Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-21
Buyer: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60424120
Submission deadline: 2020-11-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Every year GEUS carries out fieldwork during spring and summer making use of ad-hoc and full charter helicopter services. GEUS mainly uses smaller single-engine helicopters and work often takes place in unmapped areas. On occasion GEUS organizes geological field trips for professionals and VIP visitors. GEUS expects a continued strong commitment in Greenland for the years to come, a commitment that implies the use of helicopter services in all parts of Greenland. Over a period of 4 years (2016-2019) the need of helicopter assistance for GEUS operations has varied from 181 to 247.5 hours with an average of 219 hours per year as both full charter and ad-hoc operations. GEUS expects similar fieldwork activities for the years to come. To ensure the supply of helicopter services for such fieldwork activities GEUS wishes to enter a framework agreement with one or more experienced service providers that can provide GEUS with helicopter services in Greenland for a 4-year period.
Optional extension of the duration of the framework agreement by 12 months is intended to create the basis for greater commercial interest in the agreement, since a prolongation in excess of 48 months will afford a longer period for depreciation of investments for the providing part and an overall more cost-beneficial settlement for the purchasing part, cf. clause i IV.1.3).
— numerous take-offs and landings from unprepared sites in the field, most often in poorly mapped areas;
— mobilization and move(s) of drilling rig and equipment associated with a drilling camp, including extensive long-line sling operations;
— geological reconnaissance, geological sampling, grid sampling, photography, etc. including numerous brief ground-stops for sample collection, etcetera,
— stereo-photography or photogrammetric flying (should be undertaken with the sliding door open, conditions permitting), or remote sensing acquisition, possibly with hyperspectral camera mounted outside of helicopter (e.g. on a ‘filming-pole’) with option to draw power from helicopter;
Optional extension of the duration of the framework agreement by 12 months is intended to create the basis for greater commercial interest in the agreement, since a prolongation in excess of 48 months will afford a longer period for depreciation of investments for the providing part and an overall more cost-beneficial settlement for the purchasing part, cf. clause i IV.1.3).
The tenderer must submit a completed version of the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with the following information:
1) The tender must submit information on the solvency ratio (equity to total assets ratio) in each of the last 3 audited financial years available. If the tenderer is established within the last 3 years, the tenderer must submit information of the solvency ratio in the years, they have been established. There is differentiated minimums requirements in this situation.
It is a minimum requirement that the tenderer has achieved a positive average solvency ratio in the last 3 audited financial years. If the tenderer only has been established in the last 2 financial years, the tenderer must have achieved an average solvency ratio of 5 % in the last 2 audited financial years. If the tenderer only has been established in the last financial year, the tenderer must have achieved an solvency ratio of 7,5 % in the last audited financial year.
Further it is a minimum requirement that the tenderer has a valid professional risk indemnity insurance.
The tenderer must submit a completed version of the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with the following information:
A list of the applicant’s most important former deliveries within the last 3 years (maximum of 5 references) which are comparable with the present procurement, cf. section II.1.4) and II.2.4). The list should preferably include the following information on each reference:
The tender must with a minimum of 3 references demonstrate experience with operations similar to the requested type of helicopter services under similar conditions as described in section II.2.4) for respectively full charter operations and ad-hoc operations performed within the last 3 years.
In accordance with the Danish Act on Public Procurement (Act No 1564 of 15 December 2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk) § 148, the customer must demand that the tenderer completes the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) as preliminary evidence in replacement of certificates issued by public authorities or third parties confirming that the tenderer fulfills the requirements listed in § 148(1) of the said Act.