Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-09-03
Buyer: Ørsted
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 63726600
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: for operation of the six (6) Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) owned by Ørsted Wind Power A/S ("Owners" or "Contracting Entity"), and servicing the Owners three Danish wind farms Anholt, Horns Rev 2 and Nysted, and are stationed at the three ports; Grenaa (3 CTV), Esbjerg (2 CTV) and Gedser (1 CTV). The CTVs can be relocated between the Sites in accordance with the workload at the various sites.
The vessels are operating all year in normally service pattern of 12 hours during the day. During maintenance campaigns and under extraordinary conditions, individual vessels may be requested to provide 24 hours service for limited periods.
Ørsted Wind Power A/S owns six Crew Transports Vessels (CTV) to support the three Danish wind farms "Anholt", "Horns Rev 2", "Nysted" transporting passengers, tools, equipment and spare parts between shore and offshore installations. The CTV's are today managed by an external partner with the responsibility of (a) Technical Management and (b) Crew Management, and who as an agent and on behalf of Owners conduct the services in accordance with sound ship management practice and promote the interests of the Owners in all matters relating to the provision of Services Management Services, with an aim of:
• Keeping operational costs at or below budget by applying permanent and dedicated attention to the vessels' operational conditions and preventive maintenance.
The fleet of vessels consist of six (6) Crew Transfer Vessels, of which 4 vessels are registered as General Cargo Ships and 2 are registered passenger ships. All vessels are registered in Danish International Register of Shipping (DIS). The Vessels are stationed in Denmark at 3 different ports. Normally there are 3 stationed in Grenaa, 2 in Esbjerg and 1 in Gedser. The CTVs can be relocated between the Sites in accordance with the workload at the various sites.
It is Owners intention to procure the ship-management services from 1 (one) supplier, who is responsible for safe operation and being appointed as "the Company", and taking over the duties and responsibilities imposed by the Flag State and EU in regard to the ISM Code, ISPS and MLC 2006 throughout the agreement.
The procurement includes overall the following services cf. the agreement (modified BIMCO Shipman 2009) and Scope of Service:
(a) Technical Management; clear objectives of optimizing and improving performance whilst reducing running cost, still with high focus on safe operation and with the CTVs well pro-active maintained to a high standard both visually and operationally, and highest possible availability.
(b) Crew Management with a clear objective of attracting, employing and retaining well qualified, physically fit and service minded Masters and Crews dedicated to the Owners CTVs, to ensure a safe and efficient operation of these.
The administration includes compliance with the Flag State requirements and the requirements of the individual country of domicile for each crew member ensuring, but not limited to: Payroll arrangements, taxes, arranging transportation and accommodation, onboarding, training, etc.
Ørsted Wind Power A/S does not in this tender require locally based crew. It is up to the Tenderer to plan and organize its operation to fulfill the requirements.
Please note that this is a negotiated procedure. To the extent permissible under applicable law and pursuant to the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency, the tender documents may as a result undergo changes as part of the negotiation process.
Complaints about not having been pre-qualified must be filed with the Complainants Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) within 20 (twenty) calendar days from the day after the day when the contracting entity has notified the applicants in question about the result of the pre-qualification, provided that the notification contains a short statement of relevant reasoning behind the decision. The complainant must notify the contracting entity in writing of the filing at the latest when complaint is filed.
1) 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (with effect from the day following the publication date).


Winner: Klagenævnet for Udbud