Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-08-20
Buyer: Femern Bælt A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71210000 | 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311200
Estimated value: 10000000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Generally the scope of services under this Framework Agreement consist of in-house consultancy services to Femern A/S Technical Division. By “in-house consultancy services”, Femern A/S means putting persons at Femern A/S’s disposal as a resource for a shorter or longer period, as the case may be, to work alongside the employees of Technical Division and under the instruction of Femern A/S.
Furthermore, Femern A/S expects the consultant to assist Femern A/S directly with specific assessments of the services delivered from other consultants or the contractors. In connection with these assignments the Consultant will typically be required to work from their own offices and thus not under the direct instruction of Femern A/S.
Generally the scope of services under this Framework Agreement consist of in-house consultancy services to Femern A/S Technical Division. By “in-house consultancy services”, Femern A/S means putting persons at Femern A/S’s disposal as a resource for a shorter or longer period, as the case may be, to work alongside the employees of Technical Division and under the instruction of Femern A/S.
Furthermore, Femern A/S expects the consultant to assist Femern A/S directly with specific assessments of the services delivered from other consultants or the contractors. In connection with these assignments the Consultant will typically be required to work from their own offices and thus not under the direct instruction of Femern A/S.
The construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt receives EU funding from the CEF programme 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.
The framework agreement is awarded to a group of economic operators named SWS-EKJ. The group consists of SWS Engineering S.p.A. and EKJ Rådgivende Ingeniørerer A/S.
Pursuant to the Danish Act No 492 of 12.5.2010 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 within 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: SWS Engineering S.p.A.
Award value: 10000000
Number of bids: 3