Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-11
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 2000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-09-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Environmental Investigations for Hesselø Off-shore Wind Farm
In June 2020 the Danish Parliament decided to commence the development of the future offshore wind farm (OWF) project, Hesselø. The OWF site is located in the inner Danish sea, Kattegat, and has been subject to screening studies. Following the political decision, the Danish Energy Agency has instructed the Energinet to initiate site investigations, environmental and metocean studies and analysis for grid connection for the area of investigation. The current tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for offshore wind projects in Denmark. For further details concerning the purchase, reference is made to the scope of services.
The Hesselø windfarm area – which is located more than 30 km north of Zealand – and at Energinets and Consultants offices.
In June 2020 the Danish Parliament decided to commence the development of the future offshore wind farm (OWF) project, Hesselø. The OWF site is located in the inner Danish sea, Kattegat and has been subject to screening studies. Following the political decision, the Danish Energy Agency has instructed the Energinet to initiate site investigations, environmental and metocean studies and analysis for grid connection for the area of investigation. The current tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for offshore wind projects in Denmark.
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 assessed 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 environmental/technical topics, preferably both onshore and offshore, in relation to the tendered assignment such as impact assessments of an infrastructure project covering marine mammals, benthic flora and fauna, navigational safety (incl. HAZID workshop), constraint analysis and visibility assessment.
• the references show a solid experience in environmental survey and assessment of major offshore projects, including interaction with environmental authorities and Danish Environmental legislation.
Please refer to each ‘Work Package’ description in the ‘Technical Requirements’ document (Enclosure 1 to Scope of Services) included in the suite of Tender Documents.
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 confirm the economic ability in the ESPD part IV.B: ‘Economic and financial standing’ with information from the latest annual report regarding the following economic indicators:
If the applicant is relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor) or the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) the information for the ESPD part IV.B must also be given in a separate ESPD from each of these entities, cf. section VI.3 ‘Additional information’. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to secure that the minimum level(s) of standards required are reached when the applicant is relying on the capacity of other entities or when the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium).
Concerning 1: Equity from the latest annual report must be at least 33 pct. of the total expected amount of the contract.
Concerning 2: Equity ratio from the latest annual report must be at least 20 pct. If the equity ratio is between 15 pct. and 20 pct. the applicant can qualify, if Equity exceeds the total expected amount of the contract.
The applicant must include the up to 6 most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past five (5) years as part of the application. The references must be stated in the ESPD part IV.C: ‘Technical and professional ability’. Undertaken in the past five (5) years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting 5 years backwards from the submission date for pre-qualification. References older than this will not be taken into consideration. References which have not yet been fully completed can be included as part of the application, but if this is the case, the applicant must describe the parts which have not yet been delivered, and this may affect the evaluation of the applicant, cf. section II.2.9).
— a description of the services delivered with focus on topics relevant to tendered assignment under Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm.


Award value: 2000000