Impact of market design reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK on the Nordic markets

The consultants should assess how ongoing electricity market design reforms in countries interconnected with the Nordic market—such as Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Poland—will impact the Nordics. These reforms, along with parallel grid developments, are expected to significantly affect market outcomes in the Nordic region. The consultants are expected …

CPV: 73000000 Servicios de investigación y desarrollo y servicios de consultoría conexos, 73200000 Servicios de consultoría en investigación y desarrollo
Plazo:
11 de agosto de 2025 a las 11:00
Tipo de plazo:
Presentación de una oferta
Lugar de ejecución:
Impact of market design reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK on the Nordic markets
Organismo adjudicador:
Nordisk Energiforskning
Número de premio:
3042

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Nordisk Energiforskning
Legal type of the buyer : International organisation
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Impact of market design reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK on the Nordic markets
Description : The consultants should assess how ongoing electricity market design reforms in countries interconnected with the Nordic market—such as Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Poland—will impact the Nordics. These reforms, along with parallel grid developments, are expected to significantly affect market outcomes in the Nordic region. The consultants are expected to model this developments and their impact on the Nordic markets. The objective is to ensure that Nordic market design discussions take these external developments into account.
Procedure identifier : 35f74960-bf70-46a5-9d81-481cb363ca3f
Internal identifier : 3042
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 Norwegian krone

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : Notice
Corruption : The economic actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body or has authority to representation, decision or control thereof, has been the subject of a verdict on final conviction for corruption, by a verdict handed down not more five years ago or where an exclusion period determined directly in the judgement remains applicable.
Fraud : The financial actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body or has authority to representation, decision or control there, has been the subject of a conviction by a final verdict of fraud, by a conviction handed down at least five years ago or where an exclusion period determined directly in the conviction remains applicable.
Money laundering or terrorist financing : The economic actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body or has authority to representation, decision or control there has been the subject of a verdict of money laundering or financing terrorism, at a verdict handed down at least five years ago or where a exclusion period determined directly in the judgement still applies.
Participation in a criminal organisation : The economic actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body or has authority to representation, decision or control there, has been the subject of a conviction by final judgement for participation in a criminal organisation, at a verdict handed down at least five years ago or where an exclusion period determined directly in the conviction remains applicable.
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : The economic actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body or has authority to representation, decision or control there, has been the subject of a verdict of acts of terrorism or offences related to terrorist activities, at a verdict handed down at least five years ago or where a exclusion period determined directly in the judgement still applies.
Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings : The economic actor himself or any person who is a member of its administration, management or regulatory body, or has authority to representation, decision or control there, has been the subject of a judgement for child labour and other forms of human trafficking, at a verdict handed down at least five years ago or where an exclusion period determined directly in the judgement remains applicable.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law : The economic actor has breached his obligations within environmental legislation.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law : The economic actor has breached his labour law obligations.
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law : The economic actor has broken his obligations in the social law area.
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition : The economic actor has entered into agreements with other economic actors with the intention of turning the competition.
Grave professional misconduct : The economic actor is guilty of serious professional misdemeaction.
Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : The financial actor can confirm that: a) it has been guilty of serious misrepresentation by giving the information required to verify the absence of exclusion reasons or the fulfilment of the selection criteria, b) it has withholded such information, c) it has not, without delay, been able to submit the support documents required by a contracting authority or contracting authority, and d) it has committed to influencing the decision-making process of the contracting authority or the contracting authority, to obtain confidential information that could give the unreasonable advantage in the procurement procedure or to negligently provide misleading information that can have a significant influence on decisions on exclusion, election or award.
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : The economic actor is aware of any conflict of interest, as stated in national legislation, the relevant notice or procurement documents due to his participation in the procurement procedure.
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : The financial actor or a company connected to it has given advice to the contracting authority or the contracting authority or in another way been involved in the preparation of the procurement procedure.
Early termination, damages, or other comparable sanctions : The financial actor has experienced a previous public contract, an earlier contract with a contracting authority or a previous concession contract being terminated before the time, or that compensation or other equivalent sanctions were imposed in connection with the previous contract.
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions : The financial actor has breached his social security contribution obligations, both in the country where it is established and in the contracting authority's or contracting authority's member state if this is different from the country where it is established.
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes : The economic actor has breached his tax obligations, both in the country where it is established and in the member state of the contracting authority or the contracting authority if this is different from the country where the country is established.
Business activities are suspended : The business of the economic actor has been suspended.
Bankruptcy : The economic actor is bankrupt.
Arrangement with creditors : The financial actor is in an agreement with the creditors.
Insolvency : The economic actor is the object of insolvency or liquidation.
Assets being administered by liquidator : The assets of the financial actor are managed by a liquidator or by the court.
Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law : The economic actor is in an equivalent situation as bankruptcy resulting from a similar procedure in accordance with national laws and regulations.

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Impact of market design reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK on the Nordic markets
Description : The consultants should assess how ongoing electricity market design reforms in countries interconnected with the Nordic market—such as Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Poland—will impact the Nordics. These reforms, along with parallel grid developments, are expected to significantly affect market outcomes in the Nordic region. The consultants are expected to model this developments and their impact on the Nordic markets. The objective is to ensure that Nordic market design discussions take these external developments into account.
Internal identifier : 3042

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 12 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 Norwegian krone

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : See the tender description for further information.

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Quality and expertise
Description : See the tender description for further information.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number : 90
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : See the tender description for further information.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number : 10
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 02/07/2025 21:59 +00:00

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Advanced or qualified electronic signature or seal (as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014) is required
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 11/08/2025 11:00 +00:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 90 Day
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 11/08/2025 12:00 +00:00
Place : Oslo
Additional information : See the tender description for further information.
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Oslo Tingrett -
Information about review deadlines : See the tender description for further information.
Organisation receiving requests to participate : Nordisk Energiforskning -
Organisation processing tenders : Nordisk Energiforskning -

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Oslo Tingrett
Registration number : 926725939
Postal address : C. J. Hambros plass 4
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0164
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Telephone : +47 22035200
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Nordisk Energiforskning
Registration number : 984809255
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0170
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Andrea Stengel
Telephone : +47 41751202
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation receiving requests to participate
Organisation processing tenders
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : d6e0b17b-cd0d-4798-a64a-da95f0f3557a - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 18/06/2025 07:10 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 18/06/2025 07:10 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00396314-2025
OJ S issue number : 116/2025
Publication date : 19/06/2025