Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-02-04
Buyer: DIN Forsyning Teknisk Vand A/S
Country: DK
Region: DK032
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45252000 | 45252100 | 45252120 | 45252123 | 45252127
Estimated value: 45000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-03-04
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: Is the economic operator in in any analogous situation like bankruptcy arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations? This information needs not be given if exclusion of economic operators in this case has been made mandatory under the applicable national law without any possibility of derogation where the economic operator is nevertheless able to perform the contract.
Is the economic operator bankrupt? This information needs not be given if exclusion of economic operators in this case has been made mandatory under the applicable national law without any possibility of derogation where the economic operator is nevertheless able to perform the contract.
Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for corruption, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union, OJ C 195, 25.6.1997, p. 1, and in Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (OJ L 192, 31.7.2003, p. 54). This exclusion ground also includes corruption as defined in the national law of the contracting authority (contracting entity) or the economic operator
Is the economic operator in arrangement with creditors? This information needs not be given if exclusion of economic operators in this case has been made mandatory under the applicable national law without any possibility of derogation where the economic operator is nevertheless able to perform the contract.
Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for participation in a criminal organisation, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime (OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42).

Eligibility requirements: Its general yearly turnover for the number of financial years required in the relevant notice, the procurement documents or the ESPD is as follows: Candidates must provide information on annual turnover for the most recent available financial year. 

Minimum requirement: The candidate’s total annual turnover in the most recent available financial year must be at least EUR 70,000,000.00 excl. VAT.
In case the information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, please state the date on which the economic operator was set up or started trading.
Candidates must provide information on equity for the most recent available financial year. 

Minimum requirement: The candidate's total equity in the most recent available financial year must be at least EUR 7,000,000.00.
Concerning the financial ratios specified in the relevant notice, the procurement documents or the ESPD, the economic operator declares that the actual values for the required ratios are as follows: Candidates must provide information on equity ratio for the most recent available financial year. 

Minimum requirement: The candidate's equity ratio must be at least 10% in the most recent available financial year.
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DIN Forsyning Teknisk Vand A/S selects 4 candidates who will be invited to submit initial tenders. If more than 4 suitable candidates fulfill the minimum requirements for suitability regarding economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability, and they are not subject to grounds for exclusion, DIN Forsyning Teknisk Vand A/S will make a selection of the 4 most suitable candidates. Selection will be made on the basis of the relevance of the experience in relation to the tendered contract/work/project, including in particular:
• The candidate’s experience with reject water treatment plants of a similar scope with biological treatment of waste streams with low biodegradable material and nitrogen and phosphorous removal, adsorption of micropollutants in particular PFAS and metals.
• The candidate’s experience with pure water treatment plants of a similar scope using treated effluent from a biological Waste Water Treatment Plant for the production of demineralized water with a quality in regards of 50-70 µS/cm and a TOC of <1.00 mg/L in a high recovery solution. 
• The candidate’s experience in both architect and engineer designing and building technical water treatment plants of a similar scope.

In the ESPD, part V, the candidate can provide information about works/projects/experience which will form the basis of the selection of the 4 most suitable candidates. The candidate is welcome to attach the information in separate documents instead. If the information is stated in a separate document, each information/project/work should not take up more than 2 A4 pages. Overall, the candidate must provide information on a maximum of 10 projects/works/experiences. If the candidate attaches information on more than 10 projects/works/experiences, DIN Forsyning Teknisk Vand A/S will only look at the first 10 projects/works/experiences in the order they appear in the ESPD or on EU-Supply. Furthermore, information from other entities on which the candidate bases the technical and professional ability in accordance with section 144 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, will only be taken into consideration if and to the extent that the candidate has submitted information on fewer than 10 projects/works/experiences. It is only possible to include projects/works/experiences performed within the last 10 years. Work in progress – not yet delivered – can be included if the candidate only includes a description of the work that has been delivered.
Candidates must provide information on their technical and professional ability by providing a list of similar works performed within the last 10 years. 

Minimum requirement: The candidate must demonstrate experience with water sources containing organic matter exceeding EU drinking water requirements for the production of demineralized water with a quality in regards of <70 µS/cm.

Winner: Mercell Holding ASA