Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-09-04
Buyer: Danmarks Nationalbank
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72700000 | 72720000: Wide area network services
Estimated value: 1996600 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-10-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Danmarks Nationalbank’s payment system Kronos2 plays a central role in the infrastructure for handling payments in Denmark. From 2025, the settlement of Danish kroner will relocate to the new European consolidated payment and securities settlement platform, Target Services, which is operated by the European Central Bank, ECB. The migration to Target Services will bring several benefits for both Danmarks Nationalbank and payment system participants. The project for the migration of the Danish payments infrastructure to the Target Services platform is called TargetDKK.
The Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) is the technical component delivered as part of the Target Services platform. Via the ESMIG, Danmarks Nationalbank can access the market infrastructures that the Eurosystem provides.
This procurement aims a entering into a principal ESMIG Connectivity Services Agreement and a  secondary DUAL Connectivity Services Agreement.
Lot no 1, ESMIG Connectivity Service Agreement, is Danmarks Nationalbank’s primary connectivity agreement. The agreement aims at ensuring access to Target Services in A2A mode with the exchange of messages and files in XML format using the ISO20022 standard and in U2A mode via a browser using the HTTPs protocol. The agreement also aims at ensuring access to Value Added Services within the scope of the agreement.
It is a prerequisite for participation, that the tenderer has entered ento a Contract regarding a concession for the provision of connectivity services to access the Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway with Banca d'Italia, acting on behalf of the Eurosystem.
This procurement aims a securing a principal ESMIG Connectivity Services Agreement and a  secondary DUAL Connectivity Services Agreement.
Lot no 2, Dual Connection Service Agreement, is Danmarks Nationalbank’s secondary connectivity agreement. This agreement aims at ensuring access to Target Servcies in U2A mode (low volume) via a browser using the HTTPs protocol. This agreement will function as a contingency connection.
It is a prerequisite for participation, that the tenderer has entered into a Contract regarding a concession for the provision of connectivity services to access the Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway with Banca d'Italia, acting on behalf of the Eurosystem.
The contracting entity has assessed that the conclusion of the contract may be subject to the authorisation requirement pursuant to the Danish Investment Screening Act. See further in the tender specifications.
Participation in the tendering procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity, see the address set out in section I.3).
The candidate must as its application submit an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1), paras 1-3 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven).
The candidate will be excluded from participation in the tender procedure if the candidate is subject to the compulsory grounds for exclusion set out in sections 134 a, 135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, unless the candidate has submitted sufficient documentation of its reliability in accordance with section 138 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and tenderers established in the country holding the official list.
If the tenderer, on the basis of the established evaluation model, stands to be awarded more lots than the maximum number allowed, the award of lots will be based on the combination of all tenders which, overall, offer the best price-quality ratio.
As regards sections II.1.5) and II.2.6), it should be noted that section II.1.5) is an estimate of the expected total contract price for all lots in the entire term of the agreement, including the price of all value added services. In section II.2.6), an estimate is indicated of the expected total maximum contract price for the individual lot in the entire term of the lot. The estimate for the individual lots is based on an assessment of expected future needs.


Award value: 1996600