Public procurement notice: Qualification System Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-11-17
Buyer: Ørsted Wind Power A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71330000 | 71332000 | 71335000 | 71337000 | 71350000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Ørsted's (Orsted's) Qualification System (OQS) has been established as a scheme to improve efficiency and reduce costs of sourcing various services related to offshore wind farms, in this instance for Geotechnical Investigation services (OQS-GTI).
The complete overview of specific scopes covered by the OQS-GTI incl. detailed instructions to qualification can be downloaded from https://dongenergy.scanmarket.com/SupplierRegistration/NewSupplier?eventId=233760&ccsum=f4527de3c468735efedc413e2be57058.
The Orsted affiliated contracting entities covered by the OQS-GTI are listed in Section VI). When an additional contracting entity is added to the list, an additional notice will be published.
These contracting entities covered by the OQS-GTI may use the OQS-GTI as a means of calling for competition cf. Article 44 4. (b) of Directive 2014-25-EU. Please note that the admittance to the OQS-GTI does not guarantee the applicant award of contracts and that the contracting entities reserve the right to publish individual contract notices for specific contracts when deemed appropriate and/or necessary, even though the contracts relate to the product and service categories covered by the OQS-GTI.
The preparation of the bidder lists will be based on the suppliers which have passed the qualification procedure cf. Section III.1.1) without further notification in the ‘Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities’ (OJEU/TED).
OQS-GTI is open to all suppliers of Geotechnical Investigation services (GTI) covered by the scope of the qualification system.
Suppliers may apply for qualification at any time and there is no application or subscription fee. Qualification in the OQS requires applicants to complete and submit the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with information required as stated in the Instructions to Qualification document publicly available via the link provided in Section II.3) above.
Please note that the supplier information must be kept up to date at all times. Periodic reminders for renewal may be sent to all qualified Suppliers.
Please find more detailed information about the conditions and method of verification in the qualification material available via the link provided in Section II.3) above.
Reference is made to the description of the qualification evaluation in the Instructions to Qualification document publicly available via the link provided in Section II.3) above.
The Contracting Entity might use the procedure described in the Utilities Directive article 50, (f) which prescribes that that new services consisting in the repetition of similar services assigned to the contractor to which the Contracting Entity awarded an earlier contract, provided that such services conform to a basic project for which a first contract was awarded, can be awarded without a call for competition. Such procedures might be used up to three times for the Scope of Works and/or Services specified in the tender conditions when initiating a tender in the qualification system. This right can be used by the Contracting Entity up to three years after the award of the first contract, should the Contracting Entity decide to purchase similar services in the EU. The conditions for awarding possible additional services are the following:
— The performance of the services will be subject to the same contractual terms as the provision of the Scope of Works and/or Services specified in the tender conditions when initiating a tender in the qualification system;
— The contractor must comply with mandatory statutory law in the country where the individual offshore wind farms for which the Contracting Entity chooses to apply this right to repeat similar services are placed;
— Amendment of time schedule to reflect to project for which the repetition of similar services is applied.
The provisions concerning repetition of similar services will also be described in the tender conditions.