Qualification system – utilities
This notice is a call for competition
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/25/EU
Section I: Contracting entity
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address
I.6)Main activityProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Supplier Qualification System (“SQS”) - Engineering Services - Baltic Pipe
Reference number: 17/27514
II.1.2)Main CPV code71310000
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)71315000
71320000
71322000
71322200
71323000
71520000
71530000
71541000
71630000
71700000
76100000
76500000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: DK
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Energinet intends to establish a Supplier Qualification System (“SQS”) for the procurement of engineering services for gas projects in Denmark.
The SQS is intended to be utilized for the procurement of engineering services for large-scale projects such as the Baltic Pipe project, as well as for future projects on the Danish transmission and distribution system, gas storages and biogas projects.
The SQS is divided into categories based on the expected scope of the engineering services, which interested companies have to document competencies, experiences, and references within:
— Category 1: offshore pipeline projects,
— Category 2: gas receiving terminal projects,
— Category 3: onshore pipeline projects,
— Category 4: compressor station projects.
For further details on the scope of the SQS please refer to the document - Guide to SQS - on EU-Supply.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.8)Duration of the qualification systemIndefinite duration
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project: The Baltic Pipe Project is an European PCI-Project (Project of Common Interest) Reference numbers: TRA-N-271 and TRA-N-780.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.1.9)Qualification for the systemConditions to be fulfilled by economic operators in view of their qualification:
As part of its application, the Applicant must submit the European Single Procurement Document (“ESPD”). The Applicant must complete part II-VI of the ESPD.
The Contracting authority has made a guide on how to complete the ESPD in section 3.2 of the Guide to SQS – Engineering on EU-Supply. It is noted, however, that it is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to complete the ESPD correctly and submit a compliant application.
Information on the minimum requirement for admittance to each of the categories of the SQS is described in the Guide to SQS - Engineering on EU -Supply in section3.1 and onwards.
Please note that applicants shall state at what category the application is directed and if the applicant is applying for more than one category, specific reference information and minimum requirements are set for each category in terms of technical and professional capability.
For all categories, the maximum number of references is limited to 5.
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:English
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
The ESPD must be submitted at EU-Supply. If the Applicant is to be included in the first evaluation, it must be submitted before the deadline stated in the contract notice and EU-Supply.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise 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 the 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 the 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.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtainedOfficial name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postal address: Carl Jacobsen Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail:
kfst@kfst.dkTelephone: +45 41715000
Internet address: http://www.kfst.dk
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:22/12/2017
