Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-02-05
Buyer: Vejdirektoratet (The Danish Road Directorate)
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71322300 | 71500000 | 71530000: Construction consultancy services | 71540000: Construction management services
Estimated value: 250000000 DKK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: In June 2021, a political agreement was reached regarding the third Limfjord link near Aalborg, and on July 1, 2024, a construction law was passed. The project involves the construction of approximately 20 km of a four-lane motorway west of Aalborg via Egholm, connecting to the E45 North Jutland Motorway and the E39 Hirtshals Motorway to the north. The total project budget is approx. 8 billion. This tender concerns client consultancy related to the design and tender of the fjord crossing, including: an immersed tunnel with installations under the southern branch of the Limfjord, low bridges over the northern branch of the Limfjord (Nørredyb), land reclamation south of Egholm, as well as larger bridges connected to the land infrastructure. See the tender documents for a more detailed description of the task. 
The estimated value, according to section 2.1.3, is an estimate. The contract value is expected to be between DKK 200,000,000 and 300,000,000, excluding VAT. The budget for the consultant's services is DKK 250,000,000 excluding VAT.
The evaluation of the sub-criterion is described in the procurement documents.
In accordance with the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the following deadlines apply for filing a complaint: Complaints about not being prequalified must be submitted to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days. The deadline is calculated from the day following the day on which the contracting authority has sent a notification to interested candidate s about who has been prequalified, cf. the Public Procurement Act § 171, subsection 2, or the Complaints Board Act § 2, subsection 1, no. 1, when the notification is accompanied by a justification for the decision. In other situations, complaints about the procurement must be submitted to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union stating that a contract has been concluded. The deadline is calculated from the day after the notice was published.
At the same time as filing a complaint with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must notify the contracting authority in writing that a complaint has been filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, and whether the complaint has been submitted during the standstill period, cf. the Complaints Board Act § 6, subsection 4. If the complaint is not submitted during the standstill period, the complainant must also indicate whether a suspension of the decision is requested, cf. the Complaints Board Act § 12, subsection 1.
The duration of the contract is an estimate, as it depends on the duration of the construction project. It is expected that the consultant will be attached to the project for the entire duration of the project period. The contracting authority may renew the contract on unchanged terms by up to 2x12 months.


Winner: COWI A/S
Award value: 109500000
Number of bids: 3