Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2025-02-13
Buyer: Energinet
Country: DK
Region: DK032
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 42961200 | 65210000 | 72253200: Computer systems support services
Estimated value: 470500 EUR

Technical requirements: The procurement regards a service and maintenance contract for a GAS SCADA platform. The platform is used by Energinet to monitor and control the Danish gas transmission grid. The monitoring system itself is delivered through a tendered contract and this voluntary ex ante transparency solely regards the maintenance and support agreement for the system. The support and maintenance services are, however, essential for Energinet, as the monitoring system is regarded as critical infrastructure for the supply of gas in Denmark.  Energinet’s SCADA system in the gas transmission network is highly specialized and a very extensive system. The system is a proprietary system, supplied by the supplier that owns the source code for the SCADA system.
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, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
Other 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 deci-sion;
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, provided that the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
4. 30 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union which clarifies the reasons for the contract being awarded without prior publication of a contract notice (when the procedure described in section 4 of the Act on the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (klagenævnsloven) has been followed).

Energinet shall follow the procedure in Section 4 of the Act on the Board of Appeal (Consolidated Act No 593 of 2.6.2016 on the Public Procurement Board of Appeal, available at: www.retsinformation.dk). Thus, the intended contract will not be concluded before the expiry of 10 calendar days with effect from the day following the date of publication of this notice, cf. Section 4 (1) (2) of the Act on the Board of Appeal.
The contract has a duration of one year with automatic renewal up to 8 years in total.


Winner: Vivavis AG