Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-01-17
Buyer: Aarhus Vand A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Innovation partnership
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71300000 | 71800000 | 73000000 | 73200000
Submission deadline: 2020-02-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: Recovery and Resilience

Technical requirements: In connection with the realisation of Aarhus ReWater, Aarhus Vand is in need of a process consortium to assist with the design of the process plant for the resource recovery plant (RRP).
The service to be provided by the process consortium includes the design of the design basis and the subsequent design of the total process plant (RRP). Focus is on creating a state-of-the-art resource facility with a high degree of flexibility and modularity. The RRP is to be realised through 2 turnkey contractors. The process consortium is therefor to be transfer to the 2 turnkey contractor teams implementing the RRP (waste water plant — 600 000 PE).
The realisation of Aarhus ReWater is expected to run until mid-2028 when the resource plant is expected to be finished. Aarhus ReWater will be built in Aarhus on a site of around 12 hectares (land reclamation) near Tangkrogen and Marselisborg marina. The final location of the resource plant has not yet been determined. Three possible locations have previously been discussed; however, a recent political decision reduced the number to 2. The 2 alternative locations will be evaluated during the 1
The plant is expected to be expanded on an ongoing basis and to be fully expanded in 2060, when its capacity is expected to be up to 600 000 PE, corresponding to the expected population in 2060, based on the latest forecast as well as business and industry development.
The project's total financial framework is expected to be 1 700 000 000-2 000 000 000 DKK, which will include all expenses related to the project. The location of Aarhus ReWater on reclaimed land in the transition area between land and sea, city and harbour, marina and event area, calls for an adaptation of the plant that goes beyond its mere utility value and incorporates the surroundings – the requirements and possibilities of the citizens — into the area.
Since existing solutions in the market cannot fulfil Aarhus Vand’s vision and high ambitions for Aarhus ReWater, Aarhus Vand wants to build the world’s most resource-efficient wastewater resource recovery facility (WRRF) through an innovation partnership. Aarhus Vand A/S wants to tender turnkey contracts according to a model that ensures room for innovation and development — and selection of the optimal technologies — in the initial design phase, until project and budget details are finalised in the project planning phase prior to execution and that allows a more flexible team formation. Furthermore, Aarhus Vand wants to be able to influence team formation, thereby ensuring that a strong process consortium and a strong turnkey contractor are chosen before the 2 parties are brought together in a turnkey contractor team.
After an initial innovation phase, the process consortium is to transfer to the 2 turnkey contractor teams implementing the RRP (waste water plant – 600 000 PE). Accordingly, this tender procedure concerns a flexible agreement including consultancy services in connection with Aarhus ReWater.
Process consortium is used here to designate the consultant or team of consultants associated with the project. The term expresses the fact that the process consortium is expected to possess the wide and professional depth of competencies needed to contribute to the realisation of future resource facilities – Aarhus ReWater – through innovative solutions. The term thus does not express a requirement or expectation for a particular legal structure.
The term of the contract stated in months is indicative only. The contract runs until Aarhus ReWater has been implemented. This is expected to take place in mid-2028.
When making a selection among the suitable applicants, Aarhus Vand will select the 4 applicants who, in light of the tendered works, are assessed to have the best technical and professional capacity as well as sufficient financial resilience. This will take place on the basis of the contracting authority's evaluation of the applicants' technical capacity as documented by way of the references forwarded as well as the applicants' economic and financial capacity based on the requested key ratios. The main emphasis will be on the former (project references).
The evaluation will take place on the basis of information stated in the eESPD as well as any supplementary reference sheets.
In the selection procedure, the contracting authority will assess the applicants' financial resilience in light of the project and which applicants have documented, by way of the references forwarded, the most relevant references in respect of the tendered works.
By ‘relevant references’, the contracting authority means references which are comparable to the tendered work in terms of nature and scope, including in particular references within:
— contribution to innovation processes and implementation of new technologies, including test and demonstration facilities,
Particular importance is attached to references relating to wastewater treatment plants/resource recovery plants.