Helen Ltd's procurement of industrial electrode hot water boilers

Helen Ltd (later "Contracting Authority) aims to be carbon neutral energy company by 2030. In order to achieve its carbon neutrality targets, Helen has commited to stop using of coal by 2024, and is currently seeking and piloting non-combustion based energy solutions for its energy production. In this procurement, The Contracting Authority is seeking 1-3 suppliers for insdustrial electrode hot water boilers, preliminary to one to three different production locations in Helsinki area, Finland, as described in this EU Procurement Notification and it's Annexes. The main driver for electrode boiler investments is to increase the capacity of non-fossil based district heat production. The Contracting Authority will make a separate project execution decission for each part (A1, A2 & A3). The projects are currently in the planning phase and the final project execution decisions are scheduled to be done Q1/2023 (subject to changes). The procurement consists of 3 parts, which may be quoted as follows: ALTERNATIVE A (parts quoted separately): A1. Hanasaari production site, 3 X ~50 MW, supply voltage 10kV, electrode hot water boilers A2. Salmisaari production site, 2 X ~50 MW, supply voltage 10kV, electrode hot water boilers A3. OPTION Eiranranta production site, 1 X ~30 MW, supply voltage 10kV, electrode hot water boiler ALTERNATIVE B (combination of parts mentioned in the alternative A): Alternative B allows Tenderer to take synergy advantages into consideration, and give more competitive pricing for bigger entity (2-3 parts). The Tenderer candidate may send the application to tender for part A1, and/or part A2, and/or A3. The Tenderer candidate may send the application for Alternative B but must then apply and tender for same parts separately (Alternative A) 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: 10-11/2022 EU Procurement Notification 11/2022 Decision on Tenderers 12/2022 Invitation to Initial Tender 01-02/2023 Submission of Initial Tender 02-03/2023 Negotiations rounds 03/2023 Invitation to Final Tender 03-04/2023 Submission of Final Tender 04/2023 PROJECT EXECUTION DECISIONS 04/2023 - 05/2023 Decision on the awarded Supplier This procurement will be executed as negotiated procedure.