In the autumn of 1932, the British company Dorman, Long & Co. submitted a tender to build the Storstrøm Bridge as a steel bridge. As the submitted tender was not entirely acceptable, the DSB prepared a new project proposal which was granted to Dorman, Long & Co. without a public tender. The contract for the work was signed on 13 May 1933, with the steel superstructure to be constructed by Dorman, Long & Co., while the substructure and earthworks were assigned to Christiani & Nielsen as subcontractor. Guy Anson Maunsell was appointed as managing director of the consortium.