Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-03-31
Buyer: Gasgrid vetyverkot Oy
Country: FI
Region: FI1B1
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The procurement procedure is a negotiated procedure as defined in the Finnish Act of Contracts in the Utilities Sector (1398/2016). In a negotiated procedure, contracting authority publishes a contract notice and any supplier may request to participate for pre-qualification. Only those economic operators invited by the contracting entity following its assessment of the information provided may participate in the negotiations and submit a tender.
Gasgrid Finland Oy and its subsidiary company Gasgrid Vetyverkot Oy (both later referred to as "Gasgrid") are developing hydrogen transmission infrastructure to promote Finland’s role in the hydrogen economy. Gasgrid has initiated a number of hydrogen infrastructure development projects in Finland and in the Baltic Sea area to strengthen energy self-sufficiency and to promote the creation of hydrogen economy investments in Finland.

The service providers will provide services related to permitting and environmental studies.  The framework agreement for  environmental services will cover at least EIA procedures, preparation of permitting documents (including for example environmental and water permits),  environmental surveys and stakeholder management related to EIA procedures and other permitting processes as well as PCI-procedures. The total length of the planned onshore pipeline investments is currently between 1100-1500 km.

The main scope of the services will be in EIA and other permitting procedures and related environmental surveys. Several EIA procedures for different parts of the hydrogen infrastructure will be ongoing in parallel, starting in early 2025. Major part of environmental studies especially related to EIA procedures for onshore pipelines is preliminary planned be completed during 2025. 

Gasgrid will select five framework service providers for the provision of the services. 

Gasgrid will apply CEF funding for the hydrogen projects. If Gasgrid is granted funding, Gasgrid will implement the necessary changes to the contracts as required by the funding instrument.

A more detailed description of the services is provided in the procurement documents.

Procurement documents are made available to candidates in the following electronic procurement system:

https://www.esourcing2.fi/prod/Account/logon

To register in the electronic procurement system, the candidate must first provide the necessary contact information at

https://www.esourcing2.fi/prod/dist/signup/supplier/gasgrid

After registration, the candidate will be provided with the necessary information to log into the system.
The comparison criteria is indicated in detail in the final invitation to tender. The weighting of price factor is 20%.
The comparison criteria is indicated in detail in the final invitation to tender. The weighting of quality factors is 80%.
The framework agreement will be made for four years with possibility for extension for two years and for another additional two years (the total contract term is 4 + 2 + 2 years). The service production will commence as soon as the procurement has been completed. The agreement may be terminated as described in the procurement documents.


Winner: AFRY Finland Ltd
Number of bids: 7