The subject of the tender is the supply of green hydrogen for the refuelling of 12 fuel cell buses and the rental of parking spaces for these vehicles in Heinsberg or the surrounding area. The annual hydrogen requirement is a maximum of 80,000 kg of hydrogen. The maximum daily hydrogen requirement to supply the twelve vehicles corresponds to a maximum of 300 kg/day. The refuelling of the vehicles is carried out by the (driving) personnel of the client. The 12 fuel cell buses have already been ordered and are expected to be delivered at the end of November 2024.

WestVerkehr GmbH, a municipal public transport company in the district of Heinsberg, has commissioned the delivery of 12 fuel cell buses in September 2023 as part of a Europe-wide tender and funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV), which is expected to take place at the end of November 2024.

The subject of this tender is the supply of the necessary green hydrogen for the refuelling of these 12 fuel cell buses and the rental of parking spaces for these vehicles in Heinsberg or the surrounding area. The refuelling and parking area is to be set up within a radius of no more than five kilometres from the current parking area of WestVerkehr GmbH at Borsigstraße 40, 52525 Heinsberg.

The hydrogen to be delivered must have been produced from renewable energies. The energy used is based on the European Commission's Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 (2014/C 200/01), section 1.3, paragraphs 5 and 11. The contractor must comply with the requirements of the 37th BImSchV. The hydrogen purity must comply with the standards DIN ISO 14687/2019 Type I Grade D and DIN EN 17124:2019.

The maximum daily hydrogen requirement to supply the twelve vehicles corresponds to a maximum of 300 kg/day. The average amount of refuelling per vehicle per day is therefore a maximum of 30 kg of hydrogen in the peak case. The storage concept and hydrogen infrastructure must be designed in such a way that these quantities can be realised within the defined refuelling windows. The annual hydrogen requirement is a maximum of 80,000 kg of hydrogen. The supply of the daily and annual hydrogen demand must be ensured by the contractor. The client undertakes to purchase 70,000 kg of hydrogen per year.

The Contractor is obliged to market the fulfilment of the obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) generated by the operation of the hydrogen infrastructure. The Contractor is obliged to offset 50% of the proceeds generated therefrom against the agreed remuneration.

The procurement documents regulate further details.