Licitation

1.1.

Køber

Officielt navn: The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen)

E-mail: TNSN@ens.dk

2.1.

Procedure

Titel: Tender for contract on subsidy for carbon capture, transport and Storage

Beskrivelse: 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. 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 Danish: “Klimaloven”). By contract notice no. 604064-2024 published 8 October 2024 the Danish Energy Agency (the DEA) launched the tender for the deployment of the CCS Fund according to which the DEA wishes 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”). The total maximum available subsidy of the CCS Fund is DKK 28,659,200,000 (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. Reference is made to the contract notice for further info on the procedure and Contract(s), including the value of the Contract(s). The granting of subsidy under the CCS Fund is encompassed by the European Commission’s Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022. The designation of the Contract(s) as a service contract in the contract notice etc. does not change this. The competitive bidding process is 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 the DEA has received the European Commission’s approval of the aid scheme. In May 2025 the DEA prequalified 10 tenderers to submit first indicative offers (“INDO”) (see https://ens.dk/presse/disse-10-selskaber-skal-konkurrere-om-milliardpulje-til-fange-og-lagre-co2). In June 2025 the DEA made some amendments to the tender documents (primarily corrections, restructuring, spelling errors and clarifications) and released the revised tender documents to the tenderers. In October 2025 the DEA conducted negotiations with the tenderers regarding the tender documents and the INDO’s in accordance with the procedure. Based on communications with the European Commission, negotiations and comments from the tenderers, the DEA made changes and clarifications to the tender documents, see further description below. The DEA released the revised tender documents to the tenderers on 14 November 2025 in the electronic tendering system while requesting a best and final offer (“BAFO”) from the tenderers. The DEA made the revised tender documents publicly available with track changes on the DEA’s website (see https://ens.dk/forsyning-og-forbrug/ccs-fangst-og-lagring-af-co2/ccs-udbud-og-anden-stoette-til-udvikling-af-ccs), see the tab “Udbud af CCS-puljen”. On 19 November 2025 the DEA published voluntary ex ante transparency notice no. 765513-2025 with the wish to promote transparency regarding the process and changes and clarifications made to the tender documents. At that time no decision had been made concerning the award of contract. This notice is sent in continuation of notice no. 765513-2025 as the DEA has now made its decision concerning the award of contract. As stated in notice no. 765513-2025 the changes of the tender documents include e.g. a reduction of the penalty level and the termination fee (corresponding to a 50% reduction compared to the initial tender documents) (Appendix 5, clause 14, and Contract, clause 20.5.3) and the corresponding reduction of the amount of the Liability Cap and Performance and Warranty Guarantee (Contract, clauses 13 and 21.4 and Appendix 11), introduction of a penalty threshold of 90% of the Annual Quantity (Appendix 5, clause 14.2), changes regarding exemptions for non-performance (Appendix 5, clause 14.2), change regarding the time limit for the DEA’s termination due to postponement of the Commercial Operation Date (Contract, clause 10.2), change regarding the level of non-performance with the Annual Quantity is a material breach (Contract clause 20.5.2), changes regarding the Operator’s termination for convenience (Contract, clause 24.2), change in relation to fixed expiry date for the Performance and Warranty Guarantee (Contract clause 13.11), changes regarding force majeure (Contract, clause 23), and change from quarterly to monthly payment of subsidies (Appendix 5). Further as stated the clarifications include e.g. the clause regarding Sub-Suppliers (Contract, clause 5), circumstances for postponement of the Commercial Operation Date (Contract, clause 10.2), the DEA’s termination due to postponement of the Commercial Operation Date and material breach (Contract, clauses 10.2.6-10.2.9 and 20.5.3-20.5.4), changes in the Operator’s project (Contract, clause 11), Intellectual Property Rights (clause 12), General Requirements in Appendix 3, the declaration of intent to provide a performance and warranty guarantee (Appendix G), and the content of the Project Description, Project Schedule, Authority Approval Plan and Risk Management Plan (Tender specifications, clause 13.1.4). After notice no 765513-2025 was published the DEA extended the time limit for submission of the BAFO and made a few clarifications to the Tender specifications, Contract and Appendix 5. These revised documents are also publicly available on the DEA’s website.

Identifikator for proceduren: 1f490cce-fa70-4011-a04d-574b99aa12ba

Tidligere bekendtgørelse: 604064-2024

Tidligere bekendtgørelse: 765513-2025

Intern ID: -

Udbudsprocedure: Udbud med forhandling uden forudgående offentliggørelse

2.1.1.

Formål

Kontraktens hovedformål: Tjenesteydelser

Primær klassifikation (cpv): 90700000 Tjenester på miljøområdet

2.1.2.

Udførelsessted

Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)

Land: Danmark

Yderligere oplysninger: The captured and stored CO2 shall originate from Denmark. All NUTS code for Denmark applies: DK0, DK01, DK011, DK012, DK013, DK014, DK02, DK021, DK022, DK03, DK031, DK032, DK04, DK041, DK042, DK05, DK050.

2.1.4.

Generelle oplysninger

Yderligere oplysninger: Despite the procedure being indicated as “Negotiated without prior call for competition” it is noted that – as also described in this notice – the Contract(s) has been subject to a prior publication of call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, where all economic operators could apply to participate in the procedure, see contract notice no. 604064-2024, published on 8 October 2024. This notice is sent in continuation of the DEA’s notice no. 765513-2025 which also concerned the changes and clarifications made to the tender documents made in the tender procedure, but the notice was published at a time where no decision had been made concerning the award of contract. At the time of publication of this notice the DEA has made its decision concerning the award of contract, and thus information regarding the tenderer which the DEA intends to conclude Contract with can now be provided. The date specified in “Date on which the winner was chosen” is equivalent to the date where the DEA informed the tenderers involved of the DEA’s decision regarding award of contract.

Retsgrundlag:

Direktiv 2014/24/EU

5.1.

Delkontrakt: LOT-0000

Titel: Tender for contract on subsidy for carbon capture, transport and Storage

Beskrivelse: 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. 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 Danish: “Klimaloven”). By contract notice no. 604064-2024 published 8 October 2024 the Danish Energy Agency (the DEA) launched the tender for the deployment of the CCS Fund according to which the DEA wishes 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”). The total maximum available subsidy of the CCS Fund is DKK 28,659,200,000 (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. Reference is made to the contract notice for further info on the procedure and Contract(s), including the value of the Contract(s). The granting of subsidy under the CCS Fund is encompassed by the European Commission’s Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy 2022. The designation of the Contract(s) as a service contract in the contract notice etc. does not change this. The competitive bidding process is 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 the DEA has received the European Commission’s approval of the aid scheme. In May 2025 the DEA prequalified 10 tenderers to submit first indicative offers (“INDO”) (see https://ens.dk/presse/disse-10-selskaber-skal-konkurrere-om-milliardpulje-til-fange-og-lagre-co2). In June 2025 the DEA made some amendments to the tender documents (primarily corrections, restructuring, spelling errors and clarifications) and released the revised tender documents to the tenderers. In October 2025 the DEA conducted negotiations with the tenderers regarding the tender documents and the INDO’s in accordance with the procedure. Based on communications with the European Commission, negotiations and comments from the tenderers, the DEA made changes and clarifications to the tender documents, see further description below. The DEA released the revised tender documents to the tenderers on 14 November 2025 in the electronic tendering system while requesting a best and final offer (“BAFO”) from the tenderers. The DEA made the revised tender documents publicly available with track changes on the DEA’s website (see https://ens.dk/forsyning-og-forbrug/ccs-fangst-og-lagring-af-co2/ccs-udbud-og-anden-stoette-til-udvikling-af-ccs), see the tab “Udbud af CCS-puljen”. On 19 November 2025 the DEA published voluntary ex ante transparency notice no. 765513-2025 with the wish to promote transparency regarding the process and changes and clarifications made to the tender documents. At that time no decision had been made concerning the award of contract. This notice is sent in continuation of notice no. 765513-2025 as the DEA has now made its decision concerning the award of contract. As stated in notice no. 765513-2025 the changes of the tender documents include e.g. a reduction of the penalty level and the termination fee (corresponding to a 50% reduction compared to the initial tender documents) (Appendix 5, clause 14, and Contract, clause 20.5.3) and the corresponding reduction of the amount of the Liability Cap and Performance and Warranty Guarantee (Contract, clauses 13 and 21.4 and Appendix 11), introduction of a penalty threshold of 90% of the Annual Quantity (Appendix 5, clause 14.2), changes regarding exemptions for non-performance (Appendix 5, clause 14.2), change regarding the time limit for the DEA’s termination due to postponement of the Commercial Operation Date (Contract, clause 10.2), change regarding the level of non-performance with the Annual Quantity is a material breach (Contract clause 20.5.2), changes regarding the Operator’s termination for convenience (Contract, clause 24.2), change in relation to fixed expiry date for the Performance and Warranty Guarantee (Contract clause 13.11), changes regarding force majeure (Contract, clause 23), and change from quarterly to monthly payment of subsidies (Appendix 5). Further as stated the clarifications include e.g. the clause regarding Sub-Suppliers (Contract, clause 5), circumstances for postponement of the Commercial Operation Date (Contract, clause 10.2), the DEA’s termination due to postponement of the Commercial Operation Date and material breach (Contract, clauses 10.2.6-10.2.9 and 20.5.3-20.5.4), changes in the Operator’s project (Contract, clause 11), Intellectual Property Rights (clause 12), General Requirements in Appendix 3, the declaration of intent to provide a performance and warranty guarantee (Appendix G), and the content of the Project Description, Project Schedule, Authority Approval Plan and Risk Management Plan (Tender specifications, clause 13.1.4). After notice no 765513-2025 was published the DEA extended the time limit for submission of the BAFO and made a few clarifications to the Tender specifications, Contract and Appendix 5. These revised documents are also publicly available on the DEA’s website.

Intern ID: -

5.1.1.

Formål

Kontraktens hovedformål: Tjenesteydelser

Primær klassifikation (cpv): 90700000 Tjenester på miljøområdet

5.1.2.

Udførelsessted

Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)

Land: Danmark

Yderligere oplysninger: The captured and stored CO2 shall originate from Denmark. All NUTS code for Denmark applies: DK0, DK01, DK011, DK012, DK013, DK014, DK02, DK021, DK022, DK03, DK031, DK032, DK04, DK041, DK042, DK05, DK050.

5.1.6.

Generelle oplysninger

Udbuddet er omfattet af aftalen om offentlige udbud (GPA): ja

Yderligere oplysninger: Despite the procedure being indicated as “Negotiated without prior call for competition” it is noted that – as also described in this notice – the Contract(s) has been subject to a prior publication of call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union, where all economic operators could apply to participate in the procedure, see contract notice no. 604064-2024, published on 8 October 2024. This notice is sent in continuation of the DEA’s notice no. 765513-2025 which also concerned the changes and clarifications made to the tender documents made in the tender procedure, but the notice was published at a time where no decision had been made concerning the award of contract. At the time of publication of this notice the DEA has made its decision concerning the award of contract, and thus information regarding the tenderer which the DEA intends to conclude Contract with can now be provided. The date specified in “Date on which the winner was chosen” is equivalent to the date where the DEA informed the tenderers involved of the DEA’s decision regarding award of contract.

5.1.16.

Yderligere oplysninger, mægling og gennemgang

Organisation med ansvar for klager: Klagenævnet for Udbud

Oplysninger om klagefrister: 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 http://www.retsinformation.dk/), the following deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints: This notice concerns the DEA’s changes and clarifications made to the tender documents in the negotiated procedure. The DEA will not enter into the Contract before the expiry of 10 calendar days, calculated from the day after the date where this notice was published, see section 4(1), para 2, of the Act. When the DEA has entered into the Contract, the DEA will publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the DEA has entered into contract. The deadlines for lodging a complaint with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement will be specified in that notice. The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is set out in this notice. The Complaints Board’s complaints guidelines are available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/.

Organisation, der leverer supplerende oplysninger om udbudsproceduren: The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen)

Organisation, der sikrer adgang til udbudsdokumenterne offline: The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen)

Organisation, der leverer yderligere oplysninger om klageprocedurerne: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen

Direkte tildeling:

Begrundelse for direkte tildeling: Udbuddet er ikke omfattet af direktivet

Anden begrundelse: As stated in this notice the Contract has been subject to a prior publication of call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union. With the DEA’s notice no. 765513-2025 and this notice, the DEA wishes to promote transparency regarding the process and the changes and clarifications made to the tender documents. Based on communications with the European Commission, negotiations and comments from the tenderers, the DEA during the tender procedure made changes and clarifications to the tender documents as described in this notice and which have been made publicly available on the DEA’s website (see https://ens.dk/forsyning-og-forbrug/ccs-fangst-og-lagring-af-co2/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. 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.

ID for den tidligere procedure, der begrunder direkte tildeling: 604064-2024

6.1.

Resultat delkontrakt-ID: LOT-0000

6.1.2.

Oplysninger om vinderne

Vinder:

Officielt navn: Aalborg Portland A/S

Tilbud:

Tilbud – Identifikator: Aalborg Portland A/S

ID for delkontrakt eller gruppe af delkontrakter: LOT-0000

Kontraktoplysninger:

Identifikator for kontrakten: Contract on subsidy for carbon capture, transport and Storage - Aalborg Portland A/S

Datoen for udvælgelsen af det vindende tilbud: 05/05/2026

8.1.

ORG-0001

Officielt navn: The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen)

Registreringsnummer: 59778714

Afdeling: Energistyrelsen

Postadresse: Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43

By: København V

Postnummer: 1577

Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)

Land: Danmark

Enhed: The Danish Energy Agency - Tina Schøn

E-mail: TNSN@ens.dk

Telefon: +45 33927445

Internetadresse: https://ens.dk/

Denne organisations roller:

Køber

Organisation, der leverer supplerende oplysninger om udbudsproceduren

Organisation, der sikrer adgang til udbudsdokumenterne offline

8.1.

ORG-0002

Officielt navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud

Registreringsnummer: 37795526

Postadresse: Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2

By: Viborg

Postnummer: 8800

Landsdel (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)

Land: Danmark

E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk

Telefon: +45 72405600

Internetadresse: https://klfu.naevneneshus.dk/

Denne organisations roller:

Organisation med ansvar for klager

8.1.

ORG-0003

Officielt navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen

Registreringsnummer: 10294819

Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35

By: Valby

Postnummer: 2500

Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)

Land: Danmark

E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk

Telefon: +45 41715000

Internetadresse: http://www.kfst.dk

Denne organisations roller:

Organisation, der leverer yderligere oplysninger om klageprocedurerne

8.1.

ORG-0004

Officielt navn: Aalborg Portland A/S

Den økonomiske operatørs størrelse: Stor virksomhed

Registreringsnummer: 36428112

Postadresse: Rørdalsvej 44

By: Aalborg

Postnummer: 9220

Landsdel (NUTS): Nordjylland (DK050)

Land: Danmark

E-mail: soeren.k.lausen@aalborgportland.com

Telefon: +45 24291277

Denne organisations roller:

Tilbudsgiver

Vinder af disse delkontrakter: LOT-0000

8.1.

ORG-0005

Officielt navn: Mercell Holding ASA

Registreringsnummer: 980921565

Postadresse: Askekroken 11

By: Oslo

Postnummer: 0277

Landsdel (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)

Land: Norge

Enhed: eSender

E-mail: publication@mercell.com

Telefon: +47 21018800

Fax: +47 21018801

Internetadresse: http://mercell.com/

Denne organisations roller:

TED eSender

Bekendtgørelsens ID: 130a5696-7e06-4df1-a00c-10d44f68ac99 - 01

Formulartype: Forudgående underretning om direkte tildeling

Bekendtgørelsestype: Bekendtgørelse med henblik på frivillig forudgående gennemsigtighed

Bekendtgørelsesundertype: 25

Afsendelsesdato for bekendtgørelsen: 05/05/2026 07:04:02 (UTC+00:00) vesteuropæisk tid, GMT

Dato for afsendelse af bekendtgørelsen (eSender): 05/05/2026 07:26:28 (UTC+00:00) vesteuropæisk tid, GMT

Bekendtgørelsens officielle sprog: engelsk

Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 309067-2026

EUT-S-nummer: 87/2026

Offentliggørelsesdato: 06/05/2026