Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-07-29
Buyer: Naviair
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 32000000
Estimated value: 5435122 DKK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Équipements et appareils de radio, de télévision, de communication, de télécommunication et équipements connexes
Naviair has entered into a contract regarding purchase of VoIP VHF radios that are to be installed at local airports and remote radio sites located at various locations in Denmark. The contract also covers a Remote Control and Maintenance System for maintenance and statistical purpose.
The purpose of the procurement is to replace Naviairs existing VHF radios used for ‘Ground-Air-Ground’ communication in Copenhagen FIR.
The intention of the replacement is to bring VoIP capability and 8,33 kHZ voice channel spacing capability to the VHF radios. The radios are used by Air Traffic Control at Naviair to communicate with aircrafts e.g. in relation to take off/landing or en-route (ACC/APP/TWR/COIF). The use of the VHF radios is essential (flight safety) and operational availability shall be extremely high when operating 24/7/365.
The radios are to be installed at local airports and remote radio sites located at various locations in Denmark. The scope of the procurement is about 200-250 radios consisting of receivers and transmitters (or some transceivers). The procurement also includes a Remote Control and Monitoring System for maintenance and statistical purpose.
All the radios are to be interfaced (either via 4W E&M or IP) to different Voice Communication Systems. It shall be noticed that the equipment within the scope of this request for Tender shall be Commercial Off The Shelf, COTS.
The radios shall operate in the aeronautical frequency band 118-137 MHz. They shall operate with output power of 50 W in both 8.33 kHz and 25 kHz channels. Main operational requirements are described in ICAO annex 10 Volume 3 and ETSI EN 300 676-1 VI.4.1. The new radios shall also meet requirements for VoIP as described in EUROCAE ED 136 and ED 137. Remote control and monitoring of status shall be possible from any distance.
The procurement includes training, factory and site acceptance test, documentation, support, maintenance and spare parts.
As a consequence of Danish Act No 593 of 2.6.2016 on the enforcement of procurement rules, etc. there are following deadlines for lodging appeals in Denmark:
Complaints about not being pre-qualified shall be submitted to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’ (Board of Appeal) within 20 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity has sent a notification with an explanation of the decision to interested applicants who have been prequalified. In other situations, the complaint against the tender or the decision must be submitted to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’ before:
1) 45 days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal stating that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The period is calculated from the day following the day on which notice has been published.
2) 30 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity informed the tenderers that a contract based on a framework contract with reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been signed, if notification is given a brief explanation of the relevant reasons for the decision.
3) 6 months after the entity has signed a framework agreement — calculated from the day after the day on which the contracting entity informed the tenderers and candidates, cf § 2 (2).
4) 20 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting entity has announced the decision according to the Danish law of procurement (No 1564 of 15.12.2015) § 185 (2) second sentence.
At the latest at the same time as an appeal is sent to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’, the appellant shall in writing inform the contracting entity that the complaint will be sent to ‘Klagenævnet for Udbud’, and whether the complaint is filed during the standstill period referred to in § 3. If the appeal has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the appellant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect pursuant to § 12 (1).


Winner: Park Air Systems Limited
Award value: 5435122
Number of bids: 3