Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-06-09
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72720000: Wide area network services
Estimated value: 1000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-06-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Danish procurement law (Ministerial Order on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors implementing Directive 2014/25/EC).
For the power control, synchronisation, and protection of Viking Link, fast telecommunication links between the two HVDC converter stations at Bicker Fen and Revsing are required. The telecommunication links shall transfer information via VPNs between two separated systems. The information can be data for the grid control, voice, or any other data. For redundancy reasons, two separate links are required. Both entire links shall be proactive monitored by the Service Provider.
Gestenvej 43B, Revsing, 6600 Vejen, DK. Bicker Fen, North Ing Drove, Bicker Fen, South Holland, Lincolnshire, UK.
Provision of two separated, connections between the HVDC converter stations –terminated at designated access points stated below for UK and Denmark ends of the link respectively.
• the employer will provide all cable and interconnection works from the Interconnec-tion point to the HVDC converter;
If more than 5 applicants fulfills the minimum requirements, cf. section III, the contracting authority will prequalify the 3-5 applicants who are evaluated as most qualified for the specific tendered assignment. Only these applicants will be invited to submit a tender. The selection of the applicants will be based on the submitted references. That is to which extend the reference(s) are assed to be similar to the tendered assignment, cf. section II.2.4), in terms of comparability and relevance. As a result the number of references will not be the determining factor alone, but more importantly to which degree the specific forwarded references are comparable and relevant to the tendered assignment regarding solution and scope, especially concerning:
— references demonstrating experience with similar services for telecommunication links in the utility industries, including detailed design, implementation plan, test and documentation, integration to end system and commissioning and handover to production,
— references demonstrating experience with two separate links (redundancy) and for which both links have been proactively monitored,
— references demonstrating experience with similar distance between the delivery points (length between delivery points).
The applicant must confirm the economic ability in the ESPD part IV.B: ‘Economic and financial standing’ with information from the latest annual report regarding the following economic indicators:
If the applicant is relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor) or the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) the information for the ESPD part IV.B must also be given in a separate ESPD from each of these entities, cf. section VI.3 ‘Additional information’. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to secure that the minimum level(s) of standards required are reached when the applicant is relying on the capacity of other entities or when the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium).
Concerning 1: Equity from the latest annual report must be at least EUR 330 000.00 equivalent to 33 % of the expected total value of the contract.
Concerning 2: Equity ratio from the latest annual report must be at least 20 pct. If the equity ratio is between 15 pct. and 20 pct. the applicant can qualify, if Equity exceeds the total expected amount of the contract.
The applicant must include the up to five (5) most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past five (5) years as part of the application. The references must be stated in the ESPD part IV.C: ‘Technical and professional ability’. Undertaken in the past five (5) years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting five (5) years backwards from the submission date for pre-qualification. References older than this will not be taken into consideration. References which have not yet been fully completed can be included as part of the application, but if this is the case, the applicant must describe the parts which have not yet been delivered, and this may affect the evaluation of the applicant, cf. section II.2.9).
— description of the involved services such as detailed design, implementation plan, test and documentation, integration to end system and commissioning and handover to production,


Award value: 1000000