Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-08-07
Buyer: Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organizations
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34931500 | 34932000 | 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35711000
Estimated value: 8642000 DKK
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The tender regards the award of one contract concerning service and maintenance of the vessel traffic service system (VTS) Storebaelt. The service and maintenance consists of both corrective and preventive maintenance, as well as the establishment of a hotline facility to solve minor problems in the software. Furthermore the supplier shall be able to repair installed parts on the system as well as to assist DALO with other technical assistance related to the VTS.
The VTS Storebaelt system is a mandatory ships reporting system which covers the Great Belt Area connecting east and west Denmark, inclusive the Great Belt Bridge. The VTS Storebael System was established in 1993 and renewed in 2007. The VTS Storebaelt system is to be kept fully functional until a system has been installed within the next 4 years.
The contract concerns the service and maintenance of the VTS Storebaelt system, whereas the supplier shall deliver technical service to the system, including preventive and corrective service in case of failure on parts of the system. Furtheremore the supplier shall deliver a Hotline Help Desk to fix minor problems and reportings of failures on the VTS Storebaelt. In case of defects on installed parts of the VTS Storebaelt the supplier shall be able to fix these, or deliver and install a new part. The supplier shall as well be able to support DALO with an on-site technician in case DALO wishes to eg. perform tests on the system or the Danish Defence requires a new radar installed as a substitution of an existing in the Great Belt area, and this new radar has to be interfaced and aligned to the VTS Storebaelt system. DALO has the right to order this technical assistance service for up to 100 days in the duration period of the contract.
As a rule it is not anticipated that the supplier shall perform any developments or changes to the VTS Storebaelt but such can be necessary in case of a change of external demands to the system, e.g. an change to the format for reporting to the international maritime organization. If this is the case such services will be ordered as a technician assistance.
The contract is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract is not possible due to the nature of the supplies and technical reasons, including interoperability between the supplies.
The value stated in Section II.1.7) and V.2.4) is the maximum price of the winning tender only, and does not constitute the exact value of the contract nor a minimum committed purchase by DALO.
Pursuant to Section 7(2) of the Danish Consolidation Act No 593 of 2.6.2016 on the complaints board for public procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), complaints must be filed with the complaints board for public procurement within:
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);
2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has informed the tenderers in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision;
3) 6 months starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved that the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Public Procurement Act, provided that the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision;
4) 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has published a notice concerning his decision to uphold the contract, cf. § 185(2) of the Public Procurement Act.
The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to the complaints board for public procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on the complaints board for public procurement. If the complaint has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect, cf. § 12(1) of the said Act.
The complaints board for public procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available at the internet address stated in Section VI.4.1).


Winner: Airbus Defence and Space
Award value: 8642000
Number of bids: 1