Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-07-06
Buyer: DSB
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72100000 | 72200000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72600000
Estimated value: 400000000 DKK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DSB wants to consolidate the procurement of IT consultants. DSB is therefore looking for an IT resource partner that can provide IT consultants in a single source setup. The scope of this tender is to enter into a framework agreement with one supplier, which can deliver consultants in the relevant categories at an hourly rate.
The primary service under the framework agreement is the delivering of consultants in the following categories via automated processes supported by a service organisation:
DSB will complete minimum one round of negotiation. As regards to section II.2.9) it should be noted that each candidate may only submit one application for pre-qualification.
Participation in the tendering procedure may only take place via the electronic tendering system used by DSB, see section I.3). For access to the procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user.
All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. DSB would prefer that questions regarding pre-qualification are submitted within 02 March 2020.
The candidate must as its application to participate in the tender submit an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circum-stances in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, cf. s.11 of Ministerial Order on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (‘Ministerial Order’). The ESPD document is to be completed directly in the electronic tendering system. See the address set out in section I.3).
For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating economic operator. A group of operators shall besides the ESPD documents submit a signed consortium declaration declaring that each operator in the consortium is jointly and severally liable, directly and unconditionally, to the contracting entity for any obligation in relation to the consortium‘s tender. The candidate is encouraged to use the template for consortium declaration, cf. Appendix H.
If the candidate relies on the capacity of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for each of the entities on which the candidate/tenderer relies. The candidate must prove that the necessary resources from the supporting entities will be made available to the candidate. The supporting entity/entities shall undertake joint and several liability to the contracting entity for any obligation made in the declaration. The candidate is encouraged to use the template for support declaration, cf. Appendix I.
The candidate will be excluded from participation in the tendering procedure if the candidate is subject to the compulsory grounds for exclusion set out in ss.135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, cf. s.10, para. (1) of Ministerial Order, unless the candidate has submitted sufficient documentation for its reliability cf. s.138 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, cf. s.10(1), para. (2) of the Danish Implementing Order (implementeringsbekendtgørelsen).
DSB intends to ask the applicants to provide documentation for their fulfillment of the circumstances set out in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, cf. s.11 of Ministerial Order after pre-qualification. The type of documentation depends of the documentation issued in the relevant country.
Before the decision to award the contract is made, the tenderer to whom DSB intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151 and 152(3), cf. section 11 of the Danish Implementing Order.
In the event of change of the tenderer, the provisions of s.147 of the Danish Public Procurement Act will apply in their entirety.
DSB may ask the candidate to supplement, specify or complete the application pursuant to Article 76, para. (4) of the Utilities Directive if the application does not comply with the formal requirements of the tender documents.
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:


Winner: ProData Consult
Award value: 400000000
Number of bids: 5