Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-06-03
Buyer: Femern Bælt A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71313400 | 71313420 | 71313430 | 71313440
Estimated value: 12000000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The construction phase of the Femern fixed link is connected with numerous environment related tasks, the execution of which Femern A/S intends to award to an environmental consultant.  The geographical scope of the services under the Framework Agreement will be limited to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and its associated Exclusive Economic Zone.  The Consultant's Services cannot be described definitively. However, the Consultant is expected to perform the following Services in general: • Preparation of environmental plan amendment applications • Environmental construction inspection (Umweltbaubegleitung – UBB) • Review of Landscape execution plans (LAP)  • Preparation and updates of environmental management concepts • Review of Contractors’ documents • GIS services
The construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt receives EU funding from the TEN-T program under project code 2014-EU-TM-0221-W
The contract is tendered as one single agreement in order to achieve economics of scale, reduced costs for administration of the contract and a better understanding of the scope of services. Dividing the contract into lots is not considered to lead to a higher level of competition.
1) Regarding the duration of the Framework Agreement: The Framework Agreement covers environmental consultancy services and environmental construction inspections in Germany during the construction phase and during the transition to the operation phase. A change of the consultant during a complex infrastructure project like the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt, would cause substantial problems for the project. The construction phase is expected to be finalized in 2029. However, the Framework Agreement shall be in effect until the Fehmarn Belt tunnel opens which means that the duration of the Framework Agreement may extend beyond 8 years.
2) The estimate of the framework agreement can vary significantly depending on the developments in the project. The value of the framework agreement is estimated to EUR 6400000, cf. sec V.2.4), while the maximum value of the framework agreement is estimated to EUR 12000000, cf. sec. II.1.7) and V.2.4).
Pursuant to the Danish Act No 492 of 12 May 2010 (Act on the Danish Complaints Board) with subsequent amendments regarding the complaints board for public procurement, complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, if the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
Complaints regarding other decisions related to the tender must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement before:
1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union stating that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day on which the executive order has been published.
2) 30 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting authority notifies the tenderers concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement reopening the competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been concluded, if the notification has stated the reasons for the decision.
3) 6 months after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/ tenderers involved that the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement if the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodging of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. The complainant shall state whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period. If the complaint has not been lodged in the standstill period, the complainant must also state whether the complainant has requested that the complaint be granted suspensive effect.


Winner: Trüper Gondesen und Partner mbB TGP Landschaftsarchitekten BDLA
Award value: 12000000
Number of bids: 4