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1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Banedanmark
Legal type of the buyer: Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
Activity of the contracting entity: Railway services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Vejdirektoratet
Activity of the contracting entity: Railway services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Catenary system - Electrification New railway across West Funen
Description: The Contract comprises the following: • Designing, delivery, building and testing of a TSI approved 25 kV catenary system, including remote control and connection of feeder and return cables, for an operational speed of 250 km/h and for 275 km/h in test situation on the new line across West Funen
Procedure identifier: 529772e6-dd4e-42b1-8e89-4ddfee0ac10f
Previous notice: fdc00abe-e1a7-488b-a89d-2f30a4df5980-01
Internal identifier: 2025-9261
Type of procedure: Negotiated without prior call for competition
Main features of the procedure: Banedanmark published a tender for a design and build contract for Catenary system - Electrification, New Railway across West on 26 May 2025 as an open procedure in accordance with article 45 in the Directive 2014/25/EU. At the tender deadline on 24 October 2025, Banedanmark did not receive any tenders. On this basis, Banedanmark exercised its right to conduct a negotiated procedure without prior call for competition pursuant to Article 50(1)(a) of the Utilities Directive.
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Works
Additional nature of the contract: Services, Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 45234160 Catenary's construction works
Additional classification (cpv): 45230000 Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork, 45231400 Construction work for electricity power lines, 45232200 Ancillary works for electricity power lines, 51100000 Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment, 51111300 Installation services of transformers, 51112100 Installation services of electricity distribution equipment, 71311230 Railway engineering services, 71311300 Infrastructure works consultancy services, 71320000 Engineering design services, 71322500 Engineering-design services for traffic installations
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Fyn (DK031)
Country: Denmark
Additional information: In the relation to the main task the works on the catenary system are on the new double-track and electrified railway between Odense West and Kauslunde.
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Fyn (DK031)
Country: Denmark
Additional information: In the relation to option 1 the spare parts have to be delivered in accordance with the notice from the contracting authority
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 421 500 000,00 DKK
2.1.4.
General information
Call for competition is terminated
Additional information: Section 134a of the Danish Public Procurement Act shall apply to this tender procedure. The tender procedure is conducted subject to the achievement of the necessary funding basis. The tender procedure is carried out by the contracting entities as a joint procurement. Vejdirektoratet is the client and construction authority for the overall construction project "92900 New railway across West Funen", which includes the construction of 35 km double-track and electrified railway for 250 km/h across West Funen between Odense West and Kauslunde and including 32 structures. In accordance with the comments to "Lov om anlæg af en ny jernbane over Vestfyn", ACT no. 1424 of 17/12/2019 (Anlægsloven), Banedanmark assists Vejdirektoratet with railway technical competences, and is part of Vejdirektoratet’s project organization. For the procurement of the design and build contract, 92900.771 Catenary system, New railway across West Funen, Vejdirektoratet has delegated the role of contracting authority to Banedanmark to the extent stated in the design and build contract. Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the tender documents, the tenderer must be registered or register as a user. If the tender contains several versions of the same docu-ment, the latest uploaded version will apply. All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. Interested operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the tenderer encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com, or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14. The tenderer must submit an ESPD with the tender as preliminary documentation of the circum-stances set out in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven), and section 137(1), para (1) and para (3) and para (5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. It is not necessary for the tenderer to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g., a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the ten-derer is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be signed by the participant in question. The tenderer heading the group and submitting the tender is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the tenderer relies on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each of the entities on which the tenderer relies. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from tenderers established in the country holding the official list. The contracting entity may use the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event that tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender documents. Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 as amended which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies, etc. (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right at any time during the tender process to require documentation from the economic operators proving that they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to this effect and/or documentation of the place of establishment and ownership of the economic operators and any subcontractors. Pursuant to the Danish Investment Screening Act (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/1256) economic operators i) that are domiciled outside the EU or EFTA, or ii) are controlled by or subject to significant influence as defined in the Act from an entity domiciled in or a national of a country outside the EU or EFTA must apply to the Danish Business Authority for an authorisation to enter into a “special financial agreement” within a particularly sensitive sector or activity. The contracting entity has assessed that the conclusion of the contract may be subject to the authorisation requirement. The tenderer should clarify whether the tenderer’s conclusion of the contract will be subject to such requirement. Further details are available at https://businessindenmark.virk.dk/guidance/erst-activities-covered-by-the-investment-screening-act/Special-financial-agreements/.
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
2014/25/EU - The Utilities Directive (Directive 2014/25/EU) is implemented in Danish law by Ministerial Order on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (Ministerial Order No. 1078 of 29 June 2022), which also contains supplementary provisions.
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: Catenary system - Electrification New railway across West Funen
Description: The Contract comprises the following: • Designing, delivery, building and testing of a TSI approved 25 kV catenary system, including remote control and connection of feeder and return cables, for an operational speed of 250 km/h and for 275 km/h in test situation on the new line across West Funen
Internal identifier: 2025-9261
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Works
Additional nature of the contract: Services, Supplies
Main classification (cpv): 45234160 Catenary's construction works
Additional classification (cpv): 45230000 Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork, 45231400 Construction work for electricity power lines, 45232200 Ancillary works for electricity power lines, 51100000 Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment, 51111300 Installation services of transformers, 51112100 Installation services of electricity distribution equipment, 71311230 Railway engineering services, 71311300 Infrastructure works consultancy services, 71320000 Engineering design services, 71322500 Engineering-design services for traffic installations
Options:
Description of the options: Option 1. Spare parts The option covers deliverance of spare parts in relation to Banedanmark's maintenance of the catenary system.
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Fyn (DK031)
Country: Denmark
Additional information: In the relation to the main task the works on the catenary system are on the new double-track and electrified railway between Odense West and Kauslunde.
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Fyn (DK031)
Country: Denmark
Additional information: In the relation to option 1 the spare parts have to be delivered in accordance with the notice from the contracting authority
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 0
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 421 500 000,00 DKK
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
Additional information: Section 134a of the Danish Public Procurement Act shall apply to this tender procedure. The tender procedure is conducted subject to the achievement of the necessary funding basis. The tender procedure is carried out by the contracting entities as a joint procurement. Vejdirektoratet is the client and construction authority for the overall construction project "92900 New railway across West Funen", which includes the construction of 35 km double-track and electrified railway for 250 km/h across West Funen between Odense West and Kauslunde and including 32 structures. In accordance with the comments to "Lov om anlæg af en ny jernbane over Vestfyn", ACT no. 1424 of 17/12/2019 (Anlægsloven), Banedanmark assists Vejdirektoratet with railway technical competences, and is part of Vejdirektoratet’s project organization. For the procurement of the design and build contract, 92900.771 Catenary system, New railway across West Funen, Vejdirektoratet has delegated the role of contracting authority to Banedanmark to the extent stated in the design and build contract. Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the tender documents, the tenderer must be registered or register as a user. If the tender contains several versions of the same docu-ment, the latest uploaded version will apply. All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. Interested operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the tenderer encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com, or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14. The tenderer must submit an ESPD with the tender as preliminary documentation of the circum-stances set out in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven), and section 137(1), para (1) and para (3) and para (5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. It is not necessary for the tenderer to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g., a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the ten-derer is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be signed by the participant in question. The tenderer heading the group and submitting the tender is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the tenderer relies on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each of the entities on which the tenderer relies. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from tenderers established in the country holding the official list. The contracting entity may use the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event that tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender documents. Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 as amended which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies, etc. (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right at any time during the tender process to require documentation from the economic operators proving that they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to this effect and/or documentation of the place of establishment and ownership of the economic operators and any subcontractors. Pursuant to the Danish Investment Screening Act (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/1256) economic operators i) that are domiciled outside the EU or EFTA, or ii) are controlled by or subject to significant influence as defined in the Act from an entity domiciled in or a national of a country outside the EU or EFTA must apply to the Danish Business Authority for an authorisation to enter into a “special financial agreement” within a particularly sensitive sector or activity. The contracting entity has assessed that the conclusion of the contract may be subject to the authorisation requirement. The tenderer should clarify whether the tenderer’s conclusion of the contract will be subject to such requirement. Further details are available at https://businessindenmark.virk.dk/guidance/erst-activities-covered-by-the-investment-screening-act/Special-financial-agreements/.
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Price
Name: Price
Description: In the evaluation of Price, the total tender price set out in the Schedules of prices has been used.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 50
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Method of execution
Description: The evaluation of sub-criterion has been conducted in accordance with the stated in the Tender Specifications.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 25
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Organisation
Description: The evaluation of sub-criterion III has been conducted in accordance with the stated in the Tender Specifications.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 10
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Name: Process description
Description: The evaluation of sub-criterion IV has been conducted in accordance with the stated in the Tender Specifications.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (points, exact)
Award criterion number: 15
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Klagenævnet for Udbud
Information about review deadlines: Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov om Kla-genævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk), the fol-lowing deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints: 1) 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published. 2) 30 calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity has noti-fied the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopen-ing of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision. 3) 6 months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates and tenderers con-cerned, see section 2(2) of the Act and section 171(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. 4) 20 calendar days calculated from the day after the contracting entity has submitted notifica-tion of its decision, see section 185(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Not later than at the time of lodging a complaint with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must notify the contracting entity in writing that a complaint has been lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the com-plaint was lodged during the standstill period, see section 6(4) of the Act. In cases where the com-plaint was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1) of the Act. The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is klfu@naevneneshus.dk. The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Banedanmark
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Organisation signing the contract: Banedanmark
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 223 177 434,00 DKK
Direct award:
Justification for direct award: No suitable tenders, requests to participate, or applications were received in response to a previous notice
Other justification: At the tender deadline on 24 October 2025, Banedanmark did not receive any tenders. On this basis, Banedanmark exercised its right to conduct a negotiated procedure without prior call for competition pursuant to Article 50(1)(a) of the Utilities Directive.
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0000
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner:
Official name: GCF Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A
Tender:
Tender identifier: 1
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 223 177 434,00 DKK
The tender is a variant: no
Country of origin of the product or the service: Italy
Subcontracting: Not yet known
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: 1
Title: Catenary system - Electrification New railway across West Funen
Date on which the winner was chosen: 17/06/2026
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 08/07/2026
Organisation signing the contract: Banedanmark
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Summary of the review requests the buyer received:
Number of complainants: 0
Received tenders or requests to participate:
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 4
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Banedanmark
Registration number: 18632276
Department: Danmark
Postal address: Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43
Town: København V
Postcode: 1577
Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)
Country: Denmark
Contact point: Sabina Parisa Elshan
Telephone: +45 82340000
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation signing the contract
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): Extra-Regio NUTS 3 (DKZZZ)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 72405600
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 41715000
Roles of this organisation:
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: Vejdirektoratet
Registration number: 60729018
Postal address: Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43
Town: København V
Postcode: 1577
Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: 7244 3333
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: GCF Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: VAT N. IT 03835621001 REA N. ROMA 1387595
Postal address: Viale Oceano Atlantico 190
Town: Rome
Postcode: 00144
Country subdivision (NUTS): Roma (ITI43)
Country: Italy
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0006
Official name: Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number: 980921565
Postal address: Askekroken 11
Town: Oslo
Postcode: 0277
Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)
Country: Norway
Contact point: eSender
Telephone: +47 21018800
Fax: +47 21018801
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 3009a943-88e0-424f-beab-10ed0b931614 - 01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 30
Notice dispatch date: 22/07/2026 08:31:57 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender): 22/07/2026 08:31:57 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 509641-2026
OJ S issue number: 140/2026
Publication date: 23/07/2026