The City of Helsinki requests your offer for the construction of public charging stations for electric vehicles (AC and DC) in public areas owned by the City of Helsinki. The charging stations to be tendered are located in the locations specified in the general plan for electric vehicle charging stations drawn up by the City of Helsinki. All charging stations are intended for public use. In this contract notice, the contracting entity restarts the procurement after it has discontinued the procurement. This notice has been amended as indicated in Annex C to the invitation to tender. The Customer's objective is to enter into a contractual relationship with a supplier that is able to fulfil its obligations throughout the fixed-term contract period in accordance with the contract and its appendices. The client also aims to ensure that the concession agreement and the investment agreements are valid for as long as possible. The Customer has ensured the Supplier the possibility to refuse the implementation of Charging Stations in situations where it is able to demonstrate that the implementation of the Charging Station would become unreasonable for the Supplier and thus contribute to ensuring that the License Agreement relationship is in balance between the Contracting Parties. On the other hand, the License Agreement and the related Investment Agreements cannot constitute an obstacle for the Customer to implement changes in the same urban environment in which the Supplier provides the Service. Furthermore, the right granted to the Supplier under the Licence Agreement shall not constitute an obstacle to the Customer to withdraw from the Licence Agreement in whole or in part if the Supplier is unable in one way or another to fulfil its contractual obligations. For this reason, the Contracting Entity must have sufficient contractual means to make changes to the contractual relationship and even to withdraw from it if necessary. The investment agreements shall be terminated at the latest at the end of the Concession Agreement. Thus, the investment contracts remain in force after the termination of the concession contract for the period of notice specified in the investment contract. The Supplier's obligation to provide the Service expires and the license under the License Agreement expires at the time the License Agreement expires. At the same time, the Supplier's obligation to pay rent under the concession agreement also ends. In the event of termination, the Customer shall not pay any compensation to the Supplier. DESCRIPTION For the purpose of this competitive tendering, 42 sites have been selected from the general plan for charging stations for electric vehicles drawn up by the Contracting Entity, for which preliminary traffic plans have been drawn up. Provisional transport plans are set out in Annexes 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 to the invitation to tender. The City does not participate in the financing or implementation of charging stations or related investments in any other way. In accordance with the decision of the Helsinki City Board, the city contributes to the creation of public charging stations in public areas on a commercial basis. In this case, the City grants operators the right to use street space for charging activities and grants the necessary permits for the placement of charging devices in public areas owned by the City. The Supplier's task is to provide the Users with the Service and to ensure the daily operation of the Charging Stations. The Supplier is responsible for the planning and implementation of the charging stations and the charging infrastructure required by them, the commissioning, maintenance, servicing and operation of the Service of the charging stations, as well as the necessary user support for the End Users. The Supplier pays the City of Helsinki rent in return for the right to use it, as stated in the Licence Agreement appended to the invitation to tender. The supplier is responsible for, among other things, the permit procedure and bringing the necessary electrical connection to the charging stations. After the end of the contract period, the subterranean structures and electricity connections will remain the property of the Contracting Entity free of charge. The tenderer undertakes to remove the Charging Stations and other above-ground structures and to restore the land under its control at the end of the contract period. The Contract may be signed at the earliest when the Contracting Entity is able to conclude the Contract without hindrance from the Act on Public Contracts (1397/2016). If the signing of the contract is delayed and the delay is caused by the Customer, the delay will be taken into account in the delivery schedule accordingly. The Agreement shall be valid for a fixed period of ten (10) years from the date of signature of the Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement Period"), during which time, according to the Client's estimate, the Supplier, as the licensee, can reasonably expect to recoup the investments it has made in order to provide the Service and to obtain a return on the capital invested and the investments made to achieve the objectives of the Agreement. This is an estimate and the Supplier is responsible for ensuring that the Service is financially profitable for it. A concession does not constitute a quantity purchase obligation. The Contracting Entity shall use its best efforts to ensure that the number of Charging Stations and Charging Points is implemented as stated in the procurement documents. However, the supplier may not rely on the contract and require that the number of recharging stations and locations indicated in the procurement documents be allowed to be implemented, for example, in a situation where the implementation of a recharging station is abandoned and the parties are unable to find replacement land for the recharging station, leading to a reduction in the number of recharging stations and locations compared to what is stated in the procurement documents. The License Agreement does not constitute an exclusive right to provide the Service. If the Customer decides to extend the Service during the period of validity of the License Agreement, the Customer has the right, notwithstanding the License Agreement, to acquire the corresponding service also from a third party. Any unforeseen changes to the contract will be assessed in accordance with section 136 of the Act on Public Contracts.
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