Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-04-17
Buyer: The Danish Road Directorate
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71500000 | 71520000: Construction supervision services | 71521000: Construction-site supervision services | 71530000: Construction consultancy services
Estimated value: 150000000 DKK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Danish Road Directorate shall perform as the client on behalf of Copenhagen Municipality for the construction of the Nordhavnstunnel. The Project entails the construction of a tunnel across the Svanemølle bay in continuation of the Nordhavnsvej-tunnel and the construction of a replacement harbour in Færgehavn Nord.The Danish Road Directorate wish to appoint a main consultant, who will support the Danish Road Directorate with the delivery of the Project.
The Danish Road Directorate shall perform as the client on behalf of Copenhagen Municipality for construction of the Nordhavnstunnel (in the following called ‘the Project’). The Project entails the construction of a tunnel across the Svanemølle bay in continuation of the Nordhavnsvej-tunnel and the construction of a replacement harbour in Færgehavn Nord. It is decided that the tunnel shall be established as the long tunnel option from Nordhavnsvej to Kattegatvej’s extension, with preparation for a possible future Østlig Ringvej (Eastern Ringroad). The basis for the technical solution is described in the Environmental Impact Statement and its appendices (https://www.vejdirektoratet.dk/side/dokumenter-33) and is expected to be constructed in accordance with the ‘Proposal for law for construction of Nordhavnstunnel’, which can be found on the public hearing portal Høringsportalen (https://hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Details/63140). The Danish Road Directorate wish to appoint a consultant, who will support the Danish Road Directorate with the delivery of the Project. The scope of services covers the consultancy for multidisciplinary design, tender, evaluation, designer’s representative, possible site supervision, commissioning and handover of the Project. It is expected that the replacement Harbour Færgehavn Nord will be carried out as a detail design and a traditional contract and that the Nordhavnstunnel will be carried out as an illustrative design and a design and build contract. The main consultant shall be capable of producing deliverables and tender documents on Danish and English.
See section 2 (b) in the draft to the agreement on consultancy and assistance regarding Nordhavnstunnel, main consultancy.
The award model is of the type of pricing model, which is described in more detail in the tender material. The specified weighting for quality criteria is the difference between the grade 0 and grade 10. The grade is converted into a one-off supplement or deduction, which is added to the offer amount.
The application for pre-qualification shall be submitted electronically at the URL address listed in section I.3).
The application shall — in addition to the foregoing III.1.2) and III.1.3) — contain information on the applicant's ownership, including information on consolidated companies.
As an appendix to the application, a completed ‘Single European Procurement Document’ (ESPD) shall be attached. The document is available in the same location as tender documents, see section I.3).
In addition to the mandatory exclusion grounds, see sections 135-136 of the Public Procurement Act, the exclusion grounds stipulated in section 137(1)(ii) of the Public Procurement Act shall apply to the tender.
For groups of operators (e.g.a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. If the applicant relies on the capacity of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for each of the entities on which the applicant relies.
Tenders shall be submitted in Danish or English. Refer to the tender documents (Instruction to Tenderes) for a description of the tender process.
The tender will be carried out by using a two-envelope system. The procedure is described in detail in the tender documents.
Any questions shall be submitted to the email address specified in the tender documents, instruction to tenderes, section 4.
Questions and answers will be made available on the Internet address stated in I.3), under current tenders.
Deadlines and procedures for appeals stated in the ‘Act on the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement’, Act No 492 of 12 May 2010 as amended, latest Consolidated Act No 593 of 2 June 2016.
Complaints about not being pre-qualified shall be lodged with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days.


Winner: Rambøll Danmark A/S
Award value: 150000000
Number of bids: 5