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Rival shipbuilder German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) is attempting to reverse a choice by the German federal government to pick Netherlands- based Damen Shipyards as the primary specialist– with companions Blohm + Voss and also Thales– for the supply of at the very least 4 MKS 180 Multi-Purpose Combat Ships for the German Navy (see earlier tale).
Now German Naval Yards records that, on January 24, it sent out a protest to the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and also Utilization of the German Armed Forces (BAAINBw).
GNYK claims that, if the BAAINBw does not promote the problem, it will certainly submit an application for evaluation with theFederal Public Procurement Chamber If the application for evaluation is not provided, the firm will certainly next off submit an allure with the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court.
GNYK has actually preserved public purchase regulation expertDr Roland Stein, a companion in Berlin law office Blomstein, to represent it in the evaluation process.
Stein claimed Monday that the supposed factors for the exemption of his customer might not be warranted.
“German Naval YArds is to be excluded because the company is said to have failed to meet less than 0.15 percent of the requirements,” claimedStein “We have thoroughly examined the alleged reasons – none justify an exclusion from the proceedings.”
“We have also demanded the exclusion of the Dutch shipyard Damen from the procedure,” claimed Stein, mentioning “considerable and well-founded doubts as to whether Damen’s bid was in line with key aspects of the tender.”
GNYK claims the choice of the Ministry of Defense was come before by a complicated tendering procedure enduring numerous years. The MKS 180 is the biggest and also, with a quantity of greater than 5 billion euros, one of the most costly purchase task in the background of theGerman Navy Initially, 4 ships of this kind are to be developed. The GNYK shipyard in Kiel was the last staying German basic specialist in this agreement competitors.
GNYK claims it had actually previously been unlawfully omitted by the Ministry of Defense when the agreement to develop a 2nd set of K 130 corvettes for the German Navy was granted in 2016. However, the shipyard effectively won a share in the EUR 1.5 billion task in court.
“The exclusion in the MKS 180 tender is, even if for other reasons, just as illegal as the K130 procedure at that time,” claimed Stein.
