Tender for Contract on subsidy for carbon capture, transport and storage

Result

About the bid

Assignment description

THE CCS FUND With the agreement on a strengthened framework for CCS in Denmark (in Danish: “Aftale om styrkede rammevilkår for CCS i Danmark”) of 20 September 2023, a majority of the Danish Parliament decided to merge the second phase of the CCUS fund and the GSR fund into one combined fund, the “CCS Fund”. In June 2024, a political decision was made to deploy the CCS Fund through one single competitive bidding process. This call for tenders concerns the deployment of the CCS Fund. The purpose of the CCS Fund is to achieve CO2 emission reductions and/or negative emissions by Storing Fossil CO2 and/or Biogenic CO2 or Atmospheric CO2. The overarching aim of the CCS Fund is thus to contribute to the realization of Denmark's climate targets as outlined in the Danish Climate Act (in Dan-ish: “Klimaloven”). THE CONTRACT(S) The Danish Energy Agency (the DEA) wished to enter into one or more contract(s) pursuant to which the recipient(s) of the subsidies (each recipient “the Operator”) shall ensure and be responsible for achieving the CO2 emission reductions and/or negative CO2 emissions (“the Contract”). As described in the tender documents, the Operator shall each year from 2030 until (and including) 2044 capture and permanently, geologically store a fixed quantity of CO2 (“Annual Quantity”). The Operator may also offer to capture and Store CO2 from 1 January 2029 at the earliest until (and including) 31 December 2029 (“2029-Quantity”). The Operator may base their project on CO2 capture from one point source or direct air capture plant, a combination of point sources or direct air capture plants or a portfolio of several point sources or direct air capture plants. The Operator may be any economic operator or a group of operators willing to assume the responsibility for achieving the CO2 emission reductions and/or negative CO2 emissions in accordance with the Contract by performing the Contract by itself and/or by engaging Sub-Suppliers. The total maximum available subsidy of the CCS Fund is DKK 28,659,200,000.00 (2025-prices, including VAT and including potential derived tax losses (in Danish: “afledt afgiftstab”)) covering the period from (and including) 2029 to (and including) 2044. The CCS Fund shall cover potential derived tax losses that stem from the award of Contract(s) to tenderers who will avoid national CO2 related taxes by capturing and storing their CO2 emissions. As such, the total available annual funds depends on the composition of the final contract recipient(s). The total available annual funds for the period 2029-2044 can, at most, be DKK 1,791,200,000.00 (2025-prices, including VAT). The value stated in section 2.1.3 and 5.1.5 is the total available funds of the CCS Fund and thus including VAT and including potential derived tax losses. The Subsidy will be paid per tonne CO2 captured and stored in accordance with the Contract. The Offered Rate per tonne CO2 will be adjusted throughout the contract period as described in Appendix 5, Subsidy and economy scheme. The tender documents allowed for award of one or more Contract(s) dependent on the available funds based on the received offers. The Contract is not divided into predefined lots. The DEA considers that the funds are deployed most efficiently with Contract(s) covering the full Value Chain, in order to realize the required CO2 emission reductions and/or negative emissions, and by leaving the award of one or more Contracts to the market’s ability to capture and store different quantities of CO2 (with a minimum of 100,000 tonnes annually from 2030-2044) within the available funds. THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS The granting of subsidy under the CCS Fund constitutes State aid for climate and environ-mental protection and is prepared following the European Commission’s Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022 (CEEAG). The designation of the Contract(s) as a services contract in this contract notice etc. does not change this. The competitive bidding process was conducted as a negotiated procedure in accordance with the rules and principles of section II of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The DEA notified the CCS Fund to the European Commission as an aid scheme in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 108 of Treaty on the Function of the European Union (TFEU), and has received the European Commission’s prior approval. The Contract has been subject to a prior publication of call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, see contract notice no. 604064-2024, published 8 October 2024. During the tender procedure the DEA made changes and clarifications to the tender documents. The changes and clarifications are de-scribed in voluntary ex ante transparency notices no. 765513-2025, published 19 November 2025, and no. 309067-2026, published 6 May 2026, and the revised documents are also publicly available on the DEA’s website (see https://ens.dk/forsyning-og-forbrug/ccs-udbud-og-anden-stoette-til-udvikling-af-ccs), see the tab “Udbud af CCS-puljen”). The changes and clarifications encompass changes and clarifications to General Requirements. As stated in the voluntary ex ante transparency notices the DEA considers the changes and clarifications to be in accordance with the principles of the public procurement rules as the changes and clarifications are made within the confines of the tender material and do not include changes to Minimum Requirements or fundamental elements. The DEA chose to publish the voluntary ex ante transparency notices with the wish to promote transparency regarding the process and changes and clarifications made to the tender documents. This contract award notice concerns the result of the tender procedure and sets out that the DEA has entered into a Contract with Aalborg Portland A/S.Main features of the procedureReference is made to section 2.1 and the tender documents. The DEA has not paid a participation fee to the tenderers.

Contact information

Contact name

Tina Schøn

Contact phone

+45 33927445

Contact email

tnsn@ens.dk

Address

Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43, 1577 København V

• Subsidy

  80%

  Description

  Reference is made to Appendix A

• Project maturity

  20%

  Description

  Reference is made to Appendix A

• Equity

  Description

  As a minimum requirement, a positive (above zero) equity as at a date no later than 12 months before the deadline for submission of requests for participation is required. If the candidate is the parent company of a group of companies (i.e. the same legal group) or the candidate is relying on the economic and financial capacity of such a parent company, the equity may be based on the financial figures of the consolidated financial statement of the group of companies. “The same legal group” shall be defined as entities covered by directive 2013/34/EU (directive on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings) art. 22 (1). If the candidate is an intermediate parent company (i.e. the parent company of a ‘sub-group’ of companies) or the candidate is relying on the economic and financial capacity of such an intermediate parent company, the equity may be based on the financial figures of the consolidated financial statement of the ‘sub-group’ of companies. If the candidate is relying on the capacity of one or more entities, the equity is to be calculated as the total equity of the candidate and the supporting entities. If the candidate and the supporting entity/entities have consolidated financial statements, the equity is to be calculated based on such consolidated financial statements. If the candidate is a group of economic operators (e.g., a consortium), the equity is to be calculated as the total equity of the participating economic operators. If any of the participating economic operators (in the consortium) have consolidated financial statements, the equity is to be calculated based on such consolidated financial statements.

  Documentation Requirement

  The candidate must submit the European Single Procurement Document ("ESPD") with the candidate’s equity as at a date no later than 12 months before the deadline for submission of requests for participation. The candidate may rely on the economic and financial capacity of other operators to fulfil the minimum suitability requirement. The operator(s) making its/their economic and financial capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter of commitment, see further in the Tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an Appendix to the Tender specifications. The candidate is requested to submit the letter of commitment with its application for prequalification. The ESPD serves as provisional documentation that the candidate fulfils the minimum suitability requirement in respect of economic and financial capacity. Before the award decision is made, the candidate to whom the DEA intends to award the contract must submit documentation that the information stated in the ESPD is accurate. The DEA intends to ask the candidates to provide documentation for their fulfillment of the minimum requirement concerning financial and economic standing after prequalification. Upon the DEA’s request, the following documentation of economic and financial capacity must be submitted: A) The candidate’s audited annual report/financial statement (in Danish: årsrapport/årsregnskab) or excerpts thereof for the latest financial year, if i) publication of annual reports/financial statements is required under the law in the country in which the candidate is established and ii) the end of the latest financial year is a date no later than 12 months before the deadline for sub-mission of requests for participation or B) any other documentation regarding the amount of equity which the DEA deems to be appropriate where the candidate is unable to present the documents requested by the DEA for a valid reason. Such valid reason may be e.g. where the candidate is a newly established company and an audited annual report/financial statement has not yet been presented (in Danish: “aflagt”) or where the end of the financial year is a date later than 12 months before the deadline for submission of requests for participation. In such case the candidate may submit a declaration from an auditor regarding the amount of equity as at a date no later than 12 months before the deadline for submission of requests for participation. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), the information and documentation must be submitted for each participating operator in the group. Where an operator relies on the economic and financial capacity of other entities (e.g. a parent company, a sister company or a sub-supplier), information and documentation for such other entities must be provided as well. The candidate and supporting entities should provide the information necessary in the ESPD, part IV, section B, to allow for correct calculations. The economic operators in question should provide the information necessary in the ESPD, part IV, section B, to allow for correct calculations.

• Reference projects

  Description

  Candidates must demonstrate relevant experiences with planning and/or operating CCS activities (carbon capture, transport and storage), including e.g. demonstration projects, pilot projects and research projects. In the assessment of which candidates have documented the most relevant experiences, the extent to which the experiences, in total, document relevant experience with carbon capture, transport and/or storage will be considered, and emphasis will be put on the purpose and scope of the project(s), the total budget of the project(s) and the result of the project(s).

  Documentation Requirement

  The candidates shall document their fulfilment of the criterion by providing a list with descriptions of their experiences with CCS activities. The descriptions should include: Project title, purpose and scope, total budget for the project, start and end date and result of the project. The descriptions shall not collectively exceed 30,000 characters including spaces. If the descriptions exceed 30,000 characters, the DEA will base its assessment on the first 30,000 characters. The candidate must submit information regarding the candidate’s fulfillment of the abovementioned selection criteria in the ESPD, part V. The candidate may rely on the technical and professional of other operators to fulfil the selection criteria. The operator(s) making its/their technical and professional capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter of commitment, see further in the Tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an Appendix to the Tender specifications. The candidate is requested to submit the letter of commitment with its application for prequalification. The ESPD serves as provisional documentation that the candidate fulfils the selection criteria. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the DEA intends to award the Contract must submit documentation that the information stated in the ESPD is accurate. No additional documentation of the selection criteria will be required from the candidate. However, the DEA reserves the right to contact the candidate or relevant third parties for verification of the information stated in the descriptions.

• Reference projects

  Description

  Candidates must demonstrate relevant experiences with acquiring and establishing plants or platforms and/or modifying or expanding plants or platforms and commissioning hereof. The plant(s)/platform(s) or the modification/expansion of the plant(s)/platform(s) must have been commissioned in the latest 15 years before the expiry of the deadline for application for prequalification. In the assessment of which candidates have documented the most relevant experiences, the extent to which the experiences, in total, document relevant experience with acquisition and establishment / the modification or expansion of the plant(s)/platform(s) will be considered, and emphasis will be put on the purpose and scope, the total budget and the result of the acquisition and establishment / the modification or expansion of the plant(s)/platform(s).

  Documentation Requirement

  The candidates shall document their fulfilment of the criteria by providing a list with descriptions of such acquisitions and establishments, modifications / expansions and commissioning of plants/platforms. The descriptions should include: Name of the plant/platform, purpose and scope, total budget, the result / impact of the acquisition and establishment / the modification or expansion of the plant(s)/platform(s) and the commissioning date. The descriptions shall not collectively exceed 30,000 characters including spaces. If the descriptions exceed 30,000 characters, the DEA will base its assessment on the first 30,000 characters. The candidate must submit information regarding the candidate’s fulfillment of the abovementioned selection criteria in the ESPD, part V. The candidate may rely on the technical and professional of other operators to fulfil the selection criteria. The operator(s) making its/their technical and professional capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter of commitment, see further in the Tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an Appendix to the Tender specifications. The candidate is requested to submit the letter of commitment with its application for prequalification. The ESPD serves as provisional documentation that the candidate fulfils the selection criteria. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the DEA intends to award the Contract must submit documentation that the information stated in the ESPD is accurate. No additional documentation of the selection criteria will be required from the candidate. However, the DEA reserves the right to contact the candidate or relevant third parties for verification of the information stated in the descriptions.

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