Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-10-20
Buyer: DSB
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71313410
Estimated value: 25000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2021-11-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SB is in demand of an overall assessment body (AsBo) for the program “Future S-network” (FS). Assessor must ensure an independent assessment of the suitability of both the application of the risk management process and of its results, as given in Article 6, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009.
The shortlisting of candidates invited to the tender will be based on an evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant deliveries, see section III.1.3), of the services covered by the Agreement, see the description in sections II.1.4) and II.2.4).
The evaluation of the most relevant deliveries will be made on the basis of the extent to which the references document experience with delivery of comparable services on the basis of the following listed criteria:
- Experience as Overall Assessor managing assessments from other assessors on subsystem level as part of the system integration assessment on system level. (10%)
- Experience with assessment of fully automated and driverless systems (automated infrastructure and driverless trains) from programs/projects equivalent to the program future S-network. This experience must originate from the conversion of existing railway systems (brownfield). (40%)
- Experience with assessment in a Danish context including collaboration with the Danish National Safety Authority knowledge of Danish legislation and executive orders for infrastructure and rolling stock, knowledge of Danish norms and standards from the infrastructure manager Banedanmark and knowledge of the current operation and traffic management of the S-network. (20%)
Candidates must be accredited in accordance with art. 7 in: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009, paragraph 1, liter a.
A list of the 5 most significant comparable services (references), see sections II.1.4) and II.2.4), that the candidate has carried out in the last 3 years  before the expiry of the application deadline.
Only references relating to services carried out at the time of application will be given importance in the evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant deliveries, see section II.2.9). Hence, in the case of an ongoing task, only the part of the services already performed at the time of application will be included in the evaluation of the reference.
Each reference is requested to include a brief description of the deliveries made. The description of the delivery should include a clear description of the delivered services and how the delivered services are comparable (section II.2.9) with the services described in sections II.1.4) and II.2.4).  The reference is furthermore requested to include the financial value of the delivery (amount), the date of delivery and the name of the customer (recipient).
When indicating the date of the delivery, the candidate is requested to indicate the date of commencement and finalisation of the delivery. If this is not possible, for example if the tasks were performed on a continuous basis under a framework agreement, the candidate is asked to indicate the specification of the date.
No more than 5 references may be stated, irrespective of whether the candidate is a single operator, whether the candidate relies on the technical capacity of other entities, or whether the candidate is a group of operators (e.g. a consortium).
The ESPD serves as provisional documentation that the candidate's compliance with the selection criterion, see section II.2.9).
Before the decision to award the contract is made, the tenderer to whom DSB intends to award the contract must submit documentation that the information stated in the ESPD is accurate. No additional documentation of technical and professional capacity will be required from the candidate. However, the contracting entity reserves the right to con-tact the candidate or the customer stated in the reference for confirmation of the information stated in the reference, including the dates of the reference indicated.

Eligibility requirements: Candidates must be accredited in accordance with art. 7 in: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009, paragraph 1, liter a.

Award value: 25000000