CHC JadeWeser electrolysis – prequalification

Overview

Voluntary prequalification notice by VERBUND Business Solution for a planned joint-venture 200 MW electrolyser project involving EWE HYDROGEN and VERBUND GREEN HYDROGEN. The notice describes up to 17,600 tonnes/year of green hydrogen and a future EPC tender. Applicants are screened in phases, with 3–10 invited to phase two. Electronic submission in German is required. The notice provides no numeric contract value; the local-time deadline has no stated timezone.

Information based on the public notice

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What the buyer needs

Prequalification for a future EPC tender covering the first 200 MW expansion stage of a planned modular electrolysis plant in the JadeWeser/H2Coastlink project.

• Electronic submission is required; submission language is German.
• An NDA and a guarantee are stated as required.
• Applicants are selected in phases; 3–10 are to be invited to phase two.

Tender details

Buyer

VERBUND Business Solution GmbH

Country

Austria

Procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior publication of a call for competition; this publication is voluntary, and the notice says Austrian BVergG 2018 and Directive 2014/24/EU do not apply.

Classification

Not stated in the notice

Notice reference

256825 · BDN004; platform document ID 256825-00.

Project

EWE HYDROGEN GmbH and VERBUND GREEN HYDROGEN GmbH plan a modular 200 MW electrolysis plant. The notice estimates capacity at about 5,000 full-load hours and up to 17,600 tonnes of green hydrogen per year from renewable electricity, for feed into the H2Coastlink 5 pipeline.

Current stage

Prequalification for a future EPC tender; applicants are screened in successive phases. Between 3 and 10 applicants are to be invited to phase two.

Lots

The notice says the contract is not divided into lots. A form field labels the described contract/lot as “1”; no separate lots are listed.

Contract period

60 months, starting 22 March 2027; one maximum extension is listed, but its duration is not stated. The notice also marks “options: no.”

Eligibility

The notice marks the contract as not suitable for SMEs. A successful consortium must take the legal form “Consortia.”

Submission

Electronic submission is required. Submission language is German. A confidentiality agreement is required; its terms are referred to Appendix 1, which was not accessed.

Guarantee

A guarantee is required; its description is “tbd, as per Head of Terms Appendix 2.” The appendix was not accessed.

Deadlines

Participation request: 13 Nov 2026 at 10:00 local time, timezone unspecified. Questions: 2 Nov 2026 at 10:00 local time, timezone unspecified. Available notice information separately gives 09:00 UTC for the participation deadline.

Value

No numeric contract value is provided. The API contains currency labels without an amount; no estimate is reported.

What to check in the tender documents

• No numeric estimated contract value is published.
• The participation deadline is printed as 10:00 local time without a timezone; data separately records 09:00 UTC.
• The required NDA and guarantee details refer to procurement appendices that were not accessed.
• The stated 60-month term, one maximum extension and “no options” fields are not fully reconciled in the notice.

Original notice

Official source: ANKÖ Vergabeportal ↗