Negotiated procedure of lot B: Heat pump for DIN Forsyning Varme A/S. There will be established 50MW heat pump in the new heat production facilities in the harbor area in Esbjerg.

DIN Forsyning Varme A/S in Esbjerg, Denmark is in the process of replacing the heat delivered from the existing coal fired power station (ESV3) which is going out of operation 2023.

DIN Forsyning Varme A/S has decided to establish new base load production capacity to replace the heat previously purchased from Ørsted A/S with new heat production facilities to be located in harbor area close to the existing peak load plant City Centralen and existing heat accumulator tank and distribution pumps.

There will be established 60 MW wood chips fired heating boiler, 50 MW heat pump and expected 30 MW of electrical boiler.

The contract is based on FIDIC Yellow Book 2017 Edition.

DIN Forsyning Varme A/S intends to enter into a contract with one contractor for the delivery of the heat pump.

All negotiations will follow the same process, see below.

1) Prior to the negotiating meeting, DIN Forsyning Varme A/S will send out a meeting agenda.

2) A short note on the assessment of the initial tender will be enclosed with the agenda. The note contains DIN Forsyning Varme A/S’s assessment of relevant opportunities for improvement in the initial tender, as well as any identified reservations which DIN Forsyning Varme A/S regards as reservations.

(a) Reservations means descriptions which may or must result in non-compliance if the reservation is maintained in the final tender.

3) The tenderer will at the meeting have the opportunity to comment on different views on matters stated in the forwarded assessment.

DIN Forsyning Varme A/S points out that:

• only the contents of the final tender will form the basis for the evaluation of the tender and thus the basis for awarding the contract;

• fundamental elements will not form part of the negotiations;

• the criteria for awarding the contract and their weighting must remain stable throughout the procurement procedure and they will consequently not form part of the negotiations;

• DIN Forsyning Varme A/S will document the entire process in the form of internal minutes of the meetings.

Concurrent notification will be given to the tenderers about all matters, including any changes to the contents of the tender documents.

DIN Forsyning Varme A/S will, after the initial tenders and the first negotiation process is completed carry out a shortlisting.

The shortlisting will be based on the foundation of DIN Forsyning Varme A/S evaluation of the second (2.) initial tenders. The evaluation will be made in accordance with the awarding criterion specified in the contract conditions and as described in section II.2.5). The tenders with the lowest point scores overall will be discarded so that it exclusively will be the three (3) tenderers with the highest overall point score who may enter second (2.)

Negotiation meeting and afterwards submit final tender.