about Procurement in Energinet

Energinet is an independent public enterprise owned by the Danish state as represented by the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate which owns the Danish 400 kV, 150 kV and 132 kV electricity transmission system and gas transmission system. Our main tasks are to maintain the overall short-term and long-term security of electricity and gas supply including:  

• Developing the main Danish electricity and gas transmission infrastructure creating objective and transparent conditions for competition on the energy markets and monitor that competition works
• Carrying out coherent and holistic planning, taking account of future transmission capacity requirements and long-term security of supply
• Supporting eco-friendly power generation and the development and demonstration of green energy production technologies 
• Calculating the environmental impact of the energy system as a whole.

Principles of Energinet's Procurement Policy

Energinet must adhere to the rules of the EU Utilities Directive and other relevant rules and regulations.

The procurement policy of Energinet is based on the following principles which originate from the EU Utilities Directive:

• Equal treatment of all tenderers
• Transparent procurement procedures
• Objective and factual evaluation criteria

To learn more about what legal restrictions and directives Energinet is placed under, please follow the links in the link box on the right.

Energinet’s current EU calls for competition

Economic actors from across the EU are able to compete for Energinet’s larger procurement contracts. To see a list of our current calls for competition, please see the link "Ongoing tenders" in the link box.

Energinet must publish all calls for competition that exceed a threshold amount of approx. 3 million DKK either on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) or through the supplier qualification systems Sellicha and Achilles. To learn more about TED or Sellihca/Achilles, please follow the links in the link box.

All calls for competition that involve cross-border interests and have a threshold amount between 500.000 and 3.1 million DKK are published on Udbud.dk