Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-02
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71320000 | 71321000: Heating and ventilation design services
Estimated value: 50000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-02-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement regarding engineering consultancy services for high voltage AC substation projects
Energinet is the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and is thus responsible for construction and reinvestment regarding onshore high voltage AC substations.
The tendered framework agreement concern engineering consultancy services, in-cluding design, site supervision, test and construction management in relation to reinvestments, alterations or expansions of existing substations as well as  establishment of new substations. The services concern all phases of the substation projects, including design, procurement, construction, test, commissioning and handover.
The supplier must provide a team of subject matter experts to Energinet to perform the above-mentioned services.
Contracting Authority will prequalify the 6-7 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. Accordingly, 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. Reference projects, which comprise design, supervision and/or test within all (or most) of the following areas included under the framework agreement will in particular be rated positively:
Companies in which Energinet SOV or another company in the Energinet group acquire half or more than half of the capital or have the authority to exercise half or more than half of the voting rights or has the right to manage the company’s business regardless of the official name during the term of the Framework Agreement will have an option to use the Framework Agreement.
In addition to the 3 years duration of the framework agreement, Energinet may once or twice opt to extend the framework agreements’ duration with one year, totaling up to 2 years’ extension.
Please note that this is a negotiated procedure. With the exception of mandatory parts, the Tender Documents may as a result undergo changes as part of the negotiation process.
(‘Entreprenøraftale’) must be in place between Energinet and the supplier (or suppliers’ sub-supplier) before supplier can plan and perform work on Energinets high voltage installations.
A Contractor Agreement is not a mandatory requirement for being awarded a framework agreement but must be in place before the supplier can be awarded orders under the framework agreement.
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 follow-ing 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 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 30m Euro.
The applicant must include the up to 5 most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past 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 5 years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting 5 years backwards from the submission date for prequalification. Refer-ences 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.
4.	(if possible) the overall number of provided hours divided in the following areas: high voltage substations, construction, automation, control & protection and instrumentation (or other description of the split between these areas)

Eligibility requirements: As set out in Executive Order (‘Bekendtgørelse’) no 1608 a Contractor Agreement (‘Entreprenøraftale’) must be in place between Energinet and the supplier (or suppliers’ sub-supplier) before supplier can plan and perform work on Energinets high voltage installations. A Contractor Agreement is not a mandatory requirement for being awarded a framework agreement but must be in place before the supplier can be awarded orders under the framework agreement.

Award value: 50000000