Official name: Gas Storage Denmark A/S
National registration number: 29851247
Postal address: Tonne Kjærsvej 65
Town: Fredericia
NUTS code: DK Danmark
Postal code: 7000
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Helle Barløse
E-mail: procurement@energinet.dk
Telephone: +45 70102244
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publictenders?B=ENERGINET
Address of the buyer profile: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/228008

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=298409&B=ENERGINET

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: http://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=298409&B=ENERGINET

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat

Gas Storage Denmark — Service and Advisory for Underground Gas Storage Facilities

Reference number: 21/02238

76100000 Professional services for the gas industry

Services

Gas Storage Denmark (GSD) owns and operates the two Danish underground gas storage facilities, located in northern Jutland (Ll. Torup, salt caverns) and central Zealand (Stenlille, aquifer).

The tendered contract includes consultancy and assistance in the niche field of underground gas storage in relation to the abovementioned underground gas storage facilities.

Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000.00 EUR

This contract is divided into lots: no

76100000 Professional services for the gas industry

76510000 Onshore services

NUTS code: DK Danmark

Gas Storage Denmark (GSD) owns and operates the two Danish underground gas storage facilities, located in northern Jutland (Ll. Torup, salt caverns) and central Zealand (Stenlille, aquifer).

These facilities where previously owned and operated by DONG (now Ørsted), through which the gas storage operation had access to specialised competencies and support from offshore E&P departments.

GSD seeks to find a partner for support and assistance in order to increase its capability and organisational depth and width in the niche field of underground gas storage, as well as gain access to expertise that it is impractical for GSD to in-source.

Main place of performance:

Suppliers own offices and the two Danish underground gas storage facilities located in northern Jutland (Ll. Torup, salt caverns) and central Zealand (Stenlille, aquifer) and Energinets offices in Ballerup and Erritsø.

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000.00 EUR

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: yes

Description of renewals:

Energinet will be entitled to extend the contract three times with a duration of 12 months (for each extension).

Envisaged number of candidates: 2

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

If more than 2 applicants meet the minimum requirements, cf. section III, the contracting authority will pre-qualify the 2 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 assed 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:

• reference cases regarding advise and consultancy in relation to underground gas storage facilities similar to the ones which Gas Storage Denmark owns and operates will in particular be rated positively;

• reference cases including ‘on-call’ support services (where supplier is available for service and advise during a designated time slot concerning underground gas storage facilities similar to the ones which Gas Storage Denmark owns and operates will in particular be rated positively.

Variants will be accepted: no

Options: yes

Description of options:

• Energinet will be entitled to extend the contract 3 times with a duration of 1 year (for each extension);

• for further information regarding options, please refer to the scope of services document.

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

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.

List and brief description of selection criteria:

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:

1) Equity (total equity incl. share capital, reserves, revaluation, retained earning etc.);

2) Equity ratio (equity/total assets).

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).

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Concerning 1: Equity from the latest annual report must be at least EUR 350 000.

Concerning 2: Equity ratio from the latest annual report must be at least 20 pct. If the equity ratio is between 15 pct. and 20 pct. the applicant can qualify, if equity exceeds EUR 1 000 000.

List and brief description of selection criteria:

The applicant must include the up to 5 most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past three (3) years as part of the application. The references must be stated in the ESPD part IV.C: ‘Technical and professional ability’. Undertaken in the past three (3) years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting 3 years backwards from the submission date for pre-qualification. References older than this will not be taken into consideration. References which have not yet been fully completed can be included as part of the application, but if this is the case, the applicant must describe the parts which have not yet been delivered, and this may affect the evaluation of the applicant, cf. section II.2.9).

The references should include:

• a specific description of the services performed for each reference, including the performed services as well as the facilities to which the services relate;

• contract value (if possible);

• contact information for the entity in question, including contact person (if possible);

• date of initiation and final delivery (day, month, year).

Any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities concerning the above information may have a negative effect on the selection of candidates, cf. section II.2.9). Please note the ‘description’ box can contain more text than is visible. I.e. it is possible to copy paste text into the box.

If the applicant is relying on the references 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.C must also be given in a separate ESPD from each of these entities.

The number of references should not surpass a maximum of the 5 most comparable and relevant references. If the applicant is relying on the capacity 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 maximum number of references to be submitted must still be respected and cannot exceed 5 when combined. If more than 5 references are submitted, the contracting authority will only consider the 5 most recent references determined by date of final delivery (in this case not yet finished references will not be included).

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

The applicant must submit at least one reference case which comprise consultancy, advisory or support regarding underground gas storage facilities.

List and brief description of rules and criteria:

The applicant must submit a completed version of the ESPD.

Applicants may not be subject to the mandatory grounds for exclusion, cf. the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) Section 135 (1-3) and 136.

Please see section VI.3) ‘Additional information’ for further information regarding the ESPD. The application must be submitted through EU-Supply, cf. link in section I.1) in this notification. Applications not submitted via EU-supply or received after the deadline will not be accepted.

The contracting authority reserves the right to request the applicant to supplement, specify or complete the information submitted.

No deposits and guarantees are required.

The information is stated in doc.nr. doc. No 21/02238-4 general conditions for consultancy services Clause 6.

No special legal form is required.

If the agreements are awarded to a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) the participants are required to undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one economic operator to represent the group.

The information is stated in the tender documents.

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

Date: 27/04/2021

Local time: 12:00

English

Duration in months: 2 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

This is a recurrent procurement: no

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

The applicant must submit a completed ESPD to apply for prequalification for this tender procedure. The ESPD for this tender can be found via EU-supply. The ESPD must be completed in EU-Supply and submitted via ‘My Response’.

Please note:

— an applicant participating on its own, but relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor), must ensure that the application includes the applicants own ESPD together with a separate ESPD from each of the entities it relies on with a completed part II: ‘Information concerning the economic operator’ and part III: ‘Exclusion grounds’ of the ESPD as well as the relevant information regarding part IV: ‘Selection criteria’ and part V: ‘Reduction of the number of qualified candidates’. The ESPD from each of the entities should be duly filled and signed by the entities concerned.

Further where an applicant wants to rely on the capacities of other entities, it shall prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example, by producing a commitment by those entities to that effect, which must be submitted as part of the final documentation.

— Where groups of economic operators, including temporary associations, participate together in the procurement procedure, a complete separate ESPD for each of the participating economic operators must be submitted.

Further the final documentation must include a signed declaration by all parties of the group of economic operators (joint venture, consortium or other) stating that all economic operators assume joint and several liabilities towards the contracting authority for the performance of the contract as a whole.

Official name: Klagenævntet for Udbud
Postal address: Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk
Telephone: +45 72405708
Internet address: https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

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, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.

Other complaints must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:

1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (with effect from the day following the publication date);

2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has informed the tenderers in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a Dynamic Purchasing System, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision;

3) 6 months starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved that the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement, provided that the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.

Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postal address: Carl Jacobsen Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk
Telephone: +45 41715000
Internet address: http://www.kfst.dk

09/04/2021