Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-23
Buyer: Energinet Eltransmission A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400
Estimated value: 400000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: EU Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC) combined and implemented in the Danish law (Udbudsloven LOV nr 1564 af 15/12/2015).
Elia and Energinet are developing the Interconnector project TritonLink, which will connect the high voltage grid in Belgium and Denmark, through two energy islands in the North Sea. The two Energy Islands will be constructed as artificial island solutions, hosting all required infrastructure to connect offshore wind farms to the islands and further on to an electrical grid.
The scope for this tender is covering the part of the project from the Danish Energy Island, through the MOG 2 energy island in Belgian Waters and including route to Belgian shore and landfall in Belgium. The cable connections from the Danish Energy Island to the Danish shore is not part of this tender package.
The scope of this tender covers route development, permit planning and support during consultation throughout the whole project up to FID. Furthermore, the scope covers support during the route survey and sampling campaign preparation and implementation phases.
If more than 4 applicants fulfill the minimum requirements, cf. section III, the Contracting Authority will prequalify the 3-4 applicants who 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 relevance of the submitted references, cf. the scope stated in section II.2.4, and the extent to which the references overall demonstrate comprehensive experience with deliveries comparable to the tendered assignment regarding solution, complexity and scope, especially concerning:
• The references cover relevant topics, e.g. routing studies of offshore infrastructure projects similar to what is part of the tendered assignment.
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 on the basis of consolidation 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, at the time of prequalification, be at least 134.000 EUR.
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 400.000 EUR.
The applicant can include the up to 5 most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past three (3) 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 three (3) years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting 3 years backwards from the submission date for prequalification. 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 specific description of the work performed for each reference, including objective of the work, methods, reporting approach and outcome.
All references should be described in such a detailed manner, allowing the Contracting Authority to assess its compatibility and relevance to the tendered assignment.
Any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities concerning the above information may have a negative effect on the selection of candidates, cf. section II.2.9. Please note the “description” box can contain more text than is visible. I.e. it is possible to copy paste text into the box.


Award value: 400000