Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2023-04-05
Buyer: Danish Energy Agency
Country: DK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 66122000

Technical requirements: By this prior notification notice, the DEA wishes to obtain a technical market dialogue with potential operator of the offshore wind farm(s) that shall be connected to the Energy Island in the North Sea. The Energy Island project is based on a broad majority of the Danish Parliament that agreed on June 22 2020, to initiate the realization of the Energy Island in the North Sea. 4 February 2021 the signatory parties to the Danish Climate Agreement for Energy (DCAE) have signed an additional agreement regarding the DCAE. The parties have signed a tender-preparing agreement of 1 September 2021 and a tender-preparing agreement II of 3 October 2022.
In February 2021, a broad majority of the Danish Parliament agreed that the Energy Island should be an artificial island connecting and distributing power from the surrounding offshore wind farms. References is made to the three previous prior information notices, cf. 2022/S 205-584851, 2021/S 176-457666 and 2021/S 050-124513. Further information can also be found  on the website: https://ens.dk/en/our-responsibilities/wind-power/energy-islands/energy-island-north-sea.
The Energy Island will be surrounded by offshore wind farms. The operator(s) of the offshore wind farm(s) will have access to an area of the Energy Island through a lease agreement where the operator’s electrical equipment is placed.
By this prior notification notice, the DEA wishes to obtain a technical market dialogue with potential operators of the offshore wind farm(s) about the needs and requirements to the area on the Energy Island, including any demands/need regarding service of the installation, operation and maintenance of the installation, laydown area, establishing of the installation etc. Information obtained in the technical market dialogue will be used in preparation for the tender document of the establishment and coownership of the Energy Island.
The DEA has in the electronic tendering system made a set of documents available for potential operators of offshore wind farm(s). The DEA request such operators to submit written answers to the questions listed by the DEA.
The technical market dialogue with DEA will be held in writing by submission of answers to DEA’s questions in the electronic tendering system. However, the DEA reserves the right to invite potential operators to meeting(s) if the submitted answers give rise to further elaboration.
Written answers are requested to be communicated back by the electronic tendering system to DEA no later than April 21, 2023 at 16:00 CET.
Interested operators must register as a user to access the site with the documents for this technical market dialogue.
The operators may sign up for alerts to receive e-mail notices when new information regarding the technical dialogue is available, e.g. questions. However, the operators are advised to stay updated by regularly accessing the electronic tendering system.
If the operators should encounter problems with the electronic tendering system, the tenderer may contact technical support, either by e-mail dksupport@eu-supply.com or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.
Please be aware that the electronic tendering system will not be available on Saturday 1 April 2023 between 09.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. due to regular maintenance.