Danemarca – Utilaje de încărcare sau de manipulare – Procurement procedure for a new Fly Ash Separation System to Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring

According to applicable law Companies must – for Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s evaluation of the sub-criterion “Quality” - submit a description of the solution offered. Nordværk Affaldsenergi will evaluate the sub-criterion “Quality” based on an overall assessment of the companies’ description, where points are awarded for the following: • The extent to which the proposed technical solution is appropriate, coherent and well-documented and satisfies the functional requirements, guarantees and other requirements set out in the tender material. • The extent to which the proposed design and technical solutions are well-proven and robust, including regarding spare capacity, choice of materials, service life and resistance to corrosion. • The extent to which a high level of energy efficiency is offered. The lower the electricity consumption and air consumption offered during operation; the more positive weight will be assigned. • The extent to which the proposed design and included features demonstrates an easy, safe and efficient operation and maintenance. The procurement procedure is conducted as a negotiated procedure in accordance with Directive 2014/25/EU of 26 February on procurement by entities in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (hereafter referred to as “the Utilities Directive”). This means that any company that is not subject to grounds for exclusion and that meets the specified minimum requirements may apply for pre-qualification. Nordværk Affaldsenergi will hereafter assess the application for pre-qualification and decide which companies that will be invited to participate in the tender phase. It will not be possible to attend the tender phase without having been prequalified. After receiving initial offers from the invited companies, Nordværk Affaldsenergi may conduct one or more rounds of negotiations with the companies and may request the submission of additional or revised offers. The procurement procedure will be conducted according to the following phases: 1. Submission of the application for pre-qualification: The companies submit the application for pre-qualification within the deadline for application for pre-qualification. In this period, the company can submit questions in writing regarding the pre-qualification. 2. Assessment of the applications for pre-qualification: After the expiry of the deadline for application for pre-qualification, Nordværk Affaldsenergi will assess the received applica-tion for pre-qualification including a suitability assessment. 3. Pre-qualification decision: Nordværk Affaldsenergi will inform the companies of the pre-qualification decision and invite the pre-qualified companies to submit offers. The following stages are only relevant to the companies who have been pre-qualified and are invited to submit offers: 4. Submission of initial offer: The companies prepare initial offer and submit initial offer within the deadline for submission of initial offers. In this period, the companies can obtain additional information regarding the initial offer by submitting questions in writing. 5. Evaluation of the initial offers: After the expiry of the deadline for submitting initial offers, Nordværk Affaldsenergi will conduct an evaluation of the received initial offers and assess the strength and weaknesses prior to the negotiations. 6. Negotiations: Based on the initial offers, Nordværk Affaldsenergi contains the right to conduct negotiations with the companies in accordance with the guidelines set forth below. During the negotiations, Nordværk might ask the companies to submit additional initial offers. 7. Submission of final offer: After the completion of the negotiations, the companies submit a final offer within the deadline for submitting final offer. In this period, the companies can obtain additional information regarding the final offer by submitting questions in writing. 8. Evaluation of final offer: After the expiry of the deadline for submitting a final offer, Nordværk Affaldsenergi will conduct an evaluation of the received final offers. The final offers will be evaluated in accordance with the contract award criteria and the evaluation method. 9. Award of the Contract: Nordværk Affaldsenergi makes the decision regarding the award of the contract and informs the companies hereof. If the winning company has not provided proof for the information stated in the ESPD earlier in the procurement procedure, the company must provide such proof prior to Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s decision to award the Contract. Nordværk Affaldsenergi finally notes that certain aspects of the procurement procedure, such as the number of initial offers to be submitted before submitting the final offer as well as the number of negotiations may be subject to change. The Contractor has to provide payment guarentee and performce bonds according to the document "Draft Contract". The performance bond and payment securities provided by the Contractor shall be on demand bonds. All bonds shall be given as a guarantee by a first-class European bank that has been approved by the Nordværk Affaldsenergi in advance and shall be fully valid irrespective of the relationship between the bank and the Contractor. The securities shall be provided directly to the Nordværk Affaldsenergi and not be limited in any other way than what is stated here. A candidate or tenderer will be excluded from participation in the procurement procedure if the contracting entity has sufficient plausible indications to conclude that the candidate or tenderer has concluded an agreement with other economic operators with a view to distorting competition. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the contracting entity can demonstrate that the candidate or tenderer has supplied grossly incorrect information, has withheld information or is unable to submit additional documents concerning the grounds for exclusion referred to in Section 135(1) or (3) of the Public Procurement Act and, where applicable, In section 137(1), no. 2 or 6 of the Public Procurement Act, the minimum requirements for suitability laid down in sections 140-144 of the Public Procurement Act or the selection in section 145. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or has adopted a fine by final judgment for terrorist offences or offences related to terrorist activities as defined respectively in Articles 1, 3 and 4 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (Official Journal 2002, No L 164, page 3) as amended by Council Framework Decision 2008/919/JHA of 28 November 2008 amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism (Official Journal 2008, No L 330, page 21). Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen It is a requirement that the companies fulfil the following regarding the companies’ economic and financial capacity: The companies must have maintained a solvency ratio (“solidity”) of at least 10 % in at least to (2) of the three (3) most recent available financial years. Klagenævnet for Udbud Section 134a of the Danish Public Procurement Act applies, which is why a contracting entity must exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure if the candidate or tenderer is established in a country that is included on the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and has not acceded to the WTO's Government Procurement Agreement or other trade agreements obliging Denmark to open the market for public contracts to tenderers established in that country. Section 134a (2) of the Public Procurement Act: Section 135(6) applies mutatis mutandis to situations covered by subsection (1). Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. Quality A contracting entity must exclude a candidate or a tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure when the contracting entity can demonstrate that a conflict of interest, cf. section 24(18) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, cannot be effectively remedied by less restrictive measures in relation to the procurement procedure in question. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or has adopted a fine by final judgment for acts committed within the framework of a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 (Official Journal 2008, No L 300, page 42). Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. It is a requirement that the companies fulfil the following regarding the companies’ economic and financial capacity: The companies must have reported a positive equity in the two (2) most recent available financial years. A candidate or tenderer will be excluded from participation in the procurement procedure if the contracting entity can demonstrate that the candidate or tenderer has materially breached a previous public contract, contract with a utility or concession contract and the breach has resulted in the termination of that contract or a similar sanction. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or fined by final judgment for money laundering or terrorist financing as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (Official Journal 2005, No L 309, page 15). Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Invoicing shall take place in accordance with the payment schedule and conditions in the document. Invoicing shall be carried out electronically in accordance with the Danish Act on Public Payments, etc. (Consolidation Act No. 494 of 4 May 2023). Accordingly, invoices shall be submitted electronically in OIOUBL format to Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s EAN number 579[telefon eliminat]. The payment term is 30 days net from receipt of a complete and valid invoice. All invoicing shall be free of charge and without any costs to Nordværk Affaldsenergi. Nordværk Affaldsenergi will only make payments to the bank account registered as the Contractor’s primary account and associated with the Contractor’s principal address and main CVR number. Payment shall be made solely and directly to the Contractor, and Nordværk Affaldsenergi shall therefore have no obligation to make payments directly to, for example, the Contractor’s subcontractors or other similar parties. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or has adopted a fine for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests by final judgment. Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Procurement procedure for a new Fly Ash Separation System to Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring Nordværk Affaldsenergi A/S A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or has adopted a fine for corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and Article 2(1) of the European Union Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on the fight against corruption in the private sector (Official Journal 2003, No L 192, page 54) and corruption as defined by the national law of the Member State or home Member State of the candidate or tenderer or of the country in which the candidate or tenderer is established. Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. It is a requirement that the companies fulfill the following regarding the companies’ technical and professional capacity • The companies must submit a minimum of two (2) and maximum five (5) relevant and comparable references of a nature and scope similar of those described in this procurement procedure. The assignments to which the references relate must have been carried out within the past three (3) years calculated from the application deadline. Nordværk Affaldsenergi notes that by relevant and comparable references is meant assignments relating to: The design, manufacturing, supply, erection, commissioning, testing and takeover including the responsibilities in the defects notification period of a Fly Ash Separation System to a waste-to-energy plant or industrial plants/power plants. The assignments must be ongoing or completed within the last three (3) years counted from the application deadline. Each reference must include the following information: • Name of the reference client • Contact person of the reference client • Contract value • Start date (if applicable) and end date of the contract • Description of the works and services included in the reference • Description of the relevance of the reference to the Contract. The above information must be provided in the ESPD or in a separate reference list. If a separate reference list is submitted, the ESPD must clearly state that a separate reference list is submitted. If more than five (5) references are provided, Nordværk Affaldsenergi will only take the first five (5) references listed into account. Nordværk Affaldsenergi also notes that Nordværk Affaldsenergi will use the provided references in the assessment as to whether the technical and professional requirements are met, and – if relevant – for the selection process. Nordværk Affaldsenergi intends to pre-qualify three (3) companies to participate in the tender phase, selected from those companies who are not subject to any grounds of exclusion and who fulfil the requirements for economic and financial as well as technical and professional capacity. The selection of companies will be based on an evaluation of which companies that have documented the most relevant references in comparison with the Contract. This evaluation will be made based on the information provided under technical and professional capacity (references). Nordværk Affaldsenergi will, in assesing which companies to pre-qualify – place equal weight on the following selection criteria: • The extend to which the references are comparable to the Contract. • The size, scope and complexity of the referenced project • The extend to which documented experience is demonstrated by relevant types of work within the scope of the Contract. Nordværk I/S is Denmark’s third-largest waste management company employing approximately 600 employees. Nordværk I/S is owned by seven municipalities in Northern Jutland: Aalborg, Hjørring, Brønderslev, Jammerbugt, Rebild, Mariagerfjord and Læsø. Nordværk I/S’ activities include – among other things – waste collection, the operation of recycling centers, landfills and environmental facilities as well as the handling of hazardous waste, clinical risk waste and pathological waste. Nordværk I/S also owns the company Nordværk Affaldsenergi, which operates waste-to-energy plants in Aalborg and Hjørring. In accordance with the current environmental permit of Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring, Nordværk Affaldsenergi is obliged to install a Fly Ash Separation System. The scope of the procurement procedure is to conclude a contract with a contractor to carry out the design, manufacturing, supply, erection, commissioning, testing and takeover including the responsibilities in the defects notification period of a new Fly Ash Separation System to Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring in order to fulfill the conditions in the environmental permit (hereafter referred to as “the Contract”). The Fly Ash Separation System has to be installed no later than 31. October 2027. The scope of the Contract is further described in the tender material, in particular the document “Technical Specification”. Nordværk Affaldsenergi asses that it will not be appropriate to divide the Contact into smaller subcontracts, as it is considered more suitable if it is the same company that carry out the Con-tract in its entirety. I henhold til lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud gælder følgende frist for indgivelse af klage: Klage over ikke at være blevet prækvalificeret skal være indgivet til Klagenævnet for Udbud inden 20 kalenderdage fra dagen efter afsendelse af en underretning til de berørte ansøgere om, hvem der er blevet udvalgt, jf. udbudslovens § 171, stk. 2, eller klagenævnslovens § 2, stk. 1, nr. 1, når underretningen er ledsaget af en begrundelse for beslutningen. I andre situationer skal klage over udbud være indgivet til Klagenævnet for Udbud inden: 1) 45 kalenderdage efter, at ordregiveren har offentliggjort en bekendtgørelse i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende om, at ordregiveren har indgået en kontrakt. Fristen regnes fra dagen efter den dag, hvor bekendtgørelsen er blevet offentliggjort. 2) 30 kalenderdage regnet fra dagen efter den dag, hvor ordregiveren har underrettet de berørte tilbudsgivere om, at en kontrakt baseret på en rammeaftale med genåbning af konkurrencen eller et dynamisk indkøbssystem er indgået, hvis underretningen har angivet en begrundelse for beslutningen. 3) seks måneder efter, at ordregiveren har indgået en rammeaftale, regnet fra dagen efter den dag, hvor ordregiveren har underrettet de berørte ansøgere og tilbudsgivere, jf. klagenævnslovens § 2, stk. 2, eller udbudslovens § 171, stk. 4. 4) 20 kalenderdage regnet fra dagen efter, at ordregiveren har meddelt sin beslutning, jf. udbudslovens § 185, stk. 2. Senest samtidig med at en klage indgives til Klagenævnet for Udbud, skal klageren skriftligt underrette ordregiveren om, at en klage indgives til Klagenævnet for Udbud, og om, hvorvidt klagen er indgivet i standstill-perioden, jf. klagenævnslovens § 6, stk. 4. I tilfælde, hvor klagen ikke er indgivet i standstill-perioden, skal klageren tillige angive, hvorvidt der begæres opsættende virkning af klagen, jf. klagenævnslovens § 12, stk. 1. The contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer who has unpaid overdue debts of DKK 100,000 or more to public authorities relating to taxes, duties or social security contributions under Danish law or the law of the country in which the applicant or tenderer is established. Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Price Nordværk I/S is Denmark’s third-largest waste management company employing approximately 600 employees. Nordværk I/S is owned by seven municipalities in Northern Jutland: Aalborg, Hjørring, Brønderslev, Jammerbugt, Rebild, Mariagerfjord and Læsø. Nordværk I/S’ activities include – among other things – waste collection, the operation of recycling centers, landfills and environmental facilities as well as the handling of hazardous waste, clinical risk waste and pathological waste. Nordværk I/S also owns the company Nordværk Affaldsenergi, which operates waste-to-energy plants in Aalborg and Hjørring. In accordance with the current environmental permit of Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring, Nordværk Affaldsenergi is obliged to install a Fly Ash Separation System. The scope of the procurement procedure is to conclude a contract with a contractor to carry out the design, manufacturing, supply, erection, commissioning, testing and takeover including the responsibilities in the defects notification period of a new Fly Ash Separation System to Nordværk Affaldsenergi’s Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hjørring in order to fulfill the conditions in the environmental permit (hereafter referred to as “the Contract”). The scope of the Contract is further described in the tender material, in particular the document “Technical Specification”. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the contracting entity can demonstrate that the candidate or tenderer has been guilty of grave professional misconduct casting doubt on the integrity of the candidate or tenderer. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. The consortium members shall declare that all consortium members are jointly and severally, unconditionally, and directly liable to Nordværk Affaldsenergi for any obligation relating to the consortium’s tender, including the consortium’s performance of the Contract. The Contractor shall perform the Contract according to the following time schedule: Taking-Over shall take place no later than 31 October 2027. If the Contractor fails to meet the abovementioned milestone, the Contractor will be liable to pay liquidated damages in accordance with the documents “Orgalim SI24” and “Orgalim SI24 including an overview of Nordværk Affaldsenergis specific conditions”. The Contractor shall no later than 14 calendar days after the Contract has been entered into between the parties submit a detailed time schedule to Nordværk Affaldsenergi. The Contractors detailed time schedule must be approved in writing by Nordværk Affaldsenergi. Comdia ApS A candidate or tenderer will be excluded from participation in the procurement procedure if the contracting entity can demonstrate that the candidate or tenderer has failed to fulfil applicable environmental, social or labour law obligations under Union law, national law, collective agreements or environmental, social or labour law obligations derived from the conventions listed in Annex X to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (Official Journal 2014, No L 94, page 65) or are the subject of acts adopted by the European Commission pursuant to Article 57(4) of the Directive in accordance with Article 88. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure if the candidate or tenderer has been convicted or has adopted a fine by final judgment for an infringement of Section 262a of the Criminal Code or, in the case of a conviction from another country concerning child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims thereof, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (Official Journal 2011, No L 101, page 1). Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. r: The contracting entity shall exclude a candidate or tenderer who has unpaid overdue debts of DKK 100,000 or more to public authorities relating to taxes, duties or social security contributions under Danish law or the law of the country in which the applicant or tenderer is established. Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. A contracting entity must exclude a candidate or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure where the contracting entity can demonstrate that a distortion of competition within the meaning of Section 39 of the Public Procurement Act resulting from the prior involvement of economic operators in the preparation of the procurement procedure in relation to the procurement procedure in question cannot be remedied by less restrictive measures. Documentation: The contracting entity shall be entitled to obtain appropriate evidence as to whether the candidate or tenderer is in a situation which may give rise to exclusion pursuant to this ground for exclusion. A candidate or tenderer will be excluded from participation in the tendering procedure if the candidate or tenderer has been declared bankrupt or is undergoing insolvency or winding-up proceedings, if its assets are managed by a liquidator or by the court if the latter is in composition, if his business activities have been suspended or if he is in a similar situation under a similar procedure; provided for in national law where the candidate or tenderer is established. Documentation: in accordance with sections 152-153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Evaluation of the sub-criteria “Price” will be based on “Evaluation technical sum” in the document “Pricing schedule”, and - if applicable - the converted monetary value of the company’s reserva-tions. Companies must complete all cells (unit price and a total of DKK for all in the Pricing schedule” specified positions). Any tender items that are either empty or filled with something other than numbers, e.g. dashes or the like, are considered to be offered at 0.00 DKK. 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