9095.R03 - Client Consultancy Third Limfjord Link – Fjord Crossing and Major Bridges

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 …

CPV: 71000000 Servicios de arquitectura, construcción, ingeniería e inspección, 71500000 Servicios relacionados con la construcción, 71540000 Servicios de gestión de obras, 71530000 Servicios de consultoría en materia de construcción, 71322300 Servicios de diseño de puentes
Lugar de ejecución:
9095.R03 - Client Consultancy Third Limfjord Link – Fjord Crossing and Major Bridges
Organismo adjudicador:
Vejdirektoratet (The Danish Road Directorate)
Número de premio:
9095.R03

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Vejdirektoratet (The Danish Road Directorate)
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : 9095.R03 - Client Consultancy Third Limfjord Link – Fjord Crossing and Major Bridges
Description : 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.
Procedure identifier : 000a6b91-ae8c-494a-99de-6956714a1a48
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71500000 Construction-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71540000 Construction management services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71530000 Construction consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71322300 Bridge-design services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Nordjylland ( DK050 )
Country : Denmark

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 250 000 000 Danish krone

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : The application must include information about the candidate's ownership structure, including details about affiliated companies. Bids must be submitted in Danish or English, but annexes regarding conditions for participation are accepted in Danish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish. Any questions should be sent to the email address provided in the tender documents, Instruction to tenders, section 5. Questions and answers will be made available at the web address listed under section 5.1.11. The tender procedure is conducted using a two-envelope system. The procedure is described in detail in the tender documents.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
Udbudsloven (Public Procurement Act) - https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/10

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Sources of grounds for exclusion : Notice
Participation in a criminal organisation : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 1.
Corruption : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 2
Fraud : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 3
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 4
Money laundering or terrorist financing : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 5
Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 1, no. 6
Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 3.
Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions : See the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsection 3.
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure : See the Public Procurement Act § 136, subsection 1, no. 1.
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure : See the Public Procurement Act § 136, subsection 1, no. 2.
Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure : See the Public Procurement Act § 136, subsection 1, no. 3.
Grave professional misconduct : See the Public Procurement Act § 136, subsection 1, no. 4.
Bankruptcy : See the Public Procurement Act § 137, subsection 1, no. 2.
Analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law : See the Public Procurement Act § 137, subsection 1, no. 2.
Assets being administered by liquidator : See the Public Procurement Act § 137, subsection 1, no. 2.
Arrangement with creditors : See the Public Procurement Act § 137, subsection 1, no. 2.
Business activities are suspended : See the Public Procurement Act § 137, subsection 1, no. 2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ When applying for prequalification, the candidate must submit the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) as preliminary proof of not being subject to exclusion grounds. The candidate with whom the contracting authority intends to enter into a contract must, prior to the contract award, submit a certificate of service from the Danish Business Authority or equivalent documentation, cf. the Public Procurement Act § 135, subsections 1-3, and § 137, subsection 1, no. 2. The documentation must meet the requirements of § 153, and it must be no more than 6 months old. The above-mentioned documentation must also be submitted for entities (subcontractors/sub-consultants/subcontractors), who the candidate has relied on its economic and financial capacity or technical and professional capacity to meet the minimum requirements and/or for prequalification. In addition to the above-mentioned exclusion grounds, attention is drawn to § 134a of the Public Procurement Act, which requires the contracting authority to exclude candidates established in a country listed on the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and that has not acceded to the GPA agreement or other trade agreements binding for Denmark.

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : 9095.R03 - Client Consultancy Third Limfjord Link – Fjord Crossing and Major Bridges
Description : See section 2.1
Internal identifier : 9095.R03

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71500000 Construction-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71540000 Construction management services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71530000 Construction consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71322300 Bridge-design services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Nordjylland ( DK050 )
Country : Denmark
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 132 Month

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
The buyer reserves the right for additional purchases from the contractor, as described here : 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.

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given : Tender requirement
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : General yearly turnover
Description : The candidate shall submit information about the company's net revenue for the last 3 available financial years in the "European Single Procurement Document" (ESPD). As documentation for net revenue, the candidate must attach a copy of the annual accounts or an auditor's certified statement of net revenue. For companies that have been established for a shorter period, the information should be provided for as long a period of the financial year as possible. If the candidate is a consortium of companies, the information must be provided for each individual company, with the sum of the companies' net revenue meeting the minimum requirement. If the candidate is a consortium of companies, a power of attorney must be given to a person authorized to represent the consortium. All participating companies are jointly and severally liable for the fulfilment of the contract. If the candidate relies on the capabilities of other entities (e.g., subcontractors or other entities within the group), the candidate must demonstrate that they have the right to dispose of the necessary resources with these entities. This must be done by providing commitments from these entities in the form of a declaration of joint and several liability. Information is not required about other planned subconsultants whose economic and financial capacity the candidate is not relying on in order to meet the minimum requirement. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ As a minimum requirement for suitability, an annual net revenue of at least 300.000.000 DKK is required for the last 3 available financial years. If the candidate relies on the capabilities of other entities, the revenue is calculated as the combined turnover of the candidate and these entities in each of the three most recent available financial years. In the case of a consortium of companies (e.g., a consortium), the turnover is calculated as the total turnover of the candidate in each of the three most recent available financial years.
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Criterion : References on specified deliveries
Description : The candidate must describe references in the ESPD or in a separate appendix that document that the minimum requirements under this point are met. The description should include the following information: Start and end dates of the contract, client/recipient (name of company/organization), description of the service provided, and the value of the contract. For ongoing references, the description should indicate the extent of the completed work. References for future tasks are not accepted. The reference must not exceed 3 A4 pages; if more pages are submittet, only the first 3 pages will be considered. A maximum of five (5) references is required. This maximum number applies to the total number of references for the candidate and the companies on which the candidate relies for its capabilities. If the candidate is a consortium of companies, a reference list must be provided for each company, with the companies' combined references meeting the minimum requirement. If the candidate provides more than five references, it does not make the application non-compliant, but the contracting authority will only consider the 5 most recent references in the evaluation. If the candidate relies on the capabilities of other entities (e.g., subcontractors or other entities within the group), the candidate must demonstrate that they have access to the necessary resources from these entities. This must be done by providing commitments from these entities regarding their obligations in this regard. Commitments can be given by the entity filling out the relevant field in the ESPD and signing the ESPD. If the candidate relies on the technical and professional capacity of other entities, attention is drawn to the Public Procurement Act, § 144, subsection 3. Technical and professional information about other planned subcontractors, whose technical and professional capacity the candidate does not rely on to meet the minimum requirements, is not required. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minimum requirements for technical and professional ability • Experience within the last 10 years with design and tendering of immersed tunnels with installations and associated equipment, including experience with functional descriptions. • Experience within the last 10 years with design and tendering of geotechnical structures on water in complicated seabed conditions (soft bed) and shallow water. • Experience within the last 5 years with regulatory applications and mitigation measures in connection with works on water, marine environment and protected nature reserves as well as protected species • Experience within the last 5 years with planning of major construction works on water, including sediment management and navigational safety ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Four (4) candidates will be pre-qualified provided that a sufficient number of suitable applications have been received. If more than four (4) candidates are deemed suitable, the Contracting Entity will make a selection among the suitable candidates. Selection of candidates will be based on which candidates have documented the most relevant references. In the selection process, the Contracting Entity will emphasise the following in particular: Relevance to the tendered contract: The candidate's references will be assessed based on, whether the content and size of the delivered service is comparable to the tendered task - Particular emphasis is placed on whether references indicate experience with design and tender of tasks for similar multidisciplinary construction projects on water as that of the Contracting Entity - That the reference contains services provided to a customer, whose size and tasks are similar to those of the Contracting Entity. Economic value of contract:The candidate's reference will be assessed based on, whether the financial framework of the reference value is equal to or higher than the value of the tendered contract. Therefore, the higher the economic value of the delivery, the more positive weight it is given.
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure :
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 3
Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 4
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : The evaluation of the sub-criterion is described in the procurement documents.
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : The evaluation of the sub-criterion is described in the procurement documents.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : The evaluation model is of the type price models. This implies that for each tender a total evaluation price is calculated, which consists of the tender price adjusted with a fictitious addition or deduction for each of the qualitative sub criteria. These additions/ deductions are determined from the quality of the Tender in such a way that at an average quality no correction of the Tender price takes place, at a quality above average a deduction is granted in the Tender price and, at a quality below average an addition is provided of the Tender price. The total evaluation price is fictitious and is only for use for the evaluation, and thus it does not reflect the Contract price. The Contract will be awarded to the tenderer who has obtained the lowest total price of evaluation. The model is further described in the procurement documents.
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Danish, English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 18/10/2024 12:00 +02:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Conditions relating to the performance of the contract : The procurement documents contain a labor clause in accordance with Circular No. 9471 of June 30, 2014, on labor clauses in public contracts.
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : no
Electronic payment will be used : yes
Information about review deadlines : 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.

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction : no

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Klagenævnet for udbud
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
TED eSender : Publications Office of the European Union

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Vejdirektoratet (The Danish Road Directorate)
Registration number : 60729018
Postal address : Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43, 5. sal
Town : København V
Postcode : 1577
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Byen København ( DK011 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Per Seidelin
Email : pese@vd.dk
Telephone : +45 7244 3333
Information exchange endpoint (URL) : https://udbudsportalen.app.vd.dk/da/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Klagenævnet for udbud
Registration number : 37795526
Postal address : Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2
Town : Viborg
Postcode : 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestjylland ( DK041 )
Country : Denmark
Telephone : +45 7240 5600
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Registration number : 10294819
Postal address : Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town : Valby
Postcode : 2500
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Byen København ( DK011 )
Country : Denmark
Telephone : +45 4171 5000
Internet address : https://kfst.dk/
Roles of this organisation :
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : dbb3b1d9-35b9-4f5c-b97e-fc9e3c894cd1 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 17/09/2024 09:20 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00560997-2024
OJ S issue number : 182/2024
Publication date : 18/09/2024