Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2023-02-24
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 11347885.5 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: A broad majority of the Danish parliamentary parties entered the 'Climate Agreement June 2022' on June 25th 2022. In this, it has been decided to enable the development of at least another 4 GW of offshore wind before the end of 2030 and to initiate the feasibility studies for all known attractive and fine-screened offshore wind areas. The study areas are located in Danish waters (North Sea, Kattegat and western Baltic).
The current tender concerns consultancy services for undertaking offshore surveys of birds, bats and marine mammals in the study areas. The surveys must be conducted over twelve (12) months, fol-lowed by data analysis and reporting of the results.
The Lot 1 concerns the surveys of birds, bats and marine mammals in an area of the Danish North Sea, called North Sea I. The surveys must be conducted over twelve (12) months, followed by data analysis and reporting of the results.
Following the 'Climate Agreement June 2022' it has been decided to undertake offshore surveys of birds, bats and marine mammals in the study area, North Sea I, located in the Danish North Sea, off the coast of central Jutland. The surveys must be conducted over twelve (12) months (February 2023 – January 2024), followed by data analysis and reporting of the results. The results will be used as an important input to the future environmental impact assessments for the specific offshore wind farms in the area.
The tender includes an option of one (1) year of additional studies for both lots. In the event that the option is exercised, the Tenderer will be notified with a six (6) months’ notice.
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 process.
The Lot 2 concerns the surveys of birds, bats and marine mammals in three (3) areas of Danish waters. Two of the areas are located in Kattegat (Kattegat II and Hessleø Syd) and the third area is located in western Baltic Sea (Kriegers Flak II) I. The surveys must be conducted over twelve (12) months, fol-lowed by data analysis and reporting of the results.
Following the 'Climate Agreement June 2022' it has been decided to undertake offshore surveys of birds, bats and marine mammals in three (3) study areas located in the Danish waters. Two of the areas are in Kattegat (Kattegat II and Hesselø Syd) and the third area is in western Baltic. The surveys must be conducted over twelve (12) months (February 2023 – January 2024), followed by data analysis and reporting of the results. The results will be used as an important input to the future environmental impact assessments for the specific offshore wind farms in the area.
The tender includes an option of one (1) year of additional studies for both lots. In the event that the option is exercised, the Tenderer will be notified with a six (6) months’ notice.
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 process.
The applicant must submit a completed ESPD to apply for prequalification for this tender procedure. The ESPD for this tender can be found via EU-supply. The ESPD must be completed in EU-Supply and submitted via “My Response”. A guide to the ESPD can be found on the webpage of the Competition and Consumer Authority (www.kfst.dk)  in Danish (the Contracting Authority is not responsible for the content of the guide).
-	An applicant participating on its own, but relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor), must ensure that the application includes the applicants own ESPD together with a separate ESPD from each of the entities it relies on with a completed part II: “Information concerning the economic operator” and part III: “Exclusion grounds” of the ESPD as well as the relevant information regarding part IV: “Selection criteria” and part V: “Reduction of the number of qualified candidates”. The ESPD from each of the entities should be duly filled and signed by the entities concerned.
Further where an applicant wants to rely on the capacities of other entities, it shall prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example, by producing a commitment by those entities to that effect, which must be submitted as part of the final documentation.
-	Where groups of economic operators, including temporary associations, participate together in the procurement procedure, a complete separate ESPD for each of the participating economic op-erators must be submitted.
Further the final documentation must include a signed declaration by all parties of the group of economic operators (joint venture, consortium or other) stating that all economic operators assume joint and several liabilities towards the Contracting Authority for the performance of the contract as a whole.


Winner: NIRAS A/S
Award value: 11347885.5