Project competition Svanemølleværket DTM 4.0

The Bygnings- og Udviklingsfonden DTM 4.0 in Denmark from Europe region has released this tender for The project competition for the transformation of the Svanemølle Power Plant into the new Technical Museum of Denmark is hereby announced. Denmark is one of the worlds most technology-intensive nations, but the national technical museum does not have a framework that corresponds to the task. The new museum will gather and communicate the history, present and future of technology on an international level and function as an open workshop and meeting place for technological education, debate, learning and experiences. The Svanemølle Power Plant will be transformed from a power plant to a power center: an open, inviting and living building, where the Technical Museum of Denmark is the buildings main function and professional focal point. THE TRANSFORMATION must be based on the industrial character, spatial qualities and conservation values ​​of the plant. The building itself must be an active part of the museum experience and the transformation must be a model for the transformation of existing industrial buildings with low climate impact, high recycling and a clear connection between conservation, new use and architectural quality. The central task of the competition is to develop an overall architectural and technical approach for the transformation at the idea and concept level. THE MAIN KEY is to bring together the overall layout of the museum, audience functions, possible hub and operation, the level of intervention, the climatic and technical strategy and the buildings encounter with the city and the harbour. The building must be able to accommodate a public, not just an audience, work with the current and unfinished, welcome schools and learning courses on a large scale and be able to be operated robustly and flexibly. Work is being carried out on the possibility of a business and technology hub in a smaller part of the building as an expected, but not yet finally decided, independent and supplementary function. The competition proposal must show how the hub can be integrated with the possibility of its own access and operation as well as professional and functional interaction with the museum. THE COMPETITION is to form the basis for choosing the partner who, together with the Building and Development Fund DTM 4.0 and the Technical Museum of Denmark, will further develop and realise the project. The project must be able to be developed within A SET FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK of DKK 660 million. excl. VAT at the price level 2026. After the project competition, the client expects to enter into a general consultancy agreement with the winner on the basis of ABR 18 and after negotiation in accordance with Section 82 of the Public Procurement Act. The further course of the project after the decision of the competition follows the phase division and timetable that appears from the contract basis and associated annexes. The tender is carried out as a project competition with a view to entering into a service contract, cf. Section 84, subsection 1, no. 1 of the Public Procurement Act. THE PROCESS INCLUDES: 1) prequalification, part A - written application, 2) prequalification, part B - pitch, 3) phase 1 - anonymous project competition, 4) assessment and designation of the winner or winners of the project competition, 5) lifting of anonymity, 6) negotiation phase with the winner or winners,7) phase 2 - further processing and final offer for the general consultancy agreement, 8) evaluation of the final offers and 9) award of the general consultancy agreement. THE PRE-QUALIFICATION is carried out in two parts. In part A, up to 8 teams are selected for pitching, if the number of suitable applicants exceeds 8. In part B, 3 teams are selected to participate in the project competition based on an overall assessment of the written application and the pitch. The assessment committee appoints one or more winners of the project competition, who are invited to negotiations and phase 2. The general consultancy agreement is awarded to one bidder. In part A and part B of the pre-qualification, an overall assessment of the specified selection criteria is made. In PHASE 1, the competition proposals are assessed based on the criteria Transformation, Museum, functions and operation of the building and Feasibility and financial robustness. There is no mutual weighting, and all three criteria are given significant importance. In PHASE 2, the final offers are evaluated on the basis of the same three criteria with the following weighting: Transformation 33%, Museum, building functions and operation 34% and Feasibility and financial robustness 33%. The fee is set by the client, and competition is based solely on quality. The competition program and the annexes made available during the prequalification are available via the Dalux tender portal in the project "DTM 4.0 - Project competition on the Svanemølle power plant". The annexes that, after the competition program, are only made available at the start of phase 1, including the consultancy agreement with annexes, are made available at this time.which, according to the competition program, will only be made available at the start of phase 1, including the consultant agreement with annexes, will be made available at this time.which, according to the competition program, will only be made available at the start of phase 1, including the consultant agreement with annexes, will be made available at this time. with tender notice no. 703122-2026 published on 12 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 09 Nov 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services. 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 15408928.