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The 'HM04: Waste water treatment' project aims for the installation of a solids removal facility (so called slag water treatment) for a slurry flow and a water processing installation (UF/RO plant).The purpose of the slag water treatment installation is to remove the slag fines, which are produced during the gasification of coal and biomass in the gasifier (part slag and part unburned fuel) from the slag water.The purpose of the water processing installation is to lower the total flow of the feed stream to the exisitn g water treatment equipment to cope with the increased flows from the biomass co-gasification.The project is split into 2 lots. Lot 1 comprises a solids removal facility whereas Lot 2 comprises a water processing facility.Contractor shall provide all works for the design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, inspections, delivery, construction, erection, commissioning, testing and start up of all systems, equipment and materials for a complete, safe and fully operational plant.

Aanvullende informatie

1. The application must be signed and submitted in writing in one hard copy original, being loose-leaf initialed on each page;one digital copy (CD). Digital copy shall include all documents, including scans of original signed letters and declarations. Hardcopies and/or physical data media should be put in a sealed envelope. Each application shall be marked with the EU notification number and be marked as 'confidential';

2. For convenience and efficiency, the employer would like to see the application structured according to the numbering in Section III.2) and should contain the requested information in the respective categories. The employer reserves the right to disregard information not placed in the herefore provided categories. Indications of earlier applications are not sufficient for verification;

3. The application must include a notice which lot or lots has been applied for;

4. NUON reserves the right to demand further statements and proof (including minimum requirements).

Furthermore, it reserves the right to request a personal presentation or visit of company or reference site of a candidate to verify for example the self-declarations. Applicants are not entitled to claim an additional demand or a visit or to do a personal presentation;

5. Questions are exclusively to be sent via email to the contact point until 7 calendar days before the application deadline. Thereafter, incoming questions are not considered. The employer will try to reply in a timely manner;

6. Request to participate shall be delivered to the contact person in I.1 no later than on the date and time stated in section IV.3.4;

7. Nuon preserves the right to substitute itself during the pre-qualification procedure and/or the tenderprocedure and/or to assign the Contract or after award thereof to another N.V. Nuon Energy subsidiary. Equivalent guarantees will apply on behalf of the other N.V. Nuon Energy subsidiairy as for Nuon. By submitting a Request to Qualify Respondent accepts that Nuon is entitled to substitute itself and/or to assign the Contract by or to another N.V. Nuon Energy subsidiary;

8. Under no circumstance shall Employer be liable for any costs or expenses, incurred by the responding party in connection with the party’s Request to Qualify or any resulting Tender Procedure;

9. Nuon reserves the right to suspend or terminate the Tender Procedure either entirely or parts thereof, either temporarily or definitively. In addition, Employer has no obligation to enter in to any agreement;

10. This Contract Announcement and Tender Procedure are subject to the relevant provisions of directive 2004/17 EC of the European Parliament and by its inforcement under Dutch law (besluit van 16.7.2005 "Bass" and the Wet Implementatie Rechtsbeschermingsrichtlijnen Aanbesteden "Wira"). Any dispute resulting from this Tender procedure shall be dealt with in accordance there with;

11. Employer is authorized to verify the references given, including by requesting Respondents that declarations made by employers of the quoted reference projects will be sent directly to Employer, or by asking for audited statements. Employer may also require the Respondents to supplement or clarify the certificates and documents submitted.

The specifications for contract awarding result from the Invitation To Tender (ITT). For reasons of maximum transparency, the employer announces some general rules in advance. There is, however, no entitlement for employer to comply with them. Therefore, specifications and changes can occur in the context of the ITT:

1. Contract awarding for each lot requires the approval of the employer’s boards;

2. Contract awarding for each lot is subject to existing permits under public law;

3. Contract awarding for each lot is subject to the economically viable implementation of the services to be determined by the employer.