 31/10/2030

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : TenneT Offshore GmbH
Registration number : HRB 4516
Postal address : Bernecker Straße 70
Town : Bayreuth
Postcode : 95448
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE242 )
Country : Germany
Contact point : Dominik Schellhase
Telephone : +495132892933
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Vergabekammer Nordbayern
Registration number : DE 811 335 517
Postal address : Postfach 606
Town : Ansbach
Postcode : 91511
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE242 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49 981531277
Fax : +49 981531837
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing information concerning the general regulatory framework for taxes applicable in the place where the contract is to be performed

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Van Laar Maritime B.V.
Size of the economic operator : Medium
Registration number : 34168184
Postal address : Kanaalstraat 212
Town : IJmuiden
Postcode : 1975BJ
Country subdivision (NUTS) : IJmond ( NL323 )
Country : Netherlands
Contact point : Lindsay Pein
Telephone : +31255518449
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0004

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

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 4f3cf05e-b825-4b73-973d-e8bcf344decf - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 22/10/2024 11:46 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 22/10/2024 11:46 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00653283-2024
OJ S issue number : 210/2024
Publication date : 28/10/2024