Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-11-15
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 5500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-12-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In order to enable the political goal for more offshore wind in Denmark before the end of 2030, it has been decided with the ‘Climate Agreement June 2022’, to initiate feasibility and pre-investigations studies for all the attractive offshore wind areas identified in the 2022 screening. Against this background, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Supply has instructed Energinet to carry out marine environmental studies for the planned offshore wind farms.
Each pre-qualified tenderer may tender for one or both lots of the tenderers' choice. However, the tenderers' tenders for each lot must be completely independent of each other. A more detailed description of this can be found in section 1.4 of the tender conditions.
North Sea I - Marine environmental studies for the offshore wind farms to be developed in a specified area of the North Sea
In order to enable the political goal for more offshore wind in Denmark before the end of 2030, it has been decided with the ‘Climate Agreement June 2022’, to initiate feasibility and pre-investigations studies for all the attractive offshore wind areas identified in the 2022 screening. Against this background, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Supply has instructed Energinet to carry out marine environmental studies for the planned offshore wind farms.
Lot 1 of the current tender concerns consultancy services for undertaking a number of marine environmental studies concerning the planned areas in the North Sea.
If more than 3 applicants fulfill the minimum requirements, cf. section III, the Contracting Authority will prequalify the 3 applicants which 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 tendered 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.
•	The references cover relevant topics, e.g. studies on benthic ecology, fish and fisheries, shipping & navigation, radars, and underwater noise, use of methods and technologies similar to what is part of the tendered assignment.
•	The references show solid experience in marine environmental studies for offshore wind farms, including the following analysis of data and reporting.
Lot 1 also includes an option to undertake marine environmental investigations for Area 2 for North Sea I with expected commencement in Q1 2024. See Scope of Services section 2 (document number 22/03837-6) for further information.
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.
Marine environmental studies for the offshore wind farms to be developed in a specified area of Kattegat (Kattegat II and Hesselø (south)) and a specified area of the Baltic (Kriegers Flak II)
In order to enable the political goal for more offshore wind in Denmark before the end of 2030, it has been decided with the ‘Climate Agreement June 2022’, to initiate feasibility and pre-investigations studies for all the attractive offshore wind areas identified in the 2022 screening. Against this background, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Supply has instructed Energinet to carry out marine environmental studies for the planned offshore wind farms.
Lot 2 of the current tender concerns consultancy services for undertaking a number of marine environmental studies concerning the planned areas in Kattegat and the western Baltic Sea.
If more than 3 applicants fulfill the minimum requirements, cf. section III, the Contracting Authority will prequalify the 3 applicants which 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 tendered assignment, cf. section II.2.4, in terms of comparability and relevance. As a result, the number of refer-ences will not be the determining factor alone, but more importantly to which degree the specific forward-ed references are comparable and relevant to the tendered assignment regarding solution and scope.
•	The references cover relevant topics, e.g. studies on benthic ecology, fish and fisheries, shipping & navigation, radars, and underwater noise, use of methods and technologies similar to what is part of the tendered assignment.

Eligibility requirements: Both LOT 1 and LOT 2: The Tenderer must ensure that they hold alle the appropriate permits for operating in Danish airspace and in Danish waters. Confirmation that the applicant meets the requirements must be stated in the ESPD part IV. The applicant is obligated to document the fulfillment of the requirement if so requested by the Contracting Authority.

Award value: 5500000