Further development of the AI-based megatrend demonstrator into an operational megatrend pilot app - "Trend-Radar Chemnitz" for the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Chemnitz

a) Inviting body for submitting tenders: Name of the client: Industrie- und Handelskammer Chemnitz; Street, house number: Straße der Nationen 25; Postal code: 09111; City: Chemnitz; Country: Germany; Body awarding the contract: see above; Body to which tenders or applications for participation are to be submitted: see above b) Type of award: Public tender c) Form in which applications for participation or tenders are to be submitted: Tenders can only be submitted electronically; Address to which tenders are to be electronically transmitted: www.evergabe.de d) Type and scope of service: Further development of the AI-based megatrend demonstrator into an operational megatrend pilot app - "Trend-Radar Chemnitz" " – Strategic mapping of global megatrends and sub-trends with the industrial capabilities / value chains of the Chemnitz region; Places of service provision: Postal code: 09111; City: Chemnitz; Country: Germany e) If applicable, number, size and type of individual lots: not applicable, as no lot-based award f) Ancillary offers are not permitted g) Execution period: Start: not specified; End: not specified; Start of service: 7-10 days after award; End of service: 15.12.2026, subsequent documentation possible until 18.12.2026 h) The tender documents will be provided on the tender platform evergabe.de. i) Tender deadline: 03.11.2026, 13:00; Binding period: 02.12.2026 j) Amount of security required: not specified k) Essential payment terms or indication of the documents in which they are contained: The General Contract Conditions of VOL/B and the tender documents including the invitation to tender apply to the execution of the services. l) Documents to be submitted with the tender or application for participation that the clients require for assessing the suitability of the applicant or bidder: 1) Legally binding* signed declarations (in text form) according to § 123, 124 GWB, that no exclusion grounds exist (Annex A) 2) Proof of registration in the commercial or trade register of the member state in which the applicant is based (copy, max. 1 year old). If the company is not registered in the commercial register and there is no legal obligation to register, a copy of the business registration or re-registration must be submitted. If business registration is also not required, this must be declared. The submission of the tender is then possible using the tax number. 3) Information on the total turnover for comparable services in the last three financial years that are the subject of this tender. 4) The bidder must submit at least two references from the last three years related to AI-supported text analysis, semantic matching, or data-intensive web applications. At least one reference must include the use of language models or embedding methods. The following must be provided for the references: Client, service period, brief description, and approximate contract value. Hosting must be based in Germany. Data protection and security regulations (SächsISichG, DSGVO) must be respected. 5) Presentation of the competencies available within the company in the areas of Data Engineering, AI Engineering, Backend Development, Frontend Development, Cloud Deployment or comparable technologies, integration of language models for similarity search services, and automated web scraping 6) Proof of conclusion of liability insurance or declaration of willingness by an insurance company to adjust or conclude insurance in the specified amount for this contract with the following minimum amounts: for personal injury €1,500,000.00 for other damages €250,000.00 7) Alternatively to the above requirements (1-3, insofar as they are covered by the AVPQ entry) Submission of the valid registration certificate in the AV-PQ (Official Register of Pre-qualified Companies) 8) Declaration that no Russian companies are involved (Annex B) or declaration of the same content (text form). *) The legally binding signature must be provided by the person authorized to represent the company in legal transactions. Generally, the power of representation is established in the commercial, association, or cooperative register and usually relates to the management or to persons with procuration acting jointly with the management. If registration in the commercial, association, or cooperative register is not required, a copy of the business registration/re-registration must be attached to the tender. The power of representation must be proven by a power of attorney (copy) when submitting the tender. In case of justified doubt, the original must be presented upon request. Admission of bidders based outside Germany Companies based in another member state of the European Union or the EEA are equally admitted. Required proofs can be provided in equivalent form of the country of origin. The VAT treatment, including settlement using the reverse charge procedure, must be indicated in the tender and does not affect the evaluation. d. Bidder consortia, subcontracting and use of third parties Bidder consortia must submit with their tender a declaration signed by all members with legal effect* (in text form) - in which the formation of a working group in the event of a contract is declared, - in which all members are listed and the representative authorized to execute the contract is named, - that the authorized representative legally represents the members towards the client, - that all members are jointly and severally liable. The financial and economic capacity as well as the technical suitability and reliability must be proven for all members of the bidder consortium, as applicable. When involving partners...