FKZ 37EV 26 104 0 - Modernisierungspotentiale in Fernwärmenetzen erschließen ("ModFW")

The contract timeline is as follows:

• Contract Start Date: The project begins immediately after the contract is awarded.
• Total Duration: The project duration is 24 months.
• Contract End Date: The contractual relationship concludes at the latest with the acceptance of the service and the final payment. The final overall service must be handed over to the client by the end of the specified term after the contract award.

Key Milestones and Phases:

• Kick-off Meeting: A kick-off meeting with the clients will take place within the first two to four weeks after the contract award, before the contractor begins work on the work packages.
• Interim Reports (Zwischenberichte):
• First interim report: after 4 months (covering the updated project management plan and work package 1).
• Second interim report: after 8 months (covering work package 2).
• Third interim report: after 14 months (covering work packages 3 & 4).
• Draft Final Report: The draft of the final report must be submitted in German as a Word document to the responsible technical supervisor 3 months before the end of the project.
• Final Payment: Final payment is made after the submission and acceptance of the final version of the final report.

The core scope of work for this tender, titled "Modernisierungspotentiale in Fernwärmenetzen erschließen ("ModFW")" (Unlocking modernization potential in district heating networks), involves a research project structured into several key work packages and associated deliverables.

The main work packages include:

• Work Package 1: Stocktaking and Typification of Heating Networks – This comprises a literature review, status quo analysis, and the development of typical network representatives with the allocation of energy consumption and losses.
• Work Package 2: Efficiency Potentials and Measures for Unlocking Them – This involves identifying and evaluating individual measures to enhance efficiency.
• Work Package 3: Creation and Evaluation of Bundles of Measures – This focuses on developing and assessing combinations of measures.
• Work Package 4: Results Preparation – This includes creating guidelines, organizing a technical event, developing policy recommendations, and holding a final workshop.

Key deliverables and activities also include:

• Reporting: Submission of progress/interim reports after 4, 8, and 14 months, detailing work on specific work packages. A draft of the final report, including a 10-15 page summary in both English and German, is required three months before project completion. The final report and other publishable documents must undergo content and formal revision and be submitted electronically as Word and PDF files.
• Events: A kick-off meeting within the first two months, virtual "Jour fixes" every six to eight weeks, virtual project meetings every six months, a half-day technical event, and a half-day final workshop. The contractor is responsible for organizing these events, including content preparation, inviting participants, moderation, and documentation.
• Nutzungsrecht (Rights of Use): The contractor must grant the client an irrevocable, gratuitous, and non-exclusive right of use for all results and partial results, ensuring that any graphics or images used are royalty-free.

The project has a duration of 24 months.