Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-23
Buyer: Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse
Country: DK
Region: DANMARK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35330000: Ammunition | 35331000 | 35331100 | 35331500
Estimated value: 11000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2016-10-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract notice concerns The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) tender for a framework agreement that covers DALO's need for ammunition within the category: Precision Ammunition, calibers up to and including 12.7mm. The category consists of mandatory and supplementary items. The supplier must be able to deliver the mandatory items. The mandatory items are caliber 7.62x51mm Ball Precision Ammunition and 8.6x70mm Ball Precision Ammunition. The supplementary items are items, within the category restrictions (covered by the category description above) that the supplier wishes to make available for DALO to procure.
The contract is constructed as a framework agreement with a duration of 4 years with 1 option for a 3-year prolongation. It is however DALO's expectation that the contract duration is the full 7 years (ie. 4 years + 3 years).
The purchaser is using Mercell Sourcing Services for this tender. To notify your interest and get access to any documents, you must copy and paste the link below into the address-part on your browser. http://permalink.mercell.com/60908421.aspx. Then choose the relevant tender.
No particular legal form is required. If the contract is awarded to a group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium) the participants are required to undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.
A statement of the company's overall turnover for the last 3 financial years, in so far as information on such turnovers is available.
A statement of the company's equity ratio at the end of the last 3 financial years, in so far as such information is available.
The candidate must have had an overall turnover of at least 3 000 000 DKK in each of the preceding three 3 financial years. (If the turnover is not stated in said currency, the contracting authority will calculate the turnover based on the official Exchange rate on the date this notice was published).
The candidate must have had a positive equity ratio (calculated by dividing the company's equity with the candidate's total assets (equity/total assets x 100) at the end of the preceding 3 financial years).
A list containing the most important similar deliveries carried out over the past 5 years. The list should preferably include: a description of each delivery, information on when it was carried out, the size and value of the deliveries, the recipients of the deliveries (specific countries are preferred, but need not necessarily be included. If no country specific information is included, the candidate is asked to specify the different deliveries according to type of country, example given: Nato country A, Nato country B, Nato country C, etc. or other country A, Other country B, Other country C, etc.) The most relevant deliveries will be evaluated on basis of the below hierarchy with no.1 being most relevant deliveries and no. 2 being the least relevant deliveries. 1) Deliveries made to a NATO member country within the past 5 years of mandatory items: 7.62x51mm Ball Precision ammunition and 8.6x70mm Ball Precision ammunition. 2) Deliveries made to other countries within the past 5 years of mandatory items 7.62x51mm Ball Precision ammunition and 8.6x70mm Ball Precision ammunition.
The limitation of candidates will be based on the following criteria (a) and (b), where the weight of criteria (a) is 30 % and the weight of criteria (b) is 70 % : Criteria (a) The economic and financial standing of the candidate, in terms of yearly turnover and equity ratio as described in section III.2.2. Criteria (b) The relevance of the candidate's previous deliveries in terms of size, value and recipient country as described in section III.2.3.
This tender is conducted according to a restricted procedure, cf. directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Candidates are asked to submit applications for pre-qualification via Mercell Sourcing Service http://permalink.mercell.com/60908421.aspx. The application for pre-qualification cannot be submitted by e-mail. DALO have prepared 1 pre-qualification questionnaire which candidates are strongly encouraged to use when submitting their applications. The questionnaire contains questions, forms and templates for providing information etc. in accordance with the requirements in this Contract Notice. However, it is emphasized that it is the sole responsibility of the candidate that the information provided fulfils the requirements. The questionnaire is available via Mercell Sourcing Service http://permalink.mercell.com/60908421.aspx
Re. Section III.2): Relying on the capacities of other entities: According to the EU public procurement directives, a candidate may rely on the economic, financial and/or technical capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. If a candidate wants to rely on other entities and wishes that the capacity of other entities is taken into account when DALO assesses the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate. A template for a declaration from the supporting entity to this effect is included in the pre-qualification questionnaire referred to above. Non-compliance with formal requirements: DALO reserves the right — but is not obliged — to use remedies equal to the remedies provided for in Section159(5) of the Danish Act No 1564 of 15.12.2015 on tender procedures if applications or tenders do not fulfil the formalities of the tender documents. Re. Section III.2.1): Solemn declaration regarding the candidate's payment of taxes and social security contributions. When submitting the offers (but not the application for prequalification), the tenderers must submit a solemn declaration stating to which degree the tenderer has fulfilled its obligations relating to the payment of direct and indirect taxes and social security contributions in the country in which the candidate is established and in Denmark. A template for the declaration will be provided with the tender documents.
Pursuant to Danish act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement (act no. 492 of 12.5.2010 with subsequent amendments — available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply: Complaints regarding a candidate not being prequalified 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 candidates 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 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) 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting
authority has published a notice concerning his decision to uphold the contract. 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 standstill 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 e-mail of The Complaints Board for Public Procurement is

Eligibility requirements: A statement of the company's overall turnover for the last 3 financial years, in so far as information on such turnovers is available. A statement of the company's equity ratio at the end of the last 3 financial years, in so far as such information is available.
The candidate must have had an overall turnover of at least 3 000 000 DKK in each of the preceding three 3 financial years. (If the turnover is not stated in said currency, the contracting authority will calculate the turnover based on the official Exchange rate on the date this notice was published). The candidate must have had a positive equity ratio (calculated by dividing the company's equity with the candidate's total assets (equity/total assets x 100) at the end of the preceding 3 financial years).
A list containing the most important similar deliveries carried out over the past 5 years. The list should preferably include: a description of each delivery, information on when it was carried out, the size and value of the deliveries, the recipients of the deliveries (specific countries are preferred, but need not necessarily be included. If no country specific information is included, the candidate is asked to specify the different deliveries according to type of country, example given: Nato country A, Nato country B, Nato country C, etc. or other country A, Other country B, Other country C, etc.) The most relevant deliveries will be evaluated on basis of the below hierarchy with no.1 being most relevant deliveries and no. 2 being the least relevant deliveries. 1) Deliveries made to a NATO member country within the past 5 years of mandatory items: 7.62x51mm Ball Precision ammunition and 8.6x70mm Ball Precision ammunition. 2) Deliveries made to other countries within the past 5 years of mandatory items 7.62x51mm Ball Precision ammunition and 8.6x70mm Ball Precision ammunition.