Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-12-24
Buyer: Femern Bælt A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71311230 | 71311300 | 71313410 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Estimated value: 18000000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The consultant's services cannot be described exhaustively. However, the consultant is expected to perform the following services:
— assistance in the preparation of the basic design of railway works and assistance in the preparation and completion of the tender processes,
— review of the contractor’s detailed design as well as supervision of the construction of the railway works,
— assistance in defining and managing technical interfaces (related to e.g. track, electrification, signalling and communication), and
The consultant's services cannot be described exhaustively. However, the consultant is expected to perform the following services:
— assistance in the preparation of the basic design of railway works and assistance in the preparation and completion of the tender processes,
— review of the contractor’s detailed design as well as supervision of the construction of the railway works,
— assistance in defining and managing technical interfaces (related to e.g. track, electrification, signalling and communication), and
The construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt receives EU funding from the CEF programme under project code 2014-EU-TM-0221-W.
The contract is tendered as one single agreement in order to achieve economics of scale, reduced costs for administration of the contract and a better understanding of the scope of services. Dividing the contract into lots is not considered to lead to a higher level of competition.
1) Due to the complexity of the project it would be extremely burdensome for Femern A/S to replace the consultant during the construction phase as well as during test and commissioning. The chosen consultant will gain a unique insight into and knowledge of the project which would not be possible to hand over to a new consultant without the risk of loss of knowledge, substantial cost, resources and significant consequences for the time schedule. It is therefore crucial for Femern A/S to have the possibility to extend the Framework Agreement by 3x2 years in order to ensure the availability of the consultant for the total duration of the project and the initiation of the operational phase. Please also refer to II.2.7) of the contract notice.
Pursuant to the Danish Consolidation Act No 593 of 2.6.2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:
Complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, cf. § 7(1) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes an account of the reasons for the decision.
Other complaints must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:
1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The timelimit is calculated from the day after the publication date;


Winner: Atkins Danmark A/S
Award value: 18000000
Number of bids: 5