Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-12-11
Buyer: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Country: DK
Region: DK012
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35622500 | 35622700 | 35711000 | 35712000
Estimated value: 2115606235 EUR
Award criteria: quality, cost

Technical requirements: The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has conducted a procurement procedure for the acquisition of a Surface Based Air and Missile Defence (SBAMD) capability. Reference is made to the Prior Information Notice published on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) the 29 May 2024 (publication no. 317139-2024) and the Direct Award Preannouncement published on TED the 19 September 2025 (publication no. 606235-2025). The procedure has been carried out in parallel with a separate procurement process for an interim SBAMD solution. 

To safeguard Denmark’s essential security interests, the procedure has been conducted pursuant to Article 346(1)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and is therefore not subject to the general EU public procurement rules. On 12 March 2025, DALO issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to a broad group of potential suppliers. This group included commercial suppliers identified through the market analysis conducted in connection with the procurement for a permanent solution, as well as a number of potential government-to-government (GtG) partners. During the process, DALO received a total of six proposals, all of which have been evaluated. A political-level decision on the procurement has been taken on the basis of the evaluation results. The decision has been made based on an overall assessment taking into account military, strategic and economic considerations. 

As stated in the Direct Award Preannouncement published on TED the 19 September 2025 (publication no. 606235-2025), DALO intended to conclude contracts with four suppliers MBDA France SAS through Direction générale de l'Armement (DGA), Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG through European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS and Eurosam GIE through Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR).

This notice concerns only the conclusion of the contract with Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG through European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI).
DALO has entered into an agreement with Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG for the procurement of IRIS-T SLM through European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI).

The quantity of the system is listed as four piece; however, the system comprises of various components. The duration is indicated as "unlimited" in the section "Duration" because the contract will remain in effect until all deliveries have been completed.
The tenders have been evaluated based on the following three evaluation criteria without weighting: Strategic considerations, Military considerations and cost.
DALO has followed the procedure of section 4 of the Danish Consolidation (Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016, as amended) and published prior to entering the contract. 

Pursuant to section 7(3) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, in the cases where a contracting entity has followed the procedure in section 4, a complaint that the contracting entity has concluded a contract without a prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union must be lodged with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 30 calendar days calculated from the date after the date when the contracting entity has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, provided that the notice includes the reasons for the contracting entity’s decision to award the contract without a prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The complainant must inform the contracting entity of the complaint in writing not later than simultaneously with the lodging of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the period of 10 calendar days stated in section 4(1), paragraph (2). In cases where the complaint was not lodged within the period mentioned, the complainant must furthermore indicate whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1).

The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the Complaints Boards website.


Winner: Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG
Award value: 2115606235
Number of bids: 6