In contrast to the TEM contract, where the difference between the cheapest and second cheapest offer was over 67 million euros, there was a somewhat closer race in the battle for the so-called TPS contract to build a new transformer station for the Fehmarn tunnel. The difference between the two offers was less than ten per cent – or just under 3,7 million euros. This was shown by a document FemernReport received from the developer, Femern A/S.
41 vs 45 million euros
It was Spanish Elecnor that ran with the TPS contract with an offer of just over 41 million euros. The only competitor, a consortium consisting of German Siemens and Danish Aarsleff, offered to build the transformer station for almost 45 million euros.
Price matters most
In the tender material from Femern A/S, the price was weighted by 70 per cent. The last 30 per cent were three qualitative criteria. Energy efficiency on a particular part of the work was weighted at 15 per cent. Here it was the Siemens-Aarsleff offer that had the highest energy efficiency, with 98.1 per cent against Elecnor’s 97.33 per cent.
Higher energy efficiency than required
– We are pleased to note that both tenderers were able to offer us a higher energy efficiency on that part of the plant than required. That was precisely why we wanted to include the criteria in the tender, writes Femern A/S in an email comment to FemernReport.
Losing offer over an hour better during uptime
Uptime was weighted with 7.5 per cent. Femern A/S had agreed to a maximum of 260 minutes of downtime per year, corresponding to an uptime of 99.95 per cent. Here, the offer from Siemens-Aarsleff was 70 minutes better in one year than the winning offer.
– The difference between the two tenderers is approximately 70 minutes of downtime annually. Again, we are satisfied that through the criteria, we have managed to come up with a solution that exceeds our requirements for uptime, writes Femern A/S in the email comment.
Difference of 4.5 years of lifetime
Siemens-Aarsleff was also the best bet on the last quality criterion. Femern A/S stipulated in the tender documents that the plant could operate for a minimum of 40 years. The winning bid from Elecnor was for a 50-year lifespan, but the Siemens-Aarsleff consortium could promise 54 years and six months.
– We are happy that we can now look forward to standing with a facility designed to last 10 years longer than we had demanded, says the developer’s email to FemernReport.
