The JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven is the only tide-independent container deep-water port on the German coast. Bordering the container terminal, the trimodal commercial area has been created directly on the washed-up port groden, which is developed and operated by Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort-Marketing GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter: JWP-M) as a freight transport center ("GVZ JadeWeserPort") . These areas are connected to the European transport network by the track systems of the port railway including a presentation group, a transshipment terminal for combined transport (KV) and the BAB 29 that ends directly at the GVZ JadeWeserPort.

The commercial areas of the GVZ JadeWeserPort with a size of approx. 38 ha, which have not yet been awarded by conclusion of a contract, are to be awarded with this negotiated procedure for commercial/industrial settlements by means of the conclusion of leasehold contracts or by means of the conclusion of lease agreements (hereinafter also summarized: land contracts).

The commercial areas of the GVZ JadeWeserPort with a size of approx. 38 ha, which have not yet been awarded by conclusion of a contract, are to be awarded with this negotiated procedure for commercial/industrial settlements by means of the conclusion of leasehold contracts or by means of the conclusion of lease agreements (hereinafter also summarized: land contracts).

The aim is to establish companies engaged in the handling of incoming and outgoing transhipment and/or their storage and/or transport and/or related services.

The following minimum requirements are set for a settlement project on the areas in question here:

a) on the respective settlement area, transhipment goods are processed, cleared and/or stored which are handled via the Jade Weserport's jade;

And or

b) Services will be provided on the respective settlement area that will support the port-related settlements in the area of JadeweserPort GVZ and/or terminal operation at JadeWeserPort

(together also “harbor-savvy settlement”).

JWP-M will assess the fulfilment of these minimum settlement-related requirements upon receipt of the requests to participate.

It should be noted that a large part of the commercial space not yet contracted by the conclusion of the contract is currently reserved on the basis of applications (hereinafter: reserved areas). The purpose of this procedure is to allow interested companies to enter directly into negotiations on the areas not yet reserved (hereinafter referred to as 'the available areas) or to be placed on a waiting list for the reserved areas. Where the ongoing negotiations on the respective reserved area cannot be concluded with the conclusion of a contract, negotiations on the area may be initiated.

In summary, the procedure will proceed as follows:

1. Participation competition

JWP-M will first conduct a participation competition, in the course of which the suitability of the interested bidders will be checked.

2. Indicative offer

Where space is not sufficiently available to enter into negotiations with each of the appropriate bidders whose settlement projects meet the minimum requirements laid down, the appropriate tenderers whose settlement projects could be implemented on the available land shall be responsible for the submission of indicative tenders. Offered prompted.

3. Negotiations

The evaluation of the indicative bids shall select the tenderer with whom priority will enter into negotiations (best bidder) and determine the available area to be reserved for that bidder. The remaining available land shall be negotiated with the remaining tenderers in accordance with the rank of the remaining bidders as determined by the evaluation. If more than one available area is still available, JWP-M will submit an offer to the same number of bidders for negotiation of one area, provided compatibility with the respective settlement project. The tenderers to be requested to negotiate shall be determined by the valuation/according to the ranking order.

4. Reserved areas

(a) Where none of the available areas should be compatible with a tenderer's settlement project, the tenderer concerned shall not be invited to submit an indicative tender.

However, in the event that an area already reserved as a result of negotiations could be eligible for specific settlement, JWP-M will offer the bidder to be listed on the landfill waiting list for the reserved area.

(b) Where negotiations on available land cannot be started immediately due to the rank of the respective tenderer as determined when the indicative tenders are valued or where the settlement project should not be compatible with the remaining remaining areas, JWP-M will also offer the tenderers to which: property specific waiting list to be set for a reserved area that is generally compatible with the settlement project.

The course of the procedure is described in more detail in the information memorandum.