Acquisition of operation and maintenance of the ship Norwind Helm

The Ministry of Defence s Equipment and Procurement Authority in Denmark from Europe region has released this tender for The Danish Ministry of Defence s Materiel and Procurement Agency FMI has a time-critical operational imperative and urgent need to ensure ongoing operation and maintenance of the ship Norwind Helm the Ship from the time of the Ship s commissioning FMI therefore intends to enter into a temporary agreement on facilitation and coordination of ongoing operation and maintenance the Agreement with Norwind Offshore AS the Supplier with a view to ensuring that the Ship from commissioning and without operational interruption can maintain the necessary functionality and be operationally involved in the task The Ship has been acquired with a view to supporting the monitoring and securing of critical underwater infrastructure The acquisition of the Ship and the resulting need to ensure the Ship s immediate operational usability must thus be seen in light of the current geopolitical and security situation as well as the real and current threat to critical infrastructure in Danish waters The Agreement is a temporary agreement entered into with a view to covering the need to facilitate and coordinate the ongoing necessary operation and maintenance from the receipt of the Ship until FMI has established a permanent solution in the form of a permanent contractual basis for the operation and maintenance of the Ship The Agreement is entered into for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extensions two 2 times of six 6 months each The extension options will only be exercised to the extent necessary to ensure the maintenance of the operational operation of the Ship until the establishment of the permanent solution On this basis FMI wishes to enter into an agreement with Norwind Offshore AS that covers the above needs FMI assesses that the Agreement is exempt from tender pursuant to Section 23 subsection 3 of the Danish Public Procurement Act as the protection of Denmark s essential security interests in the specific situation cannot be ensured by less intrusive measures cf in more detail in the section Justification for direct award with tender notice no. 665168-2026 published on 07 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 27 Dec 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Repair and maintenance services of ships. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15291684.