Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-07-04
Buyer: The Danish National Police
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35200000: Police equipment | 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35320000: Firearms | 35321200
Estimated value: 190000000 DKK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The Danish National Police has a need for a new 5.56mm semi-automatic carbine replacing its legacy 9mm SMG and 5.56mm carbine. With this tender, the Danish National Police will acquire a turnkey MOTS solution comprising a 5.56mm carbine (AR15 type - either direct impingement or piston driven) along with all associated replacement parts, services and accessories, e.g. weapon sights, weapon lights, sling, magazines, suppressor etc. The Danish National Police expects to enter into a framework agreement with a total of up to 10 + 5 + 5 years’ duration. The framework agreement will comprise a procurement of app. 3,000 ea. carbines, replacing all legacy 9mm SMG’s and 5.56mm carbines within a 4-5 year timeframe. An initial order of 1,000 ea. carbines upon contract signature, and an implementation of up to app. 1,000 ea. carbines per year thereafter is expected until the expected total quantity has been delivered.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Pursuant to the Danish Consolidation Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:
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, cf. § 7(1) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes an account of the reasons for the decision.
Other complaints must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement 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. The time limit is calculated from the day after the publication date.
2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has notified 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 an account of the rea-sons for the decision.
3) 6 months after the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates and candidates involved, cf. § 2(2).
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).
Contact information for The Complaints Board for Public Procurement is stated in section VI.4.1).
The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the website stated in section VI.4.1).
The Danish National Police has the option to extend the Framework Agreement on the same
terms 2 times for up to 5 years each time, resulting in a total duration of maximum 20 years
(10 + 5 + 5 years)


Winner: CT Solutions ApS
Number of bids: 4