Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-01-15
Buyer: KOMBIT A/S
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222100: Information systems strategic review services | 72254000: Software testing | 72254100: Systems testing services
Estimated value: 500000000 DKK
Award criteria: quality, price

Technical requirements: The procedure regarding the procurement is described in the terms of tender.
Testing and quality assurance of the Solutions, managed by KOMBIT on behalf of the Danish Municipalities, are currently part of KOMBITs contracts with the Development Vendors of the Solutions. KOMBIT aims to ensure the best quality for the Municipalities in the future by implementing objective and independent validations of the Solutions. At the same time, KOMBIT seeks to reduce the costs associated with testing and quality assurance.  
Therefore, KOMBIT wishes, through a tender with negotiation, to enter into an agreement for the establishment of a Managed Test Services set-up.
The agreement should support KOMBITs ongoing effort to ensure that digital solutions for Municipalities in Denmark meet and support current needs and future possibilities. This place demands on the quality and KOMBITs approach to validation, verification, and execution of the testing effort for the Solutions that KOMBIT procures on behalf of the Municipalities.
The agreement encompasses all elements of a full life-cycle testing process and includes assistance in optimizing, developing, and standardizing testing approaches within KOMBIT.
The basis for evaluation is described in the terms of tender.
In accordance with lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud (Lovbekendtgørelse nr. 492 593 af 12. juni 2016 med senere ændringer), the following deadlines apply for filing a complaint:
Complaints about not being prequalified must be submitted to Klagenævnet for Udbud within 20 Days from the day after the dispatch of a notification to the affected candidates regarding the selection, cf. udbudslovens § 171, stk. 2, or klagenævnslovens § 2, stk. 1, nr. 1, when the notification is accompanied by a justification for the decision.
In other situations, complaints about the procurement must be submitted to Klagenævnet for Udbud within:
 	45 Days after the contracting authority has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting authority has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the publication of the notice.
 	30 Days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the affected Tenderers that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been concluded, provided that the notification has stated a justification for the decision.
 	6 months after the contracting authority has entered into a framework agreement, calculated from the day after the contracting authority has notified the affected candidates and tenderers, cf. klagenævnslovens § 2, stk. 2 or udbudslovens § 171, stk. 4.
 	20 Days from the day after the contracting authority has announced its decision, cf. udbudslovens § 185, stk. 2.
 	In connection with submitting a complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must inform the contracting authority in writing that a complaint has been filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the complaint has been filed during the standstill period, cf. klagenævnslovens § 6, stk. 4. In cases where the complaint is not filed during the standstill period, the complainant must also specify whether a suspension of the complaint is requested, cf. klagenævnslovens § 12, stk. 1
Extension options: 3 times with a maximum of 2 years per renewal


Winner: Mercell Holding ASA