- Procurement of construction, delivery and time charter of a polar research ship with ice-breaking capabilities, reference number 2025-17
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1. Contracting authority or entity
Official name
Polarforskningssekretariatet
National registration number
202100-4060
Telephone
Email address
Joint procurement
No
Type of contracting authority or entity
Central government authority
Organisation role
Buyer
Main activity
Environmental protection
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
No
The procurement is conducted on behalf of an other entity
No
2. Object
Title
Procurement of construction, delivery and time charter of a polar research ship with ice-breaking capabilities, reference number 2025-17
Reference number
Description
The Tenderer awarded contract shall be fully responsible to design, construct, test and survey, launch, equip, complete and time-charter the Vessel solely to the Agency all in accordance with good international shipbuilding and marine engineering practice, and with full responsibility for the fulfilment of the desired features and functions of the Vessel in accordance with the Contract and in accordance with the design and specification of the Vessel supplied by the Agency. The time-charter will be entered into for 15 years with the Agency having options to extend up to additional 10 years.
The time-charter includes, inter alia, that the Tenderer are required to be fully responsible to prepare the Vessel for its operation according to normal time-charter agreement practice, for the technical management of the Vessel and for the crewing of the Vessel.
After a minimum of 5 years after the delivery of the Vessel, and every 3 years thereafter, the Agency can exercise a call option clause in the Contract resulting in full ownership of the Vessel. If such call option is exercised, the time-charter shall be terminated but the awarded Tenderer shall, if requested by the Agency, continue to provide services related to ship management of the Vessel, this including technical management, commercial management and crewing management up to a total minimum of 15 years.
The Contract will be signed with only one (1) Tenderer.
Main CPV-code
34510000-5 Fartyg
Contract nature
Services
Estimated value
Information about lots
No lots
Additional CPV codes
34510000-5 - Fartyg, 63726400-8 - Befraktning av fartyg
Place of performance (NUTS-code)
SE Sverige
Contract period start
4/5/2025
Contract period end
4/5/2026
Options enabled
No
Options description
3. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Legal basis
32014L0024
Environmental requirements
Social requirements
Innovative requirements
Sheltered employment
No
Reserved procurement
Subject to law on procurement statistics
Yes
4. Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
Is direct procurement?
No
An electronic auction will be used
No
Accelerated procedure
No
A dynamic purchasing system is used
No
Information about dynamic purchasing system
The procurement concerns a framework agreement
Yes
Framework agreement type (if applicable)
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
2/24/2025
6. Complementary info
National procurement number
KA19063
Date for initial dispatch of the notice
1/28/2025
TED Notice number