Tunnel South Contract

The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link Project (‘Project’) is the final stage in the realisation of a straight traffic corridor between Scandinavia and continental Europe. It will be an immersed tunnel containing two dual carriageways and a twin-track railway traversing the 19 km distance across the Fehmarnbelt between Lolland in Denmark and …

CPV: 45000000 Construction work, 45100000 Site preparation work, 45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work, 45220000 Engineering works and construction works, 45221000 Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways, 45221246 Undersea tunnel construction work, 45240000 Construction work for water projects, 45262300 Concrete work, 71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, 71300000 Engineering services, 71350000 Engineering-related scientific and technical services, 45262310 Reinforced-concrete work
Place of execution:
Tunnel South Contract
Awarding body:
Femern A/S
Award number:

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Femern A/S
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Tunnel South Contract
Description : The Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link Project (‘Project’) is the final stage in the realisation of a straight traffic corridor between Scandinavia and continental Europe. It will be an immersed tunnel containing two dual carriageways and a twin-track railway traversing the 19 km distance across the Fehmarnbelt between Lolland in Denmark and Puttgarden in northern Germany. The immersed tunnel elements will be manufactured at a pre-designated site at Rødbyhavn on Lolland (‘Production Site’). The Principal Contracts are: 1) Tunnel Dredging and Reclamation Contract; 2) Tunnel North Contract; 3) Tunnel South Contract; and 4) Tunnel Portals and Ramps Contract. This notice concerns 3) Tunnel South Contract which was awarded to the consortium, Femern Link Contractors (FLC), consisting of the following members: - Per Aarsleff Holding A/S; - VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S.; - CFE SA; - Soletanche Bachy International S.A.S.; - BAM Infra BV; - BAM International BV; - Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG; - Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG; and - Dredging International NV. For more information regarding the Principal Contracts, see the voluntary ex ante transparency notices of 4 March 2016: 1) Tunnel North Contract: 2016/S 048-079336; 2) Tunnel South Contract: 2016/S 048-079339; 3) Tunnel Portals and Ramps Contract: 2016/S 048-079337); and 4) Tunnel Dredging and Reclamation Contract: 2016/S 048-079338). The Works included in the Tunnel South Contract are fully contained in the published contract notice: 2012/S 192-315515 and voluntary ex-ante transparency notice: 2016/S 048-079339.
Procedure identifier : 61a46340-e443-424c-8c60-e86fca97d12e
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Works
Main classification ( cpv ): 45000000 Construction work
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45100000 Site preparation work
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45220000 Engineering works and construction works
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45221000 Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45221246 Undersea tunnel construction work
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45240000 Construction work for water projects
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45262300 Concrete work
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71300000 Engineering services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71350000 Engineering-related scientific and technical services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 45262310 Reinforced-concrete work

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vest- og Sydsjælland ( DK022 )
Country : Denmark

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Tunnel South Contract
Description : The Works included in the Tunnel South Contract are fully contained in the published contract notice: 2012/S 192-315515 and voluntary ex-ante transparency notice: 2016/S 048-079339.

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Works
Main classification ( cpv ): 45000000 Construction work

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vest- og Sydsjælland ( DK022 )
Country : Denmark
Additional information :

5.1.6 General information

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes
Additional information : The successful tenderer is the name and address of the consortium members which Femern A/S expects to allow to join the consortium. For the names of the other seven remaining consortium members, see the description of the procedure. The value indicated in the 'Result' section is the contract value as stated in the contract and in the published contract award notices: 2016/S 106-188867 and 2018/S 083-188620. The award criterion described in section 5.1.10 is the award criterion as stated in the original contract notice: 2012/S 192-315515.

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Technical and Administrative
Description : Weighting: 50
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : Weighting: 50

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Klagenævnet for Udbud
Information about review deadlines : Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk ), complaints can be lodged with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. The complainant must notify Femern A/S regarding the complaint and whether the complaint is submitted during the standstill period (i.e. 10 calendar days starting on the day after this notice has been published in TED) no later than at the time when the complaint is lodged with the Complaints Board. Femern A/S will furthermore release a contract award notice which will initiate the deadlines for lodging an appeal with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. Information on these deadlines will follow in that notice. The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is klfu@naevneneshus.dk . The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 1 361 455 810 Euro
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Other justification : Explanation: The consortium, Femern Link Contractors (FLC), which is responsible for the execution of the Tunnel South Contract, consists of the following nine consortium members: Per Aarsleff Holding A/S, VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S., CFE SA, Soletanche Bachy International S.A.S., BAM Infra BV, BAM International BV, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG and Dredging International NV. The Works included in the Tunnel South Contract are fully contained in the published contract notice: 2012/S 192-315515 and voluntary ex-ante transparency notice: 2016/S 048-079339 as stated in section 2.1. The FLC consortium has requested Femern A/S to include DEME Infra NV and DEME Dredging NV as consortium members on the Tunnel South Contract. Further, the FLC consortium has requested to remove CFE SA and Dredging International NV as consortium members on the Tunnel South Contract. The request is based on a change in the corporate structure of CFE SA, an existing member of the consortium, as CFE SA has made a partial demerger by transferring its 100% stake in Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering NV (DEME), which is the parent company of DEME Infra NV, to a newly incorporated company, DEME Group NV. As part of a corporate restructure of DEME Group NV all European dredging activities has been demerged from Dredging International NV and transferred to DEME Dredging NV, including the activities relevant for FLC. As the relevant activities related to the Fehmarn Belt Project previously being carried out by CFE SA and Dredging International NV is now being carried out by DEME Infra NV and DEME Dredging NV the FLC consortium has requested the above change. Femern A/S expects to accommodate the request to include DEME Infra NV and DEME Dredging NV as consortium members and to remove CFE SA and Dredging International NV as consortium members based on the above, so that the FLC consortium will consist of nine consortium members. It is Femern A/S' assessment that the inclusion of the new consortium members does not constitute a change to a fundamental element of the Contract, cf. Section 178 of the Danish Public Procurement Act in combination with Section 182, no. 2. Seven of the existing nine consortium members will remain on the Tunnel South Contract and be supplemented by two new consortium members and all nine consortium members will be jointly and severally liable for the proper fulfilment of the Contract.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

6.1.2 Information about winners

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Femern A/S
Town : Copenhagen
Postcode : 1601
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Byen København ( DK011 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Construction
Telephone : 004525430316
Internet address : www.femern.dk
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Klagenævnet for Udbud
Town : Viborg
Postcode : 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestjylland ( DK041 )
Country : Denmark
Telephone : +45 72405600
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : DEME Infra NV
Registration number : 0642.655.682
Postal address : Scheldedijk 30
Town : Zwijndrecht
Postcode : 2070
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. Antwerpen ( BE211 )
Country : Belgium
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Group leader

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : DEME Dredging NV
Registration number : 0793.485.239
Postal address : Scheldedijk 30
Town : Zwijndrecht
Postcode : 2070
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. Antwerpen ( BE211 )
Country : Belgium
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : a367971f-f04b-432f-9b84-a967095db0c9 - 01
Form type : Direct award preannouncement
Notice type : Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice
Notice dispatch date : 14/10/2025 09:35 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00676631-2025
OJ S issue number : 198/2025
Publication date : 15/10/2025