Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-07-21
Buyer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72410000: Provider services | 72720000: Wide area network services
Estimated value:  DKK
Award criteria: Price, Quality

Technical requirements: Price
Quality
DMFA wishes to enter into a contract regarding the implementation, operation, maintenance etc. of a global Wide Area Network (WAN) solution. The scope of the contract is to replace an existing WAN infrastructure and subsequently handle all aspects of operations on the delivered WAN infrastructure.
The WAN will cover approximately 90 locations around the world. The approximate distribution of existing WAN connections is as follows: 39 pct. in Europe, 33 pct. in Asia, 14 pct. in North- and South America, and 14 pct. in Africa.
It is important that a supplier can deliver communication lines on all Danish embassies and consulates worldwide (see http://um.dk/en/about-us/organisation/find-us-abroad for a list of current missions).
The WAN must provide stable and transparent IP communication between the missions and the Ministry in Copenhagen, based on a variety of access technologies.
The bandwidth for the missions is expected to be between 8 and 100 Mbps — in average about 18 Mbps. The average bandwidth is expected to increase to about 45 Mbps at the end of contract period. The bandwidth for the Ministry is expected to initially be 1 Gbps and to increase to about 2.5 Gbps over the contract period.
DMFA assigns great weight to a WAN solution with a high bandwidth and low latency in the network. Hence, an offer based on satellite communication (VSAT) will not be preferred.
DMFA will prefer a supplier with global representation, and offices in all regions worldwide. Furthermore it is a requirement that the supplier offers 24/7/365 support for the entire WAN infrastructure.
Subsequent to the implementation of the WAN, DMFA intends to implement an SD-WAN infrastructure to handle secure communication between missions. DMFA will be responsible for all aspects of the SD-WAN infrastructure.
The value stated under section V.4) is the technical evaluation price calculated in connection with tender evaluation. The value of the Contract is by DMFA deemed to be 180 000 000 — 220 000 000 DKK (this is however only an estimate), cf. the Contract notice.
The date stated under section V.1) is the date for commencement/signing of the Contract. DMFA dispatched notification of the result of the tender procedure on 4.6.2018.
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Danish Consolidation Act nº 593 of 2.6.2016 on the Complaints board for public procurement with subsequent amendments (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:
Complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with The Complaints board for public procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the Contracting Authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, cf. § 7(1) of the Danish Act on The Complaints board for public procurement provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
1) 45 calendar days after the Contracting Authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (with effect from the day following the publication date).


Number of bids: 2