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Request for Qualifications

Construction of an Energy and Recovery plant

within the Jänschwalde Industrial Area

Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG

Document

Prequalification

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Prequalification Document for Construction of an Energy and Recovery plant

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Contents

1 Preamble ........................................................................................................................................3

2 Procedure - Request for Qualifications ...........................................................................................3

3 Contact ...........................................................................................................................................3

4 Description of the Project ..............................................................................................................4

4.1 General Description ..................................................................................................................... 4

4.2 Scope of supply and services ....................................................................................................... 5

4.3 Approval ...................................................................................................................................... 6 5 General commercial description .....................................................................................................7

6 planned schedule ...........................................................................................................................7

7 Selection requirements ..................................................................................................................7

7.1 Economic and financial requirements ......................................................................................... 8

7.2 technical requirements .............................................................................................................. 11




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1 Preamble

Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG intends to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”) with a

project partner for the development, construction and commercial operation of an Energy

and Recovery Plant (in the following named “EVA Jae” or the “Project”) in the Jä-

nschwalde Industrial Area in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany. In 2020 a special purpose

vehicle (SPV) will be founded. The SPV will sign the contracts for the scope of supply to

be commissioned.

For this purpose, we are seeking for experienced companies applying in undertaking the

design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and testing of the project

on a fully turnkey Engineer, Procure, Construct (“EPC”) basis.

This Request for Qualification (RFQ) is intended to check the financial and technical

qualification of applicants for the realization of the project as an EPC contractor.

The RFQ and the subsequent Request for Proposal (RFP) which is currently under

preparation, shall be made without the contracting authority being a sectoral contract-

ing authority within the meaning of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWG). In

particular, the award procedure is not subject to VGV, SektVO, VOF, VOL-A or VOB-A.

The information provided by LEAG in the RFQ is for information only based on the cur-

rent state of planning and may change as the project progresses.

It is attended to apply for state incentives for this enterprise. For this reason, the tender

is subject to the explicit reservation of cancellation and retendering, in the case that this

will be necessary due to requirements for getting the aspired public funding. In making

an application, the applicant gives it explicit consent, that there is no right to claim reim-

bursements of costs or any other disadvantage compensation in the case of such a re-

tendering.

The award of the contract is in particular subject to the following reservations:

- Subject to the approval of the committees on the part of the client, or

- Subject to the award of needed public law approvals.

2 Procedure - Request for Qualifications

If you are interested in preparing a formal submission in response to this RFQ, please

send us written confirmation by e-mail to [email protected].

Subsequently you will receive a link from our tendering platform (ausschreiben24) where

you can upload your response to this RFQ along with the relevant documentation in the

„Attachments“ tab via „+Add new attachments“.

We kindly ask you to hand over your response in either German or English language, by

19 September 2019 via our tendering platform (ausschreiben24) in one zip-file (File-

name = Name of the Applicant).

3 Contact

For questions please use the message function („Messages“ tab) of the tendering plat-

form.




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Commercial Contact

Oliver Mrosk

Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG

Vom-Stein-Straße 39

03050 Cottbus

Technical Contact

Sebastian Meyer

Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG

Vom-Stein-Straße 39

03050 Cottbus

4 Description of the Project

The following technical description is provisional only and solely for the purpose of the

RFQ. LEAG is currently preparing for the construction permit, the environmental permit

and the tender specifications. The latter will be included in the RFP which will be re-

leased to qualified bidders. Therefore, LEAG reserves the right to amend this descrip-

tion in the tender specification later on.

4.1 General Description

The purpose of the planned EVA Jae is the thermal utilisation of refuse-derived fuel

(RDF), which mainly consists of domestic and industrial municipal waste. The offtake of

sewage sludge should be optional possible with separate technical equipment.

The EVA Jae shall be designed for a maximum total quantity of 480,000 t/a of fuel with

a thermal value of 9,000 kJ/kg to 18,000 kJ/kg. The sewage sludge share may amount

to up to approximately 40,000 t/a. The thermal utilisation shall be carried out in two

identically constructed thermal treatment lines with a thermal output of 100 MW th each

(in total 200 MWth).

The planned technologies, in particular the combustion grate, the steam generator, and

the multi-stage flue gas cleaning components, must reflect the current efficiency and

latest environmental standards including state of the art design. The thermal energy

thus released is to serve the self-provision of the EVA Jae. In addition, the EVA Jae

shall feed electricity into the public grid with a capacity of approx. 50 MWe, provide up

to 100 MWth of district heat and / or be used to extract up to 150 t/hr of process steam.

The supply of RDF and sewage sludge shall be primarily by road transport. The addi-

tional rail delivery of partial quantities of bailed RDF is also planned. For this purpose, a

handling area is planned close to the rail way for approx. 2,000 – 3,000 tons of bailed

RDF. The RDF is to be tipped straight into the fuel bunker. The sewage sludge shall be

tipped directly into a separate receiving tank, from where it is pumped into silos. From

there it shall be fed from the silos to the two thermal treatment lines.

The thermal treatment lines shall be designed for a thermal value of 13,500 kJ/kg,

while a thermal value range of 9,000 – 18,000 kJ/kg is assumed. The EVA Jae is pro-

vided with two (2) identical thermal treatment lines with proven and state of the art

grate firing and boiler technology. The EVA Jae should enable the widest possible

working area without the use of sustained combustion. Light heating oil is to be used as

fuel for the ignition and sustained combustion.

For the design of the flue gas cleaning system, the requirements of the 17th Ordinance

on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV) and the BREF

Waste Incineration, currently being implemented at the European level, are to be taken

into account.

Accordingly, the flue gases generated are to be cleaned through a multistage dry pro-

cess. The process must be future proof and listed according chapter 5 of WI-BREF as




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best available technology (BAT). It shall consist of separation of acidic components,

low dust SCR catalyst, the separation of heavy metals as well as dust removal. In addi-

tion, further attendant facilities are required, for example, for the storage and convey-

ance of operating and residual materials.

The steam generated in both lines will be fed to a common main steam header and

then to a condensing steam turbine, which will drive a generator. The waste steam is

condensed in an air-cooled condenser and the condensate returned to the process.

The electrical energy will be fed to a 380 kV or 110 kV network. The EVA Jae is also

intended to extract district heat, which is to be fed into the existing hot water network of

the Jänschwalde power plant. For generation of the district heat, preheaters are to be

provided which shall be fed by steam extractions from the turbine. At the request of the

Jänschwalde power plant, a temporary supply of up to 150 t/h should be possible for

starting operations of the utility boilers.

Accordingly, at least the following components, systems and plant sections are to be

considered as part of the EPC scope of supply:

All civil works incl. foundations and auxiliary buildings (vehicle scales, gate-

house, workshop, material warehouse, control room, administration building,

security system) and building facilities

Fuel delivery and storage (separate for RDF and sewage sludge)

Furnace with grate firing

Boiler for steam generation

Turbine with generator and cooling system

Complete water-steam cycle

Flue gas cleaning including chimney and CEMS

storage, control and transport of all chemicals and consumables

Chemical offloading and storage facilities and storage of the bottom ash and fly

ash residues

Distributed control system including HMI for operations & monitoring

All electrical equipment

Communication and security technology

Other auxiliary facilities required for operation of the EVA Jae

The EVA Jae is to be run in base-load operation with approx. 8,000 full-load operating

hours per year and cover a load range of approx. 60 to 100% for continuous operation

under RdF fire.

The technical concept shall be based on the state of the art of technologies at the time

of planning and construction. The supplier shall design the EVA Jae based on proven

components and parameter in order to mitigate technical risks, e.g. corrosivity in the

flue gas path, and to achieve a high efficiency and availability.

4.2 Scope of supply and services

The request for Qualification only provides an overview of the deliveries and services to

be provided in the context of the project. Details of the scope of supply and services

shall be provided within a technical specification which will be released to prequalified

bidders at a later stage.




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The planning and construction of the EVA Jae shall be carried out in accordance with

German laws and the requirements of the approving authority. The aim is to have the

project built by a general contractor. The general contractor should provide the entire

scope of services on a fully turnkey basis from planning, to procurement, construction,

commissioning and trial operation for the thermal waste utilisation. The scope of supply

and services includes all structures, systems and components such as storage and

conveyor technology, grate, steam generators, flue gas cleaning and removal, building,

water-steam cycle, electrical and control technology necessary for fully automatic oper-

ation of the EVA Jae.

The EPC supplier shall be required to provide the following scope of supply:

Execution planning of the EVA Jae including all interfaces to external partners

(electricity, water, steam, data / communication), taking the results of the pre-

liminary planning into account

Procurement of all components and systems required for the EVA Jae, includ-

ing all necessary ancillary services

Preliminary work for obtaining the permit according to the Ordinance on Indus-

trial Safety and Health (Betriebssicherheitsverordnung)

Planning, construction, coordination and maintenance of the site equipment,

including securing of the building site

Construction of the EVA Jae, including all building work and transport, storage,

installation of all plant components

Commissioning and trial operation, including provisional proof of compliance

with the approval requirements and guaranteed quality parameters

Monitoring of the measurements to prove the guaranteed quality parameters

within the first year after acceptance

Complete documentation according to the client’s specifications

4.3 Approval

The Jänschwalde Energy and Recovery Plant requires approval according to the Fed-

eral Immission Control Act (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz), which is to be classified

under Section 8.1.1.3, G, E of Appendix 1 of the 4th Federal Immission Control Ordi-

nance (Bundesimmissionsschutzverordnung). Furthermore, it is to be designated under

No. 8.1.1.2 of Appendix 1 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (UVPG), and is

thus subject to classification as an environmental impact assessment project. Accord-

ingly, an approval procedure is required in accordance with § 10 of the Federal Immis-

sion Control Act with public participation. Furthermore, it is a plant in accordance with §

3 of the 4th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act

(BImSchV) (Appendix according to the Industrial Emissions Directive).

The Jänschwalde Energy and Recovery Plant is to be approved as an independent

new plant, independently of the existing “Jänschwalde Power Station”. A “supplier-neu-

tral” approval application is to be made, and the approval process is to be divided into

two partial permits. The first partial permit is, as far as possible, to cover all environ-

mental protection law matters (environmental effects, nature conservation, etc.) and the

building permit, so that (final) public participation can be carried out and the environ-

mental impact assessment thus concluded. On this basis, building can start on issuing

the first partial permit. The second partial permit should only include the final approval

according to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health and, if applicable, minor




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structural changes which do not require renewed public participation. Amendments af-

ter the issuing of the first partial permit which could affect the protected goods should

be avoided, as this would require renewed public participation with considerable addi-

tional time needed.

A scoping study has already been carried out, and the approval application is currently

being prepared. The approval application is to be submitted to the competent authority,

the State Office for the Environment of the State of Brandenburg, in February 2020.

The approval notice is a prerequisite for the award of the services requested with this

prequalification. For the approval in accordance with the Ordinance on Industrial Safety

and Health, the preliminary work of the then successful bidder is required and consti-

tutes part of the order.

5 General commercial description

The commercial and technical tender documents will be handed over in German and

English language. Offers should be handed over in German and English language. The

contract will be handed over in German and English language, however the German

version is prevailing and German law applies. The EVA Jae respecting. equipment doc-

umentation, to be prepared by the supplier as well as the complete contract execution

(verbal and written), are in German language. Official language at construction site is

German language too.

6 planned schedule

08.2019 start of prequalification phase

10.2019 selection of prequalified bidders

from 12.2019 start of the tender (offer period approx. 4 months)

02.2020 application for permit

02.2021 receipt of permit (expected)

03.2021 Final award (after approval decision)

start of test operation to be defined by applicant (07.2024 aimed by sponsor)

7 Selection requirements

Each applicant shall fully comply with the requirements. For each requirement it is

stated what information shall be handed over as part of your Request to Qualify and

what information shall be handed over at conditional contract award. It is noted that

contract award shall, amongst others, be provisional to the handover of all such proof

and documentation.

If the applicant is a branch, subsidiary or operating company of a holding company or a

group of companies and such holding company or group of companies expresses the

intent to guarantee the performance of the applicant under the contract then this guar-

anteeing entity is to complete the ‘economic and financial requirements’ as listed below

in the sections 7.1.

If an applicant is a consortium or a Joint Venture, the ‘economic and financial

requirements’ shall be handed over for each member individually. The ‘technical

requirements’, however, are applicable to the consortium as a whole.




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The application documents shall comply with the numbering of the following re-

quirements. Each filename/ folder name shall begin with the numbering of the re-

quirement and an underscore (e.g. “a_KYC Questionaire”). All application docu-

ments shall be uploaded on our tendering platform in one zip-file.

7.1 Economic and financial requirements

a. Applicant shall fill in the attached form “Know Your Customer (KYC) Questionnaire”. (KYC Questionnaire is available as an appendix.)

Information part of your Request to

Qualify:

Filled in KYC Questionnaire stating com-

pliance with this requirement (signed by

an authorized representative).

Information required at conditional con-

tract award:

No additional information required.

b. Applicant is registered in the register of companies.


Qualify:

Copy Certificate(s) of registration / incor-

poration.


tract award:


c. If the applicant is a branch, subsidiary or operating company of a holding company or a group of companies and wishes to use the consolidated financial information of the holding company or group of companies for the purposes of this Request to Qualify, the holding company or group of companies shall provide a declaration ex-pressing its willingness to fully guarantee any liability of its subsidiary during the duration of the contract.


Qualify:

Duly signed statement(s) of the Par-

ent(s) stating that it will thus guarantee

the performance of the interested party

under a contract resulting from this ten-

dering procedure.


tract award:

A full Parent Company Guarantee.

d. Applicant or its parent in case of 7.1 c, shall have the reputable and healthy financial

standing necessary to execute the announced contract with the corresponding risk profile. The average turnover of the last three years shall be provided.


Qualify:

Full audited, consolidated annual re-

ports, including management report and

explanatory notes and with a non-quali-

fied auditor opinion, for the most recent

three years for the interested party or in

case of 7.1 c, its parent. In case of a

Joint Venture, please include this infor-

mation for each partner. Additional finan-




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cial information must be provided that re-

lates specifically to the field of business

related to the scope of the announced

contract.


tract award:


A full credit check and financial assessment will be part of the evaluation procedure.

e. At contract award, applicant is willing to issue sufficient payment securities incl. a

performance bond of at least 10% of the price of the works, valid until Take over Certificate, in a form and amount acceptable to LEAG and by an independent third-Party bank with a minimum A-/A3 (rating by Standard Poor’s and/or Moody’s). Price of works means the agreed net amount to be stated in the contract for design, exe-cution and completion of the works and the remedying of any defects and excludes adjustments (if any) in accordance with the contract. applicant is also willing to issue performance bonds of approx. 5% between Take over Certificate and end of Defects Notification Period (Warranty).


Qualify:

Duly signed declaration from the appli-

cant stating its unconditional willingness

to issue such guarantees at award of the

contract.


tract award:

Duly signed Performance Guarantee

part of the contract and according to the

format included in the Request for Pro-

posal.

f. At contract award, Applicant is willing to issue security for any advance payments

with advance payment bonds in a form and amount acceptable to LEAG and by an independent, third party bank with a minimum rating of A-/A3 (rating by Standard Poor’s and/or Moody’s).


Qualify:

Duly signed declaration from the inter-

ested party stating its unconditional will-

ingness to issue such guarantee at

award of the contract.


tract award:

Duly signed Advance Payment Guaran-

tee part of the Contract and according to

the format included in the Request for

Proposal.

g. Applicant is willing to issue security by an adequate bid bond by an independent,

third party bank with a minimum rating of A-/A3 (rating by Standard Poor’s and/or Moody’s).


Qualify:

Duly signed declaration from the inter-

ested party stating its unconditional will-

ingness to issue such guarantee at

award of the contract.




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h. Applicant shall provide an overview of the corporate legal structure of the party or its parent in the case of 7.1.c


Qualify:

Overview of corporate legal ownership

structure of the party or in case of 7.1.c

its parent.


tract award:

No additional information required

i. If the applicant is a consortium or a Joint Venture, the Applicant shall provide an overview of the consortium/Joint Venture structure


Qualify:

Overview of the consortium/Joint Ven-

ture structure.


tract award:


j. If the applicant is a consortium or a Joint Venture, all parties of the consortium/Joint Venture shall be liable jointly and severally for all risks.


Qualify:

Own declaration stating compliance with

this requirement (signed by an author-

ized representative of every party).


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Inspection of the consortium agreement

k. If the applicant is a consortium or a Joint Venture, one party shall represent the consortium/Joint Venture with full effect.


Qualify:

Own declaration which party represent

the consortium/Joint Venture with full ef-

fect (signed by an authorized repre-

sentative of every party).


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Inspection of the consortium agreement

l. Applicant shall fill in the attached Health and Safety prequalification form. (Health and Safety - Prequalification Form is available as an appendix)


Qualify:

Filled in Health and Safety - Prequalifi-

cation Form stating compliance with this

requirement (signed by a authorized

representative).


tract award:


m. Applicant shall provide a rough concept for the project implementation (technical

e.g. number of engineers and construction workers, partners, responsibilities and

own parts in the project, … and financial e.g. interim financing, …)




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Qualify:

Rough concept stating compliance with


ized representative of every party).


tract award:


7.2 technical requirements

n. Applicant shall provide 5 references for turnkey-projects mainly for waste-to-en-

ergy-plants or other power plants within the last 10 years with or without civil works. (“reference list turnkey” is available as an appendix)


Qualify:

Filled in “reference list turnkey” stating

compliance with this requirement

(signed by an authorized representa-

tive).


tract award:


o. Applicant shall provide references for waste-to-energy-plants in Europe with a grate-firing and capacity > 20 t/h waste throughput and shall provide information about availability. (“reference list WtE” is available as an appendix)


Qualify:

Filled in “reference list WtE” stating com-

pliance with this requirement (signed by

an authorized representative).


tract award:


p. Applicant shall provide references for planning, delivery, erection and commission-ing of a flue gas treatment plant, as explained in the project-description or similar. If the flue gas treatment isn’t in the scope of the applicant’s company, references shall be at least within the scope of other turnkey projects. (“reference list flue gas” is available as an appendix)


Qualify:

Filled in “reference list flue gas” stating

compliance with this requirement


tive).


tract award:


q. If the partner for civil works is already known, the applicant shall provide refer-ences for the partner for civil works for comparable plants. (“reference civil works” is available as an appendix)


Qualify:

Filled in “reference list civil works” stat-

ing compliance with this requirement


tive).




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r. Applicant shall provide references for the planned project manager and relevant engineers involved in the project execution.


Qualify:

Reference stating compliance with this

requirement (signed by an authorized

representative).


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Updated references of the relevant pro-

ject team members, taking into account

the aforementioned requirements


tive).

s. Applicant shall provide a confirmation to realize the project and to occupy the con-struction site with German speaking project manager, leading engineers and lead-ing industrial workers and to hand over the technical documentation in German language.


Qualify:



ized representative).


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t. Applicant shall provide a confirmation for designing the EVA Jae according to Eu-ropean guidelines and the implementation into German law, e.g. pressure equip-ment directive, machinery directive, electrical equipment directive.


Qualify:





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u. Applicant shall provide a confirmation for applying and compliance with harmo-nized European standards (EN-standards) for material, semi-finished products, process units, staff qualification, manufacturing and assembly.


Qualify:





tract award:





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v. Applicant shall provide a confirmation to provide the certification for conformity with CE Marking directive.


Qualify:





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w. Applicant shall be certified to ISO 9001, or employ a Quality Management System (QMS) based on the principles of ISO 9001


Qualify:

Evidence of certification from the ac-

credited body; or a copy of the appli-

cant’s QMS.


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………………………………….. ……………………………………

Ronalf Gottscheck Günter Heimann

Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG


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