Helen Ltd's procurement of industrial electrode hot water boilers

Helen Ltd ("The Client" or "The Contracting unit") aims to be carbon neutral energy company by 2030. In order to achieve its carbon neutrality targets, Helen is currently seeking and piloting non-combustion based energy solutions for its energy production. In this procurement The Contracting unit is seeking 1-2 suppliers for industrial electrode hot water boilers, preliminary to one or two different production locations in Helsinki area, Finland, as described in this EU Procurement Notification and its Annexes. The main driver for electrode boiler investments is to increase the capacity of non-fossil based district heat production. The Contracting unit will make a separate project execution decision for both parts (A1&A2). The procurement consists of 2 parts, which may be quoted as follows: ALTERNATIVE A (parts quoted separately): A1. Hanasaari production site, 4 X ~50 MW electrode hot water boilers, supply voltage 10kV A2. OPTION Patola production site, 2 x ~50 MW electrode hot water boilers, supply voltage 10kV ALTERNATIVE B (both parts mentioned in the alternative A): Alternative B allows Tenderer to take synergy advantages into consideration and give more competitive pricing for bigger entity (2 parts). The Tenderer candidate may send the application to tender for part A1, and/or part A2. The Tenderer candidate may send the application for Alternative B but must then apply and tender for both parts (A1 and A2) separately as well. The Supplier or Suppliers will be chosen based on the final evaluation. The economically most advantageous quotation or combination of the quotations will be chosen. A preliminary schedule (estimates, subject to changes) for this procurement is: EU Procurement Notification: ~12/2023 - 1/2024 Decision on Tenderers: ~1/2024 Invitation to Initial Tender: ~2/2024 Submission of Initial Tender: ~3/2024 Negotiations rounds: ~3/2024 Invitation to Final Tender: ~3-4/2024 Submission of Final Tender: ~4/2024 Decision on the awarded Supplier: ~5/2024 This procurement will be executed as negotiated procedure.