Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-20
Buyer: Femern Bælt A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71311230 | 71311300 | 71313410 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Estimated value: 18000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2019-06-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The consultant's services cannot be described exhaustively. However, the consultant is expected to perform the following services:
— assistance in the preparation of the basic design of railway works and assistance in the preparation and completion of the tender processes,
— review of the contractor’s detailed design as well as supervision of the construction of the railway works,
— assistance in defining and managing technical interfaces (related to e.g. track, electrification, signalling and communication), and
The consultant's services cannot be described exhaustively. However, the consultant is expected to perform the following services:
— assistance in the preparation of the basic design of railway works and assistance in the preparation and completion of the tender processes,
— review of the contractor’s detailed design as well as supervision of the construction of the railway works,
— assistance in defining and managing technical interfaces (related to e.g. track, electrification, signalling and communication), and
The Framework Agreement shall cover railway consultancy services throughout the remaining part of the project as well as in connection with the transition from construction phase to operational phase and in the beginning of the operational phase. Thus, Femern A/S has inserted an option to extend the lenght of the Framework Agreement with 3 x 2 years. Please also refer to VI.3.
If more than 5 candidates fulfil the fixed minimum requirements and are not subject to grounds for exclusion Femern A/S will make its selection based on the list of deliveries/references. In this respect Femern A/S will identify the best and most relevant references. Femern A/S will base its evaluation of the references on Section 3 of the Scope of Services (Schedule 1). It will be regarded positively in the assessment of the relevance if each reference fulfils as many of the minimum requirements as possible, see Section III.1.3), and if the references cover projects delivered in accordance with especially German railway regulation. It will also be regarded positively in the assessment of the relevance if the references cover projects delivered in accordance with Danish railway regulation. Please note that any ambiguities and/or unclearness in the information submitted in the ESPD in response to section III.1.3) may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited number of candidates.
The construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt receives EU funding from the CEF programme 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.
As a minimum requirement the candidate must document that the candidate for each of the last 3 financial years have had a solvency ratio of at least 15 percent and an annual turnover of at least 10 000 000 EUR.
The candidate must complete and submit the European Single Procurement Document (“ESPD”) as preliminary documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the minimum requirement for economic and financial suitability are fulfilled.
Before Femern A/S decides to award the Framework Agreement, Femern A/S shall require that the tenderer to which Femern A/S intends to award the Framework Agreement presents documentation of the information provided in the ESPD. The following documentation must then be provided: The candidate’s/tenderer’s annual reports for the last 3 financial years or excerpts hereof if publication of annual reports is required under the law of the country in which the candidate or tenderer is established or any other documentation for the candidate’s annual turnover and solvency ratio.


Award value: 18000000