Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-02-10
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
Submission deadline: 2021-03-09
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.
If more than 5 candidates fulfil the fixed minimum requirements and are not subject to grounds for exclusion Femern A/S will make its selection based on the list of deliver-ies/references. In this respect Femern A/S will identify the best and most relevant references. Femern A/S will base its evaluation of the references on section 3 of the Scope of Services (Appendix 1).
It will be regarded positively in the assessment of the relevance if one or more references fulfil both of the technical minimum requirements, see section 4.2.2.B in the tender conditions, and if one or more references covers ‘in-house consultancy services’ (as defined under section 3 of the Scope of Services (Appendix 1)) of as many of the types of engineers/specialists listed in section 3.1 of the scope of services. Finally, it will be regarded positively in the assessment of the relevance if the references cover projects delivered in accordance with Danish and/or German standards.
Please note that any ambiguities and/or unclearness in the information submitted in the ESPD in response to section 4.2.2.B of the Tender Conditions may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited number of candidates.
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 candidate must complete and submit the European Single Procurement Document (‘ESPD’) as preliminary documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the below minimum requirement for economic and financial suitability are fulfilled, cf. section 148 (1)(1-2) of the Danish Procurement Act and Article 79(2) of Directive 2014/25/EC. Information about the candidate’s annual turnover and equity ratio must be filled in under Part IV, B of the ESPD.
The equity ratio (equity to total assets ratio) is calculated as the candidate’s total equity divided by the candidate’s total assets, calculated as a percentage. The equity ratio (equity to total assets ratio) is thus calculated as (total equity/total assets) x 100 = equity to total as-sets ratio. If the candidate relies on the capacity of other entities, the equity ratio (equity to total assets ratio) is calculated as the candidate's and such other entities’ total equity divided by their total assets, calculated as a percentage. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), the equity ratio (equity to total assets ratio) is calculated as the total equity of the operators divided by their total assets, calculated as a percentage. The information is to be stated in Section IV.B of the ESPD.
• The candidate for each of the last 3 financial years have had a equity ratio of at least 15 percent and an annual turnover of at least EUR 5 million.
The candidate must complete and submit the ESPD as preliminary documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the below minimum requirements for technical and professional ability are fulfilled. The list of deliveries of services must be inserted under Part IV, C of the ESPD and is the final documentation. No further evidence or documentation regarding technical and professional ability will be requested before Femern A/S awards the framework agreement, however Femern A/S reserves the right to contact the customer indicated on each delivery in order to verify the reference.
The ESPD is completed with a list of main deliveries of services carried out within the last 5 years stating amount and time and the public or private recipient, including contact information.
No more than 5 references for deliveries should be listed in the ESPD. If the request contains more than 5 references only the first 5 references will be taken into account. References included in the candidate’s/tenderer’s own ESPD will in this respect be considered the first 5 references. In the event that the candidate/tenderer is a group of economic opera-tors or a temporary association (consortia, joint venture or the like) the references from the leading operator will be considered the first 5 references. In the event that this provision do not determine the first 5 references Femern A/S will draw lots to elect the first 5 references (candidates will not be allowed to supervise the draw).


Award value: 10000000