On shore power for cruise ships shall be established at the cruise quay Krydstogtkajen in Port of Skagen, 9990 Skagen, Denmark. For this purpose, the Contractor shall deliver a high-voltage shore connection (HVSC) including an onshore power system (OPS) and a cable management system (CMS). The HVSC shall be able to deliver up till 16 MVA of high-voltage onshore power to at least one cruise ship at a time. The Deliverables include a complete converter station and a complete cable management solution from the OPS on to the quay front. The converter station shall be a container-based solution, where all components are to be placed inside containers, except coolers that shall be placed on the ground outside the building, which the Purchaser will build around the containers. The Contractor shall be responsible for groundwork for the CMS. The Contractor shall deliver all necessary documentation and perform training of the personnel who shall operate the HVSC upon Delivery. The HVSC shall be operational by 1st of November 2027. Definitions: High-voltage Shore Connection (HVSC): includes the Onshore Power System (OPS), the Cable Management System (CMS) and the high voltage cable distribution system from the OPS to the quay front. Onshore Power System (OPS): includes all the components necessary to transform, convert and monitor the power on shore, including, but not limited to, transformers, converters, switch gear, breakers and control, monitoring, interlocking and power management systems. Cable Management System (CMS): includes all work, cables and equipment needed from the OPS to the quay front for delivering power to the ships. This includes HV shore distribution systems (from the OPS), shore-to-ship connection and interface equipment and other items necessary for delivering power to the cruise ships. Maintenance: All maintenance necessary for the proper functioning of the HVSC shall be performed by the Contractor during the warranty period. The length of the warranty period is stated as 5 years in the draft contract but is to be discussed during the negotiations and may therefore be changed. Daily maintenance such as checking and cleaning of cables and similar work will be performed by the Purchaser. The main maintenance shall be performed by the Contractor between 1st of November and 1st of April as there are few port calls in this period, but the Contractor may decide to perform more than one maintenance per year if needed.

As an application for prequalification, the Tenderer must complete the ESPD. The ESPD must be completed and submitted directly in Ethics. For a group of operators (e.g. a consortium), a separate ESPD must be completed, submitted and signed by each individual participant in the consortium. If the Tenderer is a group of operators, the ESPD of each participant in the group must be signed by the participant in question. The Tenderer is requested also to complete Appendix 2, Consortium Declaration. The Tenderer heading the group and submitting the application is not required to sign the ESPD. If the Tenderer relies on the capacity of other entities this must be stated in the ESPD, and an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each of the entities on which the Tenderer relies. Furthermore, it should be documented that the Tenderer has at its disposal the financial and/or technical capacity of the entity or entities in question in order for the financial and/or technical capacity of the entity or entities to be taken into account, cf. Appendix 3, The declaration of support. It is required that the Tenderer and each of the legal entities on which the Tenderer relies for its economic and financial capacity are jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract. When a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortium) participates in the procurement procedure together, a separate ESPD must also be completed for and signed by each of the participating economic operators. The participants in the consortium will be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract. Candidates invited to submit a tender will receive further practical information on the negotiation process in the tender specifications. INDO: The Contracting Entity reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the Tenderer's initial tender (INDO). If the Contracting Entity chooses not to award the contract based on the initial tenders (INDOs), negotiations will be conducted with qualified Tenderers. The purpose of negotiations is to improve and optimize the technical, commercial, and legal aspects of tenders to achieve the best overall value for the Contracting Entity. Following negotiations, the Contracting Entity may either ask for further negotiation rounds (INDO 2 etc.) or invite the Tenderers to submit their Best and Final Offer (BAFO), cf. section 10 in the Tender Conditions. Grounds for exclusion: The Tenderer must submit the ESPD as a preliminary evidence that the Tenderer is not excluded by the exclusion grounds mentioned in the ESPD and in this notice. Documentation for information provided in the ESPD regarding the grounds for exclusion may for Danish companies be documented by submitting a service certificate (from Erhvervsstyrelsen/The Danish Business Authority). The Contracting Entity will accept a service certificate that is no more than six months old. Foreign tenderers who cannot obtain a service certificate from the Danish Business Authority must submit equivalent documentation issued by the competent authorities in the country where the tenderer is established. Tenderers are encouraged to prepare in good time to be able to submit the required documentation. Tenderers are welcome to submit the service certificate or equivalent documentation together with the tender (INDO or BAFO). If the Tenderer is a consortium or other association of companies, the above-mentioned documentation must be submitted for each company in the consortium. If the Tenderer is relying on the capacity of one or more entities the above-mentioned documentation must be submitted for the supporting entity/each of the entities on which the Tenderer relies. The Contracting Entity may at any time during the tender procedure require the Tenderer to submit documentation when this is necessary for the procedure to be carried out correctly. Declaration concerning Russian companies and Russian controlled companies: Please note that the tender is covered by Article 5k of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 as amended. The provision contains a prohibition against awarding contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc. (see Article 5k(1) for the exact definition of the actors covered by the prohibition). The Contracting Entity reserves the right at any stage of the tender process to require documentation that the applicants or tenderers are not covered by the prohibition, e.g. by requiring documentation of the place of establishment and ownership of the applicants or tenderers and any of their subcontractors. When submitting INDO, the applicant must submit a declaration that the award of the contract will not contravene the prohibition in Article 5k(1) of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended. In this connection, the Contracting Entity reserves the right at any stage of the tender process to allow the applicant to rectify a missing or incomplete declaration. The Contracting Entity has prepared a template (available in the electronic tendering system) to be used as a declaration. When groups of entities (e.g. consortia), participate jointly in the tender, the declaration must be completed for each of the participating entities. Discrepancies etc.: The Contracting Entity reserves the right to apply the procedure in Article 76(4) of Directive 2014/25/EU if the application/ESPD or the tender does not meet the formal requirements of the tender documentation. The use of the word "shall" or “must” in the tender notice does not prevent the Contracting Entity from remedying or disregarding omitted or ambiguous information in an application for prequalification applying the principles set out in Article 76(4) of Directive 2014/25/EU. However, the Contracting Entity is not obliged to obtain additional information or clarifications from the Tenderers. Questions: Questions regarding the request for participation (prequalification) must be submitted via the electronic tendering system. The questions will be anonymised and the answers uploaded to the electronic tendering system. Questions received at the latest within the deadline stated in the contract notice will be answered by The Contracting Entity no later than 6 (six) days before the expiry of the application deadline. Questions received after the deadline will also be answered, unless the nature of the question makes it disproportionately burdensome for the Contracting Entity to provide the answer no later than 6 (six) days before the expiry of the application deadline. Questions received later than 6 (six) days before the expiry of the application deadline cannot be expected to be answered. Duration of the contract: The dates stated in this notice regarding the duration of the contract refer to the date of project start and the date of delivery. Thereafter, warranty and maintenance obligations may continue for up to 8 years after the conclusion of the standby period (subject to negotiations). For more details, see section 23.2 of the Contract. The Public Procurement Act § 134a contains the following national exclusion ground: A contracting entity must exclude an applicant or tenderer from participation in a procurement procedure if the applicant or tenderer is established in a country that is included in the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions and has not acceded to the WTO's Government Procurement Agreement or other trade agreements that oblige Denmark to open the public procurement market to tenderers established in that country. Language: The tender must be submitted in English, and all written communication in connection with the submission of tenders and participation in negotiations must be in English. Certain text indications on maps and drawings may be in Danish.