D-Hamburg: pipeline design services

2008/S 49-067890

CONTRACT NOTICE – UTILITIES

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY

I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
Bunde-Etzel Pipeline (BEP) GmbH & Co. KG, Max-Born-Strasse 2, D-22761 Hamburg.
Further information can be obtained at: De la Motte & Partner GmbH, Birkenweg 11, Attn: Dr. Tim Jaguttis, D-21465 Reinbek. Tel.  (49-0) 407 11 10 03. E-mail: mail@delamotte-partner.de. Fax  (49-0) 407 10 57 03.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: De la Motte & Partner GmbH, Birkenweg 11, Attn: Dr. Tim Jaguttis, D-21465 Reinbek. Tel.  (49-0) 407 11 10 03. E-mail: mail@delamotte-partner.de. Fax  (49-0) 407 10 57 03. URL: www.delamotte-partner.de.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: De la Motte & Partner GmbH, Birkenweg 11, Attn: Dr. Tim Jaguttis, D-21465 Reinbek. Tel.  (49-0) 407 11 10 03. E-mail: mail@delamotte-partner.de. Fax  (49-0) 407 10 57 03. URL: www.delamotte-partner.de.
I.2) MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY:
Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
Bunde-Etzel Pipeline Project - Engineering Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 12.
Main place of performance: Leer, Ostfriesland.
NUTS code: DE94C .
II.1.3) The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Detail design, engineering, procurement and construction management for approx. 60 km of 48 inch (DN1200) gas pipeline from Etzel (DE) to Oude Statenzijl (NL).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
74232220 - N014.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots:
No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:
No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Services as in II.1.5.
II.2.2) Options:
No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: — Proof of entrance on the applicable professional or commercial register (in Germany: "Handelsregisterauszug") not older than 3 months pursuant to the legal provision of the domestic state - last audited annual account if the publication is regulated by law of the domestic state;
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:
— Bank information on payment history and economic situation of the candidate - Information on any group, partnership, economic alliances or foreign ownership of the candidate - Aggregate annual turnover as well as turnover related to the engineering and design of gas pipelines - Number and qualification of currently and permanently employed staff (e.g. team assistance, CAD operators, engineers, welding engineers);
III.2.3) Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: — Reference projects in northern Germany involving gas pipeline design for wetlands - Reference projects for gas pipelines with nominal diameters equal or larger than 36 inch and lengths of 50 km or above with knowledge and use of applicable codes and standards - Reference projects carried out in English and German language - Documented qualifications (e.g. ISO 9000 series, ISO 14000 series, OHSAS 1800 series, SCC).
III.2.4) Reserved contracts:
No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used:
No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract:
No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
13.4.2008.
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English.
IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
No.
VI.2) CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:
No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Vergabekammer bei der Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Düsternstraße 10, D-20355 Hamburg. Tel.  (49-0) 404 28 40-0. Fax  (49-0) 404 28 40-2496.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Vergabekammer bei der Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Düsternstraße 10, D-20355 Hamburg. Tel.  (49-0) 404 28 40-0. Fax  (49-0) 404 28 40-2496.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
7.3.2008.