Guidance for sub-contractors 13 May 2014, revised 8 April 2016

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1 Guidance for sub-contractors 13 May 2014, revised 8 April 2016 This guidance describes some of the construction project tasks that could be relevant for small and medium sized companies, and also explains how these companies can become eligible to be sub-contractors. The preferred contractor consortia bidding for the four major tunnel contracts consist of companies from Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Every single company in the consortia will, to some extent, be able to use its own personnel and equipment for the construction project. The preferred bidders are displayed on Femern s website here: femern.com/contracts However, the consortia also need to purchase goods and services from local and regional companies on both sides of the Fehmarnbelt. On both the Danish and the German side, there will probably be a need to draw on companies and competences from both countries. These purchases are included in the bids submitted to. In recent years, many companies have been preparing for the coming Fehmarnbelt construction project. Many have already joined forces, networking to improve their capacity to compete for the various tasks involved in the construction project. It may be a good idea for small companies, including those with at least 10 employees to team up with others because the principal contractor consortia will be sourcing solutions spanning many different disciplines, i.e. turnkey contracts similar to those in the traditional building and construction industry. Medium sized enterprises will have better scope for independent agreements with the principal contractor consortia. In this context, partnerships between Danish and German companies, for example, could also provide additional benefits. The opportunities and risks that Page 1/14

2 exist in the border region may be easier to handle if sub-contractors have an integrated Danish and German appreciation of how tasks can be solved efficiently. The Fehmarnbelt project is a cross-border undertaking that requires knowledge of the labour market and business practices in both Denmark and Germany. The construction site will be an international environment where companies from all over the world will be working together. The everyday working language will be English, which, to a degree, also applies to ongoing business and administrative communication between principal and subcontractors. Mandatory health and safety training for employees at the construction site may also be conducted in English. The principal contractor consortia are expected to emphasise that their sub-contractors can supply good and reliable personnel, and that they have core competences in their field. In addition, it could be necessary for sub-contractors to document their experience in specific areas such as: Management and quality control Labour market issues, including apprenticeships and work experience places Occupational health & safety rules Communication References, e.g. international tasks Certification, e.g. in accordance with ISO standards Emergency preparedness and flexibility Reliability of supply and delivery Employee qualifications, including valid certificates Naturally, the specific requirements will depend on the content and scope of the individual tasks. Page 2/14

3 In terms of labour, one eligibility criterion for sub-contractors is likely to be whether they take on apprentices. In the contracts with, the principal contractor consortia undertake to provide apprenticeships and work experience places for the construction project. Major sub-contractors should therefore also be prepared to provide apprenticeships should this be required by the principal contractor. During the construction period of the Fehmarnbelt project (about eight and a half years), apprentices corresponding to as many as 500 man years are expected to be employed. In the contracts with the contractor consortia, also requires that the contractors meet a number of requirements in relation to their employees at the workplaces. Salary and employment terms as well as occupational health & safety must be in order. In connection with the building site, sound housing and healthy living conditions must be established for employees. The principal contractors must pass these requirements on to their subcontractors, who in turn are obliged to meet the requirements. Deliverables under the tunnel contract The future tunnel factory in Rødbyhavn will be the largest building site by far, with thousands of jobs. Establishing the site will be the very first task for Femern Link Contractors, who has been awarded the contracts Tunnel North and Tunnel South, and therefore must manufacture the tunnel elements. Even at this early stage, there will be specialist tasks that can be undertaken by well-prepared sub-contractors. These will include: Supplying the sliding gates likely to be used in the dock area, where the precast tunnel elements will be made ready to be floated into place in the Fehmarnbelt. A sliding gate could be an approximately 120 m long by 10 m high rail-mounted steel construction that closes when the dock is full of water. Two sliding gates are likely to be used in total. Page 3/14

4 Production of the floating gates between the dock area and the Fehmarnbelt itself. These are steel or concrete constructions, each approximately 45 m long and 20 m high. Steel bulkheads to be mounted at the end of each element to effect a temporary seal so that it can float and be transported. Many specially manufactured bulkheads are needed to fit onto the ends of and seal approximately 200 elements. The largest bulkheads will measure approximately 11 m x 8 m. Steel frames are to be mounted at the end of each element should the tunnel contractor choose to mount a rubber seal between the elements. In this case, approximately 160 large steel frames will be required that are approximately 40 m long and 9 m high. Page 4/14

5 Pontoons for transporting and immersing the tunnel elements. The 217 m long, 42 m wide and 9 m high tunnel elements must be transported from the tunnel factory dock area out to the tunnel alignment. Before the tug can begin transporting them, the expectation is that two pontoon constructions should be mounted, one at each end of each approximately 70,000 tonne element. It is also anticipated that one or two sets of pontoons, each approximately 50 m long and approximately m wide, will be required. Alternatively, one or two special vessels will be required. Excavation work on land for establishment of the tunnel factory. The building site where the tunnel factory is located covers an area of about 1.7 km along the coast and about 1 km inland. Spoil from the dock area must be placed to form a dyke around the entire building site. Residential area for thousands of employees. Many of the tunnel factory employees will probably be able to live in specially built housing connected directly to the site. Up to 3,000 flats of a good standard can be built and if this is the case, an experienced supplier will be required to purchase and assemble the batch-produced housing modules. Special elements comprise part of the tunnel. In addition to the 79 standard elements to be produced at the tunnel factory in Rødbyhavn, a further 10 special elements will be made for housing technical installations etc. The special elements are large and complex structures approximately 40 m long, 45 m wide and 13 m high. Page 5/14

6 Deliverables under the dredging contract One of the first tasks to commence involves dredging the seabed. A trench is to be dredged between Rødbyhavn and Puttgarden into which the tunnel elements will be placed. Dredging will also be carried out at the harbour and dock area by the tunnel factory where the tunnel elements will be produced. Finally, a navigation channel will be dredged between the dock area s work harbour and the tunnel alignment. The contractor consortium awarded the dredging contract will require the services of an existing port area in the region at an early stage. It has already been established that the industrial port in Rødbyhavn is too small for the purpose. Page 6/14

7 The contractor will bring several large dredging vessels and around 25 large barges, each up to 100 m long, as well as a number of tug boats. Vessels and barges will transport the dredged seabed spoil a total of approximately 19 million m3 to the coast where it will be used to construct artificial peninsulas. The size and scope of the contractors equipment alone mean that not all ports are large enough. In addition to a port of sufficient size, the contractor will be looking for one that can offer the best options in terms of e.g.: Proximity to the Fehmarnbelt Port facilities Harbour depth Access roads to the port Access to skilled labour (especially welders) Port charges and taxes Costs in general Work brought forward A number of small projects on Lolland have already been undertaken as part of the construction activities, that have been brought forward prior to the construction works of the major tunnel contracts. The purpose of the activities brought forward is to prepare the local infrastructure and access to the upcoming tunnel element factory. The contractors can then more quickly begin their main activity once the contracts have been signed. Page 7/14

8 The advance activities include the following: Constructing roads and cycle paths Establishing water supplies and a sewerage system Demolition jobs Excavation works Establishing a new pump station The advance activities are essentially completed in early General service tasks In relation to the construction site, sub-contractors will be required who can carry out a large number of miscellaneous tasks and manage everyday and routine tasks on an ongoing basis. This applies to the construction site, the site of the tunnel factory and the construction sites around the two portals in Rødbyhavn and Puttgarden, respectively. This might involve, for example: Catering Security services Transport of goods etc. Boat service Administration, for example, for establishing and operating an access system at the construction site, which could include access cards, tollgates, staffing, computer systems etc. Caretaker function Emergency preparedness, both at sea and on land Diving service Waste management (potentially as an advanced recycling centre) Maintenance of nearby roads Room rental Mobile telephone service Maintenance of transport facilities (vans, trucks) etc. Bicycle rental The contractor consortia will not be inviting tenders for the general service tasks until after they have signed the principal contracts with. In the spring of 2014, opened a special website to serve as a marketplace. Sub-contractors will be able to describe on the website what they can offer in order to quickly and efficiently establish contact between the parties as soon as the need arises within the contractor consortia. Page 8/14

9 Overview of the principal contracts Since the autumn of 2013, has completed tenders for four principal tunnel contracts: Dredging of the seabed and reclamation The contractor is required to dredge a deep trench approximately 18 km long, 80 m wide and 12 m deep in the Fehmarnbelt, where the tunnel will be located. The dredged seabed is to be reused for land reclamation mainly off the coast of Lolland and to a lesser extent off the coast of Fehmarn. The contract comprises other major dredging works, e.g. the harbour basin with navigation channels leading to the site in Rødbyhavn where the tunnel elements will be produced. Construction of the northern section of the tunnel The contractor is to be in charge of half the tunnel construction and thereby construct half of the production site for the tunnel elements in Rødbyhavn. The contractor will also produce, transport and immerse half the tunnel elements, i.e. about 40 standard elements and 5 special elements corresponding to about 9 km of tunnel. Construction of the southern section of the tunnel The contract includes the same tasks as the northern tunnel. Construction of the portal buildings, ramps and connecting facilities on land The contractor will build the two tunnel portals as well as the cut-and-cover tunnels on land in Germany and Denmark respectively. The contract covers exit and approach ramps and connections with the existing transport infrastructure on land, small buildings and bridges as well as completion of all finishing works such as asphalting of all roads and cladding for the walls throughout the entire tunnel. In 2014 invited tenders for another two major contracts: Electrical and mechanical installations in the tunnel, including lighting, drains, ventilation, power supply, fire fighting, safety systems, traffic control, alarms and communication as well as software for control and monitoring in and around the tunnel. The construction of the large new transformer station east of Rødbyhavn that will supply power for train services and electrical installations in the tunnel. A guide for subcontractors has also been drafted for these two major contracts. You can find it on website at Page 9/14

10 Contact with the bidding contractors will not be coordinating contact between the principal contractors and subcontractors. A contract between a principal contractor and sub-contractor will be a commercial agreement between the parties on market terms. has requested that each of the bidding contractor consortia nominate one or more personnel for sub-contractors to contact. The details of the winning consortia are listed below. The online marketplace for subcontractors Companies wishing to be subcontractors to the tunnel construction under the Fehmarnbelt now have an opportunity to showcase what they can offer. has opened a website markedsportal.femern.com - where companies can introduce themselves and what they can provide free of charge. The website functions as a marketplace and enables fast and effective contact to be made between the main contractors and subcontractors. Page 10/14

11 The preferred bidders for the four major tunnel contracts Contract Consortia Participants Country Tunnel North and Tunnel South Femern Link Contractors (FLC) Portals and ramps Dredging and reclamation Femern Link Contractors (FLC) Fehmarn Belt Contractors (FBC) *nominated subcontractors VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S. Per Aarsleff A/S Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG CFE SA Soletanche Bachy International BAM Infra B.V. BAM International B.V. Subcontractor: Dredging International N.V. Consultant: COWI A/S Per Aarsleff A/S VINCI Construction Grands Projets S.A.S. Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG Max Bögl Stiftung & Co. KG CFE SA Solétance-Bachy International S.A.S. BAM Infra B.V. BAM International B.V. Consultant: COWI A/S Boskalis International B.V. HOCHTIEF Solutions AG* Ed. Züblin AG* Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV Consultant: SWECO Danmark A/S France Denmark Germany Germany Belgium France Netherlands Netherlands Belgium Denmark Denmark France Germany Germany Belgium France Netherlands Netherlands Denmark Netherlands Germany Germany Netherlands Denmark Page 11/14

12 Consortium Femern Link Contractors Preferred bidder for the following contracts Tunnel, Portals & Ramps Tunnel North Tunnel South Contact person Vagn Rahbek, Procurement Manager Short description The Consortium FLC Femern Link Contractors is an integrated Joint Venture between several companies: 1. VINCI CONSTRUCTION GRANDS PROJETS S.A.S., a French company whose registered office is at 5, cours Ferdinand de Lesseps Rueil-Malmaison, France, 2. Per Aarsleff A/S, a Danish company whose registered office is at Lokesvej 15, DK- 8230, Denmark, reg. no CFE SA, a Belgian company whose registered office is at 42, Avenue Herrmann- Debroux Bruxelles, Belgium, reg. no BE Solétanche-Bachy International S.A.S., a French company whose registered office is at 133, Boulevard National F Rueil-Malmaison, reg. no BAM Civiel BV, a Dutch company whose registered office is at H.J. Nederhorststraat 1, 2801 SC Gouda, the Netherlands, reg. no BAM International BV, a Dutch company whose registered office is at H.J. Nederhorststraat 1, 2801 SC Gouda, the Netherlands, reg. no Wayss und Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, a German company whose registered office is at Eschborner Landstraße , Frankfurt am Main, reg. no HRB Max Bögl Bauunternehmung GmbH und Co. KG, a German company whose registered office is at Max-Bögl Straße 1, D-92369, Sengenthal Germany, reg. no HRA Page 12/14

13 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) are together called Femern Link Contractors and duly represented by Vagn Rahbek as Procurement Manager. The office address of the Joint Venture is at: Hedegaardsvej 88, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark Consortium Fehmarn Belt Contractors Preferred bidder for the following contract Tunnel, Dredging & Reclamation Contact person Fehmarn Belt Contractors can be contacted via this address: for the Tunnel, Dredging & Reclamation contract Description Fehmarn Belt Contractors is an international consortium consisting of the four principal partners Boskalis, Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Züblin. Together with our nominated subcontractors MT Hojgaard, Strukton, Volker Construction, Capita Symonds and Grontmij we form a highly specialized group for a very special project. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. ( is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. The company provides creative and innovative all-round solutions to infrastructural challenges in the maritime, coastal and delta regions of the world with the construction and maintenance of ports and waterways, land reclamation, coastal defense and riverbank protection. In addition, Boskalis offers a wide variety of marine services and contracting for the offshore energy sector including subsea, heavy transport, lifting and installation (through Boskalis Offshore and Dockwise) and towage and salvage (through SMIT). It also has a strategic partnership in terminal services (Smit Lamnalco). With a versatile fleet of over 1,100 units Boskalis operates in around 75 countries across six continents. Including its share in partnerships, Boskalis has more than 11,000 employees. Van Oord ( is a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind). Its head office is located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The company s expertise ranges from design to execution and it has been involved in such noteworthy projects as Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, the port of Rotterdam s Maasvlakte 2 expansion, trench dredging and backfilling in northern Russia, and the construction of several offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Van Oord is an independent family business which is characterised by visible leadership, long-term vision and a sound financial position. About 4,500 professionals are employed Page 13/14

14 worldwide. Its modern fleet consists of more than a hundred vessels and other specialised equipment. HOCHTIEF ( is one of the world's leading construction groups. We have excelled for 140 years in our core competency of construction. Our focus is on complex infrastructure projects, many of which we deliver on the basis of concession models. We additionally develop and operate real estate and facilities. For more than 110 years, Züblin ( has been successfully realising challenging construction projects nationally and internationally and is the German market leader in building construction and civil engineering. The company s range of services includes all construction related tasks from complex turnkey construction to civil engineering, bridge building and tunnelling to public private partnerships. Page 14/14