Germany – Environmental institution building or planning – Expression of Interest Procedure: Ecopoints Geest Inland Waters (FS)

Opportunity description

The Waterways New Construction Office for the Kiel Canal is planning the construction of a long-term storage facility for dredged material, soil material and other mineral materials from the Kiel Canal as well as from the expansion projects on the Kiel Canal, with a maximum storage period of 3 years for each delivered material, at Lake Flemhude on a total area of approximately 75 ha. The aim of the long-term storage facility at the Flemhude site is to establish a central operation for the treatment, recovery and interim storage of the aforementioned materials and to ensure its long-term operation close to the canal. For the construction of a long-term storage facility, interventions in nature and the landscape (§§ 14-17 BNatSchG) must be compensated for or replaced. The intervention area of the Flemhude long-term storage facility was mapped in the years 23/24, and the compensation requirement was determined using the “Guidance Framework for Inventory, Assessment and Determination of Compensation Measures within the Scope of Landscape Conservation Accompanying Plans for Road Construction Projects”. . The required ecopoints in the Geest are divided into 3 different specialist lots. The following presentation shows the total requirement for ecopoints in the Geest by biotope type and number of ecopoints: Inland waters (FS) -11,572 (Ecopoints Geest Lot1) Reed beds (NR) -139,270 (Ecopoints Geest Lot2) Dry and nutrient-poor grassland (TR) -606 (Ecopoints Geest Lot3) . The requirement put out to tender here is for ecopoints for inland waters (FS) in the Geest in the amount of 11,572 ecopoints. . The expression of interest procedure is not a formal procurement procedure or the award of a public contract. This procedure does not create any legal obligation. . No remuneration will be granted for participation in the expression of interest procedure. Costs incurred by interested parties in preparing their submissions will not be reimbursed. Expenses will also not be reimbursed. . Following this inquiry, a procurement procedure will be conducted with the interested companies for the acquisition of the ecopoints. Review the original TED notice for the complete requirement, lots, amendments and attachments.