Femern A/S is in the process of preparing the tender material for the Tunnel Electrical and Mechanical (TEM) Contract. The contract notice is currently expected to be issued in late 2020. This notice serves to:
1) create awareness about the upcoming tender;
2) allow further preparations by interested economic operators; and
3) inform the market about the scope, etc. in the upcoming tender. To further advance this Femern A/S will also invite interested economic operators to an Industry Day in October 2020 (also covering the TPS Contract). Refer to section VI.3) for more information regarding the Industry Day.
In relation to the scope in the upcoming tender please refer to the link in I.3) where an outline of the expected scope is included. In addition it is relevant to highlight some aspects, in order to better allow the economic operators to prepare for the upcoming tender. In the market consultation held in Autumn 2019, it was contemplated whether or not Femern A/S should combine the TEM Contract and the Tunnel Power Supply (TPS) Contract. However, Femern A/S is not working on combining the two contracts and will in a similar notice advise on the upcoming tender for the TPS contract.
Femern A/S is progressing on the basis of including the installation part of the Tunnel Aesthetic Lighting in the TEM Contract as this is expected to allow for better planning of the installation works inside the tunnel.
Femern A/S is further working based on the assumption that the maintenance period of the TEM system will have a duration of 3 years. However, in addition to this Femern A/S currently expects to include an IT service agreement, under which the contractor would be required to maintain and service the IT systems delivered as part of the works.
In order to further facilitate the preparations of the interested economic operators Femern A/S can inform that it expects the tender to be executed as a competitive procedure with negotiation with a limited number of prequalified participants. Femern A/S expects that the economic and financial standing that will be required of the applicant over the past 3 financial years will be:
(a) a yearly turnover of EUR 750 million; and
(b) an equity ratio (total equity/total assets) of not less than 20 %.
Femern A/S further expects that there will be requirements regarding technical and professional ability along the lines of a reference of:
(a) a design and build electrical and mechanical contract on a large scale infrastructure project; and
(b) design and implementation of a instrumentation and control system on a large scale infrastructure project.