Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2020-03-23
Buyer: Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35710000: Command and control systems | 35720000: Intelligence and surveillance systems | 50334400
Submission deadline: 2020-04-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: “Would it be possible for DALO to distribute a model depicting the role of the VCS? Since there is very little information available and the tender documents aren‘t disclosed at this stage in the process, many questions arise. It is important for us to understand the span of the service being tendered. Can we assume, for instance, that all communication devices already exist, and that the VCS shall integrate the existing communication devices as described in the issued tender notification? Is it necessary for a vendor to understand battle management, or shall a vendor “only“ transport already existing IP communication and traffic as described?“
DALO has published the following answer to the question above via the eletronic tendering system, Digitale Udbud:
“The role of the VCS is described in section II.1.5) in the Contract Notice: the general role of the VCS is to facilitate voice communication for ground operational centers and other ground based operational entities as well as communication with airplanes and ships. Hence, the VCS will be used intensively and on a continual basis (24/7/365) by the Danish Defence, including and foremost the Royal Danish Navy in relation to maritime surface surveillance and the Royal Danish Air Force for air surveillance, air battle management and command and control. Consequently, the VCS will be used in connection to battle management and shall as a consequence hereof for instance be able to separate voice communication into two or more domains (including NATO SECRET).
As a function of the above mentioned, the VCS will be using DALO’s (the Danish Defence) own Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), including IP-WAN and cryptographic devices and a wide range of different types of radios, which includes HF, VHF, UHF and TETRA radios, cf. also section II.1.5) of the Contract Notice.
At this stage of the tender procedure, DALO will in order to answer the question not go into further details about the role of the VCS, as this among other things will require that DALO discloses classified information, hereunder in relation to battle management information and procedures. This will, together with further information with regards to the requirements for the VCS, be disclosed in the tender material, cf. also section VI.3) of the Contract Notice.“
Due to the QA referred to above, but foremost due to the outbreak of the COVID19 / Coronavirus and the deflected challenges this brings to the suppliers, DALO has decided to prolong the time limit for requests to participate until 21.4.2020, 13:00 o’clock (Danish local time). This is done in order to ensure that DALO will receive enough applications for participation and thus ensure efficient competition under the tender procedure.
“Would it be possible for DALO to distribute a model depicting the role of the VCS? Since there is very little information available and the tender documents aren‘t disclosed at this stage in the process, many questions arise. It is important for us to understand the span of the service being tendered. Can we assume, for instance, that all communication devices already exist, and that the VCS shall integrate the existing communication devices as described in the issued tender notification? Is it necessary for a vendor to understand battle management, or shall a vendor “only“ transport already existing IP communication and traffic as described?“
DALO has published the following answer to the question above via the eletronic tendering system, Digitale Udbud:
“The role of the VCS is described in section II.1.5) in the Contract Notice: the general role of the VCS is to facilitate voice communication for ground operational centers and other ground based operational entities as well as communication with airplanes and ships. Hence, the VCS will be used intensively and on a continual basis (24/7/365) by the Danish Defence, including and foremost the Royal Danish Navy in relation to maritime surface surveillance and the Royal Danish Air Force for air surveillance, air battle management and command and control. Consequently, the VCS will be used in connection to battle management and shall as a consequence hereof for instance be able to separate voice communication into two or more domains (including NATO SECRET).
As a function of the above mentioned, the VCS will be using DALO’s (the Danish Defence) own Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), including IP-WAN and cryptographic devices and a wide range of different types of radios, which includes HF, VHF, UHF and TETRA radios, cf. also section II.1.5) of the Contract Notice.
At this stage of the tender procedure, DALO will in order to answer the question not go into further details about the role of the VCS, as this among other things will require that DALO discloses classified information, hereunder in relation to battle management information and procedures. This will, together with further information with regards to the requirements for the VCS, be disclosed in the tender material, cf. also section VI.3) of the Contract Notice.“
Due to the QA referred to above, but foremost due to the outbreak of the COVID19 / Coronavirus and the deflected challenges this brings to the suppliers, DALO has decided to prolong the time limit for requests to participate until 21.4.2020, 13:00 o’clock (Danish local time). This is done in order to ensure that DALO will receive enough applications for participation and thus ensure efficient competition under the tender procedure.
“Would it be possible for DALO to distribute a model depicting the role of the VCS? Since there is very little information available and the tender documents aren‘t disclosed at this stage in the process, many questions arise. It is important for us to understand the span of the service being tendered. Can we assume, for instance, that all communication devices already exist, and that the VCS shall integrate the existing communication devices as described in the issued tender notification? Is it necessary for a vendor to understand battle management, or shall a vendor “only“ transport already existing IP communication and traffic as described?“
DALO has published the following answer to the question above via the eletronic tendering system, Digitale Udbud:
“The role of the VCS is described in section II.1.5) in the Contract Notice: the general role of the VCS is to facilitate voice communication for ground operational centers and other ground based operational entities as well as communication with airplanes and ships. Hence, the VCS will be used intensively and on a continual basis (24/7/365) by the Danish Defence, including and foremost the Royal Danish Navy in relation to maritime surface surveillance and the Royal Danish Air Force for air surveillance, air battle management and command and control. Consequently, the VCS will be used in connection to battle management and shall as a consequence hereof for instance be able to separate voice communication into two or more domains (including NATO SECRET).