Provision of Electrical Engineering Planning Services

The European Central Bank is seeking suitable candidates through this call for applications that will be invited to participate in the negotiated procedure and to submit a tender for the contract on electrical engineering.

Frankfurt am Main

As building owner of the ECB’ main building in the eastern part of Frankfurt as well as tenant of other office buildings in the inner city of Frankfurt and further potential buildings, the ECB plans different projects comprising of the refurbishment under operation and building works.

The ECB requires electrical engineering planning services with regard to all planning phases according to HOAI, including site supervision of construction, renovation, maintenance and building works.

Gem. § 53 (2) HOAI:

— ALG4. power distribution (Starkstromanlagen);

— ALG5. fire alarm systems and passive IT networks (Fernmelde- und Informationstechnische Anlagen);

— ALG6. lifts (Förderanlagen).

The construction works will be executed in the existing building stock without disturbing the core business of the ECB and might be carried out outside office hours (incl. overnight and on weekends).

Several tasks and projects might be planned and executed in parallel.

The scope for planning services according to HOAI will be commissioned, depending from the entire scope of the task or project with or without the external architect:

The ECB intends to award a framework contract for these services with a duration of four years with an envisaged starting date in Q3/2022.

The project and working language will be mainly in German, in order to both comply with the local statutory approval process and work with the as-built documentation.

As stated in the procurement documents.

As stated in the procurement documents.

As stated in the procurement documents.

This tender procedure is conducted via the ECB’s electronic tendering system (e-tendering) which can be accessed via the following internet address:

(http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/jobsproc/sourcing/html/index.en.html)

If you have not used the ECB’s electronic tendering system before, you need to register via the above link (click on 'Register'). Subsequently to the registration, you will receive an automated notification with your user credentials to log in (click on 'Login') and to access the tender documentation.

Please note that:

— a registration to the above system is only required once and you can reuse your user credentials in all future procedures of the ECB which are conducted via the above system. Therefore, please keep your user credentials for the future;

— in case you should have participated in previous ECB tender procedure(s) in the past which were conducted via the ECB’s prior online system, you nevertheless need to register once to the ECB’s electronic tendering system under the above address;

— your mere registration does not constitute an application/tender.

You must submit your application/tender via the ECB’s electronic tendering system as further instructed in the application/tender documentation.

The system reference number for the above procurement is: RFX-PT-2022-000016: PRO-007728-R1-El.Engineering Planning

To download the tender documents, log on to the ECB’s electronic tendering system with your login and password. Expand the field 'Public Tenders – Upcoming Events'. Click on 'Click to request an invitation to this event' for the above procedure and close the new window which opens. Once the request is completed (this can take a few minutes), the status of the participation request will change to 'Invited' and the RFx documentation will be accessible via the RFx tab. Under the above link you also find user guides for detailed information on how to use the system and contact details for technical support. Should you require technical help when using the system, please contact the ECB’s technical support team at [email protected] by quoting the reference number and the problem experienced. Any other queries relating to this procurement procedure and the content of the procurement documentation shall be submitted as message via the ECB’s e-tendering system (under the tab 'Discussion').

The ECB endeavors to answer all queries as quickly as possible but cannot guarantee a minimum time response. The ECB shall not be bound to reply to queries received less than seven calendar days before the time-limit for the submission of tenders.

The tender procedure shall be open on equal terms to all natural or legal persons resident or located in the European Union and to all natural and legal persons resident or located in a country which has ratified the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement or has concluded with the European Union a bilateral agreement on procurement under the conditions laid down in the said agreements.

The tender procedure is conducted in accordance with ECB Decision 2016/245 laying down the Rules on Procurement (as amended), available on the ECB website at (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/1001/procurement/html/index.en.html)

Within 10 days of receipt of the notification in accordance with Article 34(1) or the first sentence of Article 34(3) of Decision ECB/2016/2 laying down the Rules on Procurement, as amended. Further requirements are outlined in Article 39 of this Decision. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not affect the deadline for lodging appeals.