The subject of this open procedure is a so-called margin competition.

The Max Planck Society intends to conclude a contract with the bidder who has offered the most economical (lowest) margin (also known as handling fee / finishing surcharge) for the entire delivery period (2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029).

Among the twenty-five (25) facilities currently to be supplied with natural gas by the MPG in the THE market area, facility number 24 (MPI ASTR) is a collection point with a biogas content of 10% of the supply volume of this institute. The supplier must be able to meet this special requirement for this delivery point and, at the customer's request, also to be able to take biogas shares into account at individual, additional consumption points.

Starting with the awarding of the contract, a premium partnership for an "all-inclusive" natural gas supply is established with the identified contractual partner. At the same time, this is associated with the commitment to cover the entire natural gas demand of the participating facilities in the delivery years 2026 to 2029 with the identified contractual partner.

Only institutions on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany are covered by the open procedure. Where appropriate, a facility may comprise several collection points.

For all facilities, a uniform and constant margin must be offered as a net price in the unit [€/MWh].

The contractual partner is the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) as the legal entity of the legally dependent institutions of the MPG.

For legal reasons, the two legally independent institutions - MPI für Kohlenforschung (KOFO) and MPI für Eisenforschung GmbH (EIFO) - are each contractual partners themselves.

Jahresverbrauch 2022 (Marktgebiet THE): ca. 95.000 MWh