Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-01
Buyer: Femern Bælt A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400 | 71313420 | 71313430 | 71313440
Estimated value: 12000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-03-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The construction phase of the Femern fixed link is connected with numerous environment related tasks, the execution of which Femern A/S intends to award to an environmental consultant.  The geographical scope of the services under the Framework Agreement will be limited to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and its associated Exclusive Economic Zone.  The Consultant's Services cannot be described definitively. However, the Consultant is expected to perform the following Services in general: • Preparation of environmental plan amendment applications • Environmental construction inspection (Umweltbaubegleitung – UBB) • Review of Landscape execution plans (LAP)  • Preparation and updates of environmental management concepts • Review of Contractors’ documents • GIS services
The construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt receives EU funding from the TEN-T program under project code 2014-EU-TM-0221-W
The contract is tendered as one single agreement in order to achieve economics of scale, reduced costs for administration of the contract and a better understanding of the scope of services. Dividing the contract into lots is not considered to lead to a higher level of competition.
The tenderer must complete and submit the European Single Procurement Document (“ESPD”) as preliminary documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the below minimum requirement for economic and financial suitability are fulfilled, cf. section 148 (1)(1-2) of the Danish Procurement Act and Article 79(2) of Directive 2014/25/EC. Information about the tenderer’s annual turnover must be filled in under Part IV, B of the ESPD.
If the tenderer consists of a consortium or any other group of legal persons and/or public entities, the above documents shall be provided for each of the legal persons and/or public entities and if relevant from its supporting entities. A tenderer which bases its tender on the economic and financial standing of other entities must provide the above documentation for each entity.
• The tenderer for each of the last 3 financial years have had an annual turnover of at least EUR 2.5 m.
The tenderer must complete and submit the ESPD as preliminary documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the below minimum requirements for technical and professional ability are fulfilled. The list of deliveries of services must be inserted under Part IV, C of the ESPD and is the final documentation. No further evidence or documentation regarding technical and professional ability will be requested before Femern Bælt A/S awards the Framework Agreement, however Femern Bælt A/S reserves the right to contact the customer indicated on each delivery in order to verify the reference.
The ESPD is completed with a list of main deliveries of services carried out within the last 5 years stating amount and time and the public or private recipient, including contact information.
No more than 5 references for deliveries should be listed in the ESPD. If the ESPD contains more than 5 references only the first 5 references will be taken into account. References included in the tenderer’s own ESPD will in this respect be considered the first 5 references. In the event that the tenderer is a group of economic operators or a temporary association (consortia, joint venture or the like) the references from the leading operator will be considered the first 5 references. In the event that this provision do not determin the first 5 references Femern A/S will draw lots to elect the first 5 references (tenderers will not be allowed to supervise the draw).
• At least 1 reference covering a high-speed rail project, motorway project or civil structure (in German: Hochgeschwindigkeitseisenbahnen, Autobahnen, Ingenieurbauwerke) where the tenderer has delivered environmental consultancy services for a fee of no less than EUR 1 m.;
• At least 1 reference covering at least 6 months experience in a role as an environmental construction inspection (Umweltbaubegleitung – UBB) for a rail project, a motorway project or a civil structure project.
Tenderers shall consider that the framework agreement contains requirements in relation to conflicts of interest, cf. clause 12 of the framework agreement. Further, please notice that the framework agreements contain requirements in relation to CSR.
The Framework Agreement covers environmental consultancy services and environmental construction inspections in Germany during the construction phase and transition to the operation phase. A change of the consultant during a complex infrastructure project like the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt, would cause substantial problems for the project. Refer also to sec VI.3).
1) Re the ESPD: the tenderer must complete and submit the electronic ESPD which serves as preliminary evidence of fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the tender procedure, including that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion. Femern A/S reserves the right, at any time during the tendering procedure, to request the tenderer to provide documentary proof, cf. Section 151 of the Danish Procurement Act, if required to ensure the proper execution of the procedure. In this situation, Femern A/S will set an appropriate deadline for the submission of documentation. Before awarding the framework agreement, the tenderer to whom Femern A/S intends to award the agreement must provide documentation concerning the information in the ESPD, cf. Section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Femern A/S has prepared the electronic ESPD for the economic operator to fill out. The electronic ESPD is available at the link set out in Section I.3. For further information on the requirements to the tender and the tender procedure please refer to the Tender Specifications available at the link set out in Section I.3);


Award value: 12000000