Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-13
Buyer: Energinet Elsystemansvar A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71248000 | 71323100 | 71356200 | 71356300 | 73300000
Estimated value: 240000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-10-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority wants to purchase offshore market engagement support services to engage with commercial and regulatory experts from the leading offshore wind farm (OWF) developers highlighting key regulatory and commercial issues from an offshore wind stakeholder perspective, for the period of December 2020-April 2021.
TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, Energinet and Gasunie joined forces — in the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) consortium — to develop a large scale European electricity system for offshore wind. A new approach to offshore wind connection and grid integration is required, both from a techno-economical as well as from a market and regulatory perspective. This is due to the scale of the offshore wind roll-out required to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets (~150-450 GW), the short time window for realisation (30 years) and the unfolding energy transition as a whole (form fossil to net zero emission).
Based on the scope of works the consortium intends to procure support to develop more insight on background content for, and coordination of, ‘Offshore Wind Market Engagement’. This includes a structured process and moderation of interactive sessions with members of the consortium and leading offshore wind developers. This should build on the previous industry report and could result in a report to be presented to national governments during the WindEurope Electric City 2021 event in Copenhagen.
• in close collaboration with the market and regulation work stream lead, refine and structure the plan of approach for the offshore market engagement;
(ii) a final offshore wind market report based on input and collaboration with offshore wind developers.
If more than three applicants fulfills the minimum requirements, cf. section III), the contracting authority will pre-qualify the three 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 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, especially concerning:
• conducting structured processes and moderation of interactive sessions with multiple international stakeholders with clearly defined, and successfully achieved consensus/decision deliverables;
• management of a transparent process of discussion preparation, collection and integration of feedback and preparation for consensus-based reporting;
• development of market evaluation and/or offshore market setup options discussions for multiple OWF developers;
• producing high level reports based on the interactions and international stakeholder engagement with the option to present and publish externally.
The procurement will most likely be related to a project and/or pro-gram financed by European Union funds. On 1 October 2020 the EU Member States agreed on a Commission proposal to invest 14 million in the NSWPH CEF Action program. The award of CEF funding is conditional to final approval by the European Parliament, expected in the coming weeks.
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. (EUR  79 200) of the total expected amount of the contract (EUR 240 000).


Award value: 240000