Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-01
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71332000 | 71351220 | 76320000 | 76521000 | 76522000
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2019-10-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Preliminary geotechnical investigations for Thor Offshore Wind Farm including offshore boreholes and CPTs.
The assignment includes preliminary geotechnical site investigations for the Thor offshore wind farm project located in the Danish North Sea west of the peninsula Jutland and ca. 20km to 45km west of the coastal village Thorsminde. The water depth in the areas of operation is expected to be 25m to 35m.
The purpose of the assignment is to acquire geotechnical and geological information about the subsurface to be used as basis for developers to assess the soil risk for the Thor project, perform a preliminary evaluation of installation and foundation conditions and as basis for submitting a bid for the wind farm project.
The scope includes geotechnical boreholes and CPT tests. Laboratory tests shall be performed on extracted samples. Geotechnical boreholes shall be performed up to 70 meters below seabed. The CPT tests shall be performed as independent seabed CPT’s and as CPT’s associated.
If more than 3 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 ten-dered 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:
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 pro-cess.
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 33 pct. of the total expected amount of the contract (1 650 000 EUR).
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 prequalification. 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.
12) Details on purpose of assignment and other supplementary details relevant for the present assignment.
Any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities concerning the above information may have a negative effect on the selection of candidates, cf. section II.2.9. Please note the “description” box can contain more text than is visible. I.e. it is possible to copy paste text into the box.
If the applicant is relying on the references 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.C must also be given in a separate ESPD from each of these entities.
The number of references should not surpass a maximum of the 5 most comparable and relevant references. If the applicant is relying on the capacity 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 maximum number of references to be submitted must still be respected and cannot exceed 5 when combined. If more than 5 references are submitted the Contracting Authority will only include the first 5 listed. If an applicant, in this context, relies on the capacity of other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor) the Contracting Authority will initially include the references stated by the applicant itself and only if the maximum number is not reach by this methodology will the references of the supporting entities be included until the maximum number is reached. In this respect the inclusion of the supporting entities will happen in alphabetic order. If a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) submits more than 5 references the Contracting Authority will equally only include the first 5 listed. The parties to the group will in this respect be included in alphabetic order.


Award value: 5000000