Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-12
Buyer: Danmarks Nationalbank
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72300000 | 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 72319000: Data supply services | 72321000
Estimated value: 7260000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-07-11
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: see section 135(1), para (2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
see section 135(1), para (1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
see section 135(1), para (5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
see section 135(1), para (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
see section 135(1), para (6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

Eligibility requirements: other
The candidate must submit the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with the following information: 
A list of the 5 most significant comparable services that the candidate has carried out in the latest 3 years before the expiry of the deadline for application. 
Only references relating to services carried out at the time of the deadline for application will be assessed in the evaluation of whether the minimum requirements regarding technical and professional capacity have been complied with, see below. Hence, in the case of an ongoing service provision reference, only the part of the services already performed at the time of the deadline for application will be included in the evaluation of the reference. 
Each reference is requested to include a brief description of the deliveries made. The description of the delivery should include a clear description of the services to which the delivery relates and the candidate’s role(s) in the performance of the delivery. The reference is furthermore requested to include the financial value of the delivery (amount), the period of delivery and the name of the customer (recipient). 
When indicating the period of the delivery, the candidate is requested to indicate the date of commencement and finalisation of the delivery. If this is not possible, for example if the tasks were performed on a continuous basis under a framework agreement, the candidate is asked to indicate how the date is specified. 
No more than 5 references may be stated, irrespective of whether the candidate is a single operator, whether the candidate relies on the technical capacity of other entities or is a group of operators (e.g. a consortium). Where more than 5 references are stated, only the most recent 5 references will be taken into account. Any additional references will be disregarded. If it is not possible to decide which references are the most recent 5 references, the references will be selected by drawing lots. 
In this procedure, the candidate may rely on the technical capacity of other operators to fulfil the suitability requirements. The operator(s) making its/their technical capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter of commitment, see further in the tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an attachment to the tender specifications (Appendix F).
If the candidate relies on the professional experience of other entities for the performance of specific parts of the services comprised by the contract, such specific parts of the services under the contract must be performed by the entity on which the candidate relies. 
The ESPD serves as provisional documentation justifying that the candidate fulfils the minimum suitability requirements in respect of technical and professional capacity. 
Before the award decision is made, the candidate to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must submit documentation that the information stated in the ESPD is accurate. 
No additional documentation of technical and professional capacity will be required from the candidate. However, the contracting entity reserves the right to contact the candidate, or the customer stated in the reference for verification of the information stated in the reference, including the dates of the reference indicated.

Minimum requirement: as a minimum requirement for participation, the candidate must provide documentation of at least one (1) reference for the delivery of ESG data to key entities in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors.
Criteria for selection among the suitable candidates. The shortlisting of candidates invited to tender (a maximum of four) will be based on an evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant deliveries, in relation to the main services put up for tender. 
The relevance assessment will be made on the basis of the extent to which the references, combined, document experience in the provision of services that are comparable to the main services put up for tender. 
In the evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant supplies, the contracting entity will award points to the candidates on a scale from 1-5 for each main service, based on the extent to which the references, combined, document relevant experience in providing the main services. On this basis, the candidate will be awarded a total score calculated as the average number of points awarded for the main services.
In the selection, the contracting entity will place particular emphasis on the following:
• 1) Experience with the delivery of ESG data (50%)
• 2) Experience with the delivery of an ESG screening tool (30%)
• 3) Experience with the delivery of ESG data to key entities in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors in different countries (20%)
The contract has incorporated the corporate social responsibility considerations, as appropriate, as laid down in the conventions on the basis of which the principles of the UN Global Compact are worded and as laid down in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.
Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk), the following deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints: 

Complaints of not having been selected must be submitted to the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of 20 calendar days, see section 7(1) of the Act, from the day after submission of notification to the candidates concerned of the identity of the successful tenderer where the notification is accompanied by an explanation of the grounds for the decision in accordance with section 2(1), para (1) of the Act and section 171(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. 

In other situations, complaints of award procedures, see section 7(2) of the Act, must be lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of: 

1) 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published.

2) 30 calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity has notified the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopening of competition, or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision. 

3) 6 months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates and tenderers concerned, see section 2(2) of the Act and section 171(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

4) 20 calendar days calculated from the day after the contracting entity has submitted notification of its decision, see section 185(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. 

Not later than at the time of lodging a complaint with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must notify the contracting entity in writing that a complaint has been lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the complaint was lodged during the standstill period, see section 6(4) of the Act. In cases where the complaint was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1) of the Act. 

The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is klfu@naevneneshus.dk. 

The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/.
The joint procurement intends to establish a two-supplier framework agreement for the delivery of ESG data under the lead of Danmarks Nationalbank. 

Danmarks Nationalbank will implement this EPCO joint procurement on its own behalf and for its own benefit, as well as for the benefit of the following institutions:
• The Eligible EPCO Members: members of EPCO which will be entitled to join the future framework agreement and benefit from its terms and conditions at all points during the contract validity, as detailed in Appendix I.
• The Potentially Participating EPCO Members (PEM(s)): From the list of institutions under Appendix I, some institutions that have already expressed a potential interest in the services are indicated in Appendix J.

The expression of interest by any Eligible EPCO Member to join the future framework agreement does not involve an obligation for any of those institutions to order the services within it. Only the effective ordering of services, by the conclusion of an order form between a participating Institution and the future contractor(s) will be binding on the individual Eligible EPCO Members.