BENELUX – Tender « studie waterstof » / Appel d’offres “étude hydrogène”: “Cross-border hydrogen backbone in the Benelux and neighouring regions”, Deadline : 6.5.2022

 NEGOTIATED PROCEDURE WITHOUT PRIOR PUBLICATION FOR SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH ON A ‘CROSS-BORDER HYDROGEN BACKBONE IN THE BENELUX AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS’ SPECIFICATION No. 2022/01/Benelux-Hydrogen

The tender has as its object a call for proposals for research as part of the Benelux Union to ‘develop a cross-border hydrogen backbone in the Benelux region and the neighbouring regions’, as part of its process of regional integration towards a European energy transition.

This service contract is commissioned by the Benelux General Secretariat and funded by the Belgian Federal Government, the Walloon Region, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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With this study the Benelux would like to build on previous work and broaden and deepen the analysis to work towards a cross-border hydrogen market and backbone by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. The aim of this exercise is to facilitate cross-border cooperation, within the Benelux and with its neighboring regions (Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, RhinelandPalatinate, Lower Saxony), in matters related to hydrogen and its derivatives.

The report should give a comprehensive overview, of the quantification and location of potential demand and supply (including both domestic production and import) of hydrogen and its derivatives based on established energy policies. In a second step, it should also anticipate the infrastructure needs for import, transport, storage and distribution.

The report shall be based on existing (long-term) scenarios, national/regional hydrogen strategies and independent academic studies as well as the accompanying discussion among experts and stakeholders, which will have to be organised in the formats of meetings and workshops.

The price for the contract shall be a maximum of €49,999.00 (forty-nine thousand nine hundred ninetynine EURO) excluding VAT.

Deadline: Bids must be submitted no later than 06/05/2022 at 17:00 CES

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Further information can be found in the tender notice.