Framework Agreement on Site Investigation Services

Eignungskriterien

• • •The applicant must provide turnover figures for the past 3 years. It is a minimum requirement that the applicant has had a total annual turnover of at least six (6) million DKK in each of the three (3) most recent available financial years.
  • •Under this section of the ESPD, the applicant must provide turnover figures for the three most recent available financial years.
  • •If the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium), the turnover is calculated as the combined turnover of the participating economic operators.
  • •If the applicant relies on the economic and financial capacity of other entities, the turnover is calculated as the combined turnover of the applicant and those entities. The supporting entities must, in this case, submit a letter of support.
  • •If the applicant directly or indirectly holds ownership interests in the supporting entity, or vice versa, the turnover is calculated based on the consolidated financial statements of the companies. The same applies if one consortium participant directly or indirectly holds ownership interests in another consortium participant.
  • •If the applicant relies on the economic and financial capacity of other entities, the applicant and those entities are jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract, in accordance with section 144(6) of the Danish Procurement Act. The supporting entities must confirm this liability in their letter of support. The supporting entities must use the contracting entity's template for the letter of support.
  • •For groups of economic operators (e.g. a consortium), the participating economic entities in the group are jointly and severally liable for fulfilling the tendered assignment. The participating economic operators must confirm this liability and use the contracting entity's template for the consortium declaration.
• • •The applicant must provide the solvency ratio for the past 3 years. It is a minimum requirement that the applicant has had a solvency ratio of at least 10% in each of the three (3) most recent available financial years.
  • •Under this section of the ESPD, the applicant must provide the solvency ratio for the three most recent available financial years. In the description section, the applicant is also requested to state the Equity and Total assets of the applicant.
  • •If the applicant is a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium), the solvency ratio is calculated as the combined solvency ratio of the participating economic operators. Equity and Total assets should be stated for each member of the group of economic operators.
  • •If the applicant relies on the economic and financial capacity of other entities, the solvency ratio is calculated as the combined solvency ratio of the applicant and those entities. Equity and Total assets should be stated as well for each entity. The supporting entities must, in this case, submit a letter of support.
  • •If the applicant directly or indirectly holds ownership interests in the supporting entity, or vice versa, the solvency ratio is calculated based on the consolidated financial statements of the companies. The same applies if one consortium participant directly or indirectly holds ownership interests in another consortium participant.

• The applicant must provide details of 3 significant service deliveries relevant to the tendered framework agreement, carried out within the past 3 years. It is a minimum requirement that the applicant is able to present at least 3 references. Only references relating to services that have been completed at the time of application will be considered in the evaluation. If the assignment is ongoing, only those parts of the services already completed at the time of application will be included in the assessment of the reference. It is the applicant’s responsibility, in the description of the references, to specify that the relevant part of the service has already been completed at the time of application. In the evaluation, the contracting entity will place particular emphasis on the best and most relevant experience with comparable services. The applicant must provide 3 references to document compliance with the minimum requirement. If the applicant submits more than 3 references, the contracting entity will only consider the first 3. The contracting entity accepts 2 A4 pages per reference, corresponding to 2,400 characters per page. Please note that the cover page and table of contents do not count. If a reference exceeds 2 A4 pages, the contracting entity will base its assessment on the first page of the reference. For each reference, the applicant should provide the following

  • •- A specific description of the actual work performed, indicating the services in Annex 1 (Service Description) covered by the reference,
  • •- The total contract value,
  • •- Name and contact details of a contact person,
  • •- Start and completion dates (day, month, year).
  • •For this assessment, the applicant must complete the relevant information in ESPD Part IV, Section C. If the number of compliant applications exceeds the maximum number stated below, the applicants with the most relevant references - based on technical capacity - will be selected. References will be assessed in relation to the description of the tendered assignment, cf. sections 2.1 and 5.1 and Annex 1 (Service Description), with emphasis on the comparability of their content to the tendered assignment.
  • •In the evaluation, the contracting entity will place particular emphasis on the following:
  • •a) The extent to which the references demonstrate experience with performance of Site Investigation Services for REP/BESS projects, preferably combined solar/wind/BESS
  • •b) The extent to which the references demonstrate experience of key disciplines within Site Investigation Services relevant for REP/BESS projects.
  • •c) The extent to which the references demonstrate experience with large and complex projects (e.g. large MW capacity, number of WTGs, hectares of PV arrays, length of grid connection, complexity of soils)

Zuschlagskriterien

• Price: Tenderers are requested to state an hourly rate for each of the consultant categories specified in Annex 3 (Tender List). Reference is also made to section 7.1.1 of the tender conditions.

• Organisation, resources and competencies: The tenderer must provide an account of the organization and staffing and attach CVs for key personnel. Reference is made to section 7.1.2 of the tender conditions.

• Case: The applicant is encouraged to provide a solution to the case specified in the tender conditions. Reference is made to section 7.1.3 of the tender conditions.