Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-11-18
Buyer: Nationalt Genom Center
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48180000 | 48822000: Computer servers
Submission deadline: 2022-12-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: WGS samples are sequenced at NGC’s sequencing facilities, followed by processing on NGC infrastructure. The whole genome sequencing analysis platform announced in this Tender (hereinafter referred to as “the solution”) will be used in the data processing part on NGC’s infrastructure. The users of the solution will be clinical academics from the Danish regional healthcare system, research scientists from Danish universities, and NGC’s bioinformaticians themselves. The users will log into the NGC HPC infrastructure wherefrom they will access the solution, and analyse data within the HPC infrastructure. The solution will not have internet access. The contract is not divided into lots.  The requirements for the contract are described in Appendix 1.
NGC was established to realise the National Strategy for Personalised Medicine 2017–2020. It is intended to ensure governance and coordination of the strategy’s initiatives at the national level. The Danish efforts within Personalised Medicine are to focus on the patients.  The vision of NGC is to create a foundation for the development of a more precise diagnosis, targeted treatment and strengthened research within the Danish healthcare system. The core mission of the NGC is to establish and operate a state-of-the-art and secure national infrastructure for personalised medicine in cooperation with the Regions and universities. To accomplish this, several patient groups with various diseases including cancer have been enrolled in a national effort to improve treatment through whole genome sequencing (WGS). WGS samples are sequenced at NGC’s sequencing facilities, followed by processing on NGC infrastructure. The whole genome sequencing analysis platform announced in this Tender (hereinafter referred to as “the solution”) will be used in the data processing part on NGC’s infrastructure. The users of the solution will be clinical academics from the Danish regional healthcare system, research scientists from Danish universities, and NGC’s bioinformaticians themselves. In the beginning we expect that only a few users will run on the platform. Gradually the number of users of the platform are expected to increase to a very rough estimate of around 10-20 different sites/groups in Denmark, with 2 – 4 users per site/group. We anticipate around a maximum of 30 concurrent users. These rough estimates are subject to change. The users will log into the NGC HPC infrastructure wherefrom they will access the solution, and analyse data within the HPC infrastructure. The solution will not have internet access. The contract is not divided into lots.  The requirements for the contract are described in Appendix 1.
It is described below which minimum levels for economic and financial suitability are applicable for this tender. The Tenderer must meet the following requirements:
It is described below which minimum levels for technical and professional suitability are applicable for this tender.
(Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, Section 1. Complaint regarding the award of contract: Complaint regarding the award of contract must be submitted no later than 45 calendar days from the date after the Contracting Authority has published a contract award notice in the European Union Official Journal informing that the Contracting Authority has awarded the contract, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, Section 2, No 1. Complaint regarding the award of a contract under a Framework Agreement with a reopening of the competition: complaint regarding the award of a contract under a Framework Agreement with a reopening of the competition must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days form the date after the Contracting Authority has notified the concerned tenderers that a contract has been awarded, if the notification includes the grounds for the decision, Cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, Section 2, No 2. Complaint regarding the award of a Framework Agreement: Complaint regarding the award of a Framework Agreement must be submitted no later than 6 months from the date after the Contracting Authority have notified the concerned candidates and tenderers that award of contract has happened, cf. Law Regarding the Complaints board (in Danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, Section 2, No 3. Complaint regarding direct award of contract: Complaint regarding the Contracting Authority’s award of contract without prior publication of a Contract Notice in the European Union Official Journal must be VI.4.4) submitted no later than 30 calendar days from the date after a contract award notice has been published by the Contracting Authority in the European Union Official Journaland that contract award notice includes the grounds for the decision to award the contract directly, cf. Law regarding Complaints board (in danish Klagenævnet for Udbud) § 7, Section 3. Compliant
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