Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-26
Buyer: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Country: DK
Region: DANMARK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 32410000 | 32412000 | 32420000 | 32571000 | 50300000
Estimated value: 30000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2016-05-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
DeiC (The Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation) operates and develops the Danish NREN (National Research and Education Network), called ‘Forskningsnettet’. This network provides both connections to the research networks in the world, general internet provision for its' connected institutions as well as numerous point-to-point optical layer 1 connections between the institutions. The connected institutions comprise all Danish universities as well as most other research and education institutions in the country.
In order to deliver this, DeiC has 1) leased dark fiber connections on IRU basis 2) Router equipment 3) Optical Equipment 4) Network Operations staff. The purpose of this call for tender, is solely the renewal of item 3) Optical Transmission Equipment.
The contract is not divided into lots. The reason the contract is not divided into lost is that the Contracting Authority needs a turnkey solution from one supplier in order to ensure an unambiguous placement of responsibility.
DeiC (The Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation) operates and develops the Danish NREN (National Research and Education Network), called ‘Forskningsnettet’. This network provides both connections to the research networks in the world, general internet provision for its' connected institutions as well as numerous point-to-point optical layer 1 connections between the institutions. The connected institutions comprise all Danish universities as well as most other research and education institutions in the country.
In order to deliver this, DeiC has 1) leased dark fiber connections on IRU basis 2) Router equipment 3) Optical Equipment 4) Network Operations staff. The purpose of this call for tender, is solely the renewal of item 3) Optical Transmission Equipment.
The contract is not divided into lots. The reason the contract is not divided into lost is that the Contracting Authority needs a turnkey solution from one supplier in order to ensure an unambiguous placement of responsibility.
DeiC wishes to invite between 5-8 Candidates to participate in the call for tender. The reason for potentially inviting more than 5 Candidates to participate is due to expectations that quite a wide variety of Candidates will be interested in this contract and these Candidates have solutions that are difficult to compare to one another until the complete set of technical properties, service offerings and pricing schemes are known. Therefore, in order to allow this variety to be represented in the elimination process, the intention behind this choice is to increase the probability that Candidates who could prove to be a good match for the requirements of DeiC, are not eliminated before they have had a chance to represent their solution more comprehensively.
If the number of suitable Candidates exceeds 5-8, the reduction of the number of otherwise qualified candidates will happen in accordance with the selection criteria. The Contracting Authority will limit the number of Candidates to 5-8. This will be done, based on the following criteria:
— DeiC wishes to have a wide variety of Candidates including both large and small to medium-sized enterprises (SME segment) and will look at the Candidates turnover (and size including workforce) to establish this variety.
— DeiC wishes to have a wide variety of Candidates including both large and small to medium-sized enterprises (SME segment) and will look at the Candidates size including workforce to establish this variety.
It is described below which points of the ESPD part IV B must be completed by the Tenderer. Points not mentioned below should not be completed by the Tenderer. Please note that these points are to be completed in appendix A2 and minimum levels for suitability is clearly described in appendix A2.
— Point 1a must be completed by the Tenderer with information about the yearly turnover for the last three finished financial years.
— Point 4 must be completed by the Tenderer with Solvency ratio calculated as (Total equity/Total liabilities) x 100 and Profit ratio calculated as (Operating profit/Revenue) x 100.
It is described below which points of the ESPD part IV C must be completed by the Tenderer. Points not mentioned below should not be completed by the Tenderer. Please note that these points are to be completed in appendix A2 and minimum levels for suitability is clearly described in appendix A2.

Eligibility requirements: Must be registered in the relevant company register.

Award value: 30000000