1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Ørsted Wind Power A/S
Legal type of the buyer: Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting entity: Electricity-related activities
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Post-construction Monitoring of Birds & Bats
Description: The scope of work covers a comprehensive post‑construction monitoring of bats, seabirds, and migratory birds and collision‑risk assessment of bats and migratory birds for the Natura 2000 Slupsk Bank and the Offshore Windfarms Baltica 2 & 3 located approximately 30 km offshore Poland, including offshore surveys, data analysis, regulatory reporting, and authority liaison to ensure compliance with environmental permit requirements. The base scope of work is expected to be executed in year 2027-2032. For reference, some of the aforementioned scopes are options.
Procedure identifier: 3aa3542f-ae1a-472e-96a8-f9a030efff2c
Internal identifier: Post-construction Monitoring of Birds & Bats
Type of procedure: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 71313450 Environmental monitoring for construction
Additional classification (cpv): 79311300 Survey analysis services, 73112000 Marine research services, 92534000 Wildlife preservation services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: The offshore location, where sampling is to be performed is located in the Natura 2000 Slupsk Bank and the Offshore Windfarms Baltica 2 & 3 located approximately 30 km offshore Poland. The relevant onshore/office services may, where applicable, be executed in Poland or elsewhere.
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 26 300 000,00 EUR
2.1.4.
General information
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
Applicable cross-border law: The governing law of the tender procedure is Danish public procurement law
2.1.6.
Grounds for exclusion
Sources of grounds for exclusion: Procurement Document
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Post-construction Monitoring of Birds & Bats
Description: The scope of work covers a comprehensive post‑construction monitoring of bats, seabirds, and migratory birds and collision‑risk assessment of bats and migratory birds for the Natura 2000 Slupsk Bank and the Offshore Windfarms Baltica 2 & 3 located approximately 30 km offshore Poland, including offshore surveys, data analysis, regulatory reporting, and authority liaison to ensure compliance with environmental permit requirements. The base scope of work is expected to be executed in year 2027-2032. For reference, some of the aforementioned scopes are options.
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 71313450 Environmental monitoring for construction
Additional classification (cpv): 79311300 Survey analysis services, 73112000 Marine research services, 92534000 Wildlife preservation services
Options:
Description of the options: All scope related to Baltica 03 is included as an option, which can only be called by Contracting Entity's prior written notice. Part of the scope for Baltica 02 is also included as options. For further details please see the procurement documents.
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: The offshore location, where sampling is to be performed is located in the Natura 2000 Slupsk Bank and the Offshore Windfarms Baltica 2 & 3 located approximately 30 km offshore Poland. The relevant onshore/office/laboratory services may, where applicable, be executed in Poland or elsewhere.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 6 Years
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 0
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 26 300 000,00 EUR
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
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
Additional information: Please note the start date is only indicative and is subject to change. For access to the tender material: Register on www.orstedprocurement.com under “Register Here” if you have not already done so Log-in to your profile with your username and password From the left-hand side menu, choose Sourcing menu, RFIs and Click on “RFIs Open to All Suppliers” Click on the arrow in the search bar and choose if you want to search for RFI_1275 - Pre-qualification: Post-construction Monitoring of Birds & Bats. In the drop-down list, choose “Contains” and search in the blank field next to it and click “Search” Click on the RFI Click “Express Interest” and click “Confirm” to the pop-up messages The RFI is now moved over to “My RFI´s” and you can see the tender materials under “Buyer Attachments” and create a response under “My Response”.
5.1.9.
Selection criteria
Sources of selection criteria: Notice
Criterion: References on specified works
Description of selection criterion: This criterium weighs 80 % in the evaluation. The Applicant is encouraged to provide the following information about the Applicant’s completed experiences within birds & bats monitoring activities in Annex J (Response Form): For each reference, the following information is requested: • Project name • Project location and country • Description of the Scope of work covered by Applicant incl. used method to deliver on the scope; • Aim of the project (e.g. EIA); • Project period (commencement and completion date incl. indication of seasons) • Name of client (or if confidential, this should be stated) • Approval party (authority, client etc.); A maximum of two (2) references per for each of the following monitoring scopes (seabirds, migratory birds, bats, bird collision, bats collision) can be submitted under the selection criterion “Experience”: • Seabirds • Migratory birds • Bats • Bird collision • Bats collision If more references are submitted, only the most recent references up to the maximum number of references will be considered. The most recent references will be determined based on start date. No additional documentation for the selection criterion for experience will be required from the Applicant. However, the Contracting Entity reserves the right to contact the Applicant or relevant third parties for verification of the information stated in the description(s). Assessment of experience The Applicant’s experience will be based on the information submitted in accordance with Section 3.3.4.1 and will be an overall assessment of a) Similarity to the Contract, including the following elements: - applied method: seabirds (vessel-based monitoring, visual observation, etc.); - migratory birds (radar-based monitoring), band modelling, data processing etc; - bats activity (bats recording, data processing etc.), bats collision; - reporting and data interpretation, seasonal coverage, monitoring program de-scription preparation, work planning etc. - regional bird species detection and observation – present in the Baltic Sea region b) Project commencement time and confirmation of scope being delivered and approved;
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Criterion: Other economic or financial requirements
Description of selection criterion: This criterium weighs 20 % in the evaluation. The Applicant is encouraged to submit the latest two signed and approved annual reports. The Contracting Entity will assess the annual reports based on the below key financial figures. If the key financial figures are not stated as described below, the Applicant is encouraged to submit information about the key financial figures below for the latest two audited annual reports as well as submitting the latest two audited annual reports. - Turnover (revenue) - Earnings before tax (EBT) - Current assets - Total assets (sum of all assets) - Total shareholder’s equity (equity including minority shares) - Current liabilities - Intangible assets - Inventories - Trade receivables - Cash and cash equivalents - Trade payables - Total interest-bearing debt (bank loans, draw on revolving credit facilities and corporate bonds) The Applicant is encouraged to use the Annex J (Response Form) for submission of the above financial information. The evaluation of the Applicant’s economic and financial capacity will be based upon the information submitted and will be an assessment of the following three areas (in prioritized order), all for the latest audited annual report unless otherwise mentioned below: (a) Capital structure, in prioritized order (but where the two items marked with a * have equal priority) consisting of: Estimated contract value to equity, Solvency ratio, (equity / total assets), Change of Tangible Net Worth, (equity less intangible assets) (based on both audited annual reports) and Debt to equity* Debt to earnings* (b) Liquidity, in prioritized order (but where the two items marked with a * have equal priori-ty) consisting of: Current ratio (current assets / current liabilities) Average working capital turnover (Turnover (Revenue)/Average working capital) (working capital calculated as the sum of inventories, trade receivables and cash and cash equivalents, subtracting trade payables) (based on both audited annual reports)* Current ratio (the oldest of the two latest audited annual reports)* (c) Profitability. (The two criteria have equal priority) : Earnings before tax to total assets, Earnings before tax margin (Earnings before tax (EBT) / Turnover (revenue) (based on both audited annual reports).
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:
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
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Price
Description: The most economically advantageous tender shall be identified on the basis of the best price-quality ratio as further described in the tender material
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 40
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Description: The most economically advantageous tender shall be identified on the basis of the best price-quality ratio as further described in the tender material
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 60
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Access to certain procurement documents is restricted
Justification for restricting access to certain procurement documents: Protection of particularly sensitive information
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: English
Electronic catalogue: Not allowed
Variants: Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender: Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 15/10/2026 23:59:00 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
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: Joint and Several Liability If the Applicant is a Consortium the members of the Consortium shall be jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Entity for the performance of the Consortium’s obligations under the Contract. Performance Security and Parent Company Guarantee The Contracting Entity reserves the right to demand a performance security. If the Applicant is a subsidiary, the Contracting Entity also reserves the right to demand a parent company guarantee executed by the parent company stated in the Contract. Transfer of Rights and Obligations The Contract will grant the Contracting Entity a right to transfer the whole or any part of the Contract or any rights or obligations in or under the Contract without prior agreement of the Applicant to e.g. an Affiliate of the Contracting Entity or any legal entity that has or will be-come the owner of the Project.
A non-disclosure agreement is required: yes
Additional information about the non-disclosure agreement: The non-disclosure agreement is available in Annex B to the prequalification notice. It has been explained in the prequalification notice and in this notice which (few) documents that are subject to an NDA.
Financial arrangement: Please see the contract including appendix 2
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, Nævnenes Hus
Information about review deadlines: Complaints about not having been pre-qualified must be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) within 20 (twenty) calendar days from the day after the day when the Contracting Entity has notified the applicants in question about the result of the pre-qualification, provided that the notification contains a short statement of relevant reasoning behind the decision. The complainant must notify the Contracting Entity in writing of the filing at the latest when complaint is filed. There is no deadline for the Complaints Board’s review of a complaint about the result of the pre-qualification.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Ørsted Wind Power A/S
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Ørsted Wind Power A/S
Registration number: 31849292
Postal address: Kraftværksvej 53
Town: Fredericia
Postcode: 7000
Country subdivision (NUTS): Sydjylland (DK032)
Country: Denmark
Contact point: Frederikke Plet Ankersen
Telephone: +4529213679
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Klagenævnet for Udbud, Nævnenes Hus
Registration number: 10294819
Postal address: Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postcode: 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 72 40 56 00
Roles of this organisation:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Registration number: 37795526
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postcode: 2500
Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)
Country: Denmark
Telephone: +45 41 71 50 00
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
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice identifier/version: 69dd5347-398f-4cb0-8fef-adb024c978e7 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 17
Notice dispatch date: 15/09/2026 12:28:48 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 638780-2026
OJ S issue number: 179/2026
Publication date: 16/09/2026