Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-09
Buyer: The Ministry of Taxation
Country: DK
Region: Byen København
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48600000 | 48610000: Database systems | 48611000: Database software package | 48612000: Database-management system
Estimated value: 2000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2016-09-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Taxation has established an Implementation Center for Property Valuation (ICE) which has been tasked with developing a property valuation system. In connection with this work, ICE needs to undertake continuous data management. For this purpose, the Ministry of Taxation intends to acquire the right of use (e.g. via a contract covering 1 or more licences) for database software for data management in accordance with the information provided in this Contract Notice.
The database software shall be compatible with cloud infrastructure (IaaS), maybe with local physical disks instead of SAN like disks. Cloud infrastructure requires database software which is highly scalable and which can be used in connection with the distribution of capacity demand across clusters of machines and multiple data centers located in geographically dispersed locations.
This tender is conducted as an open procedure, cf. sections 56-57 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) no 1564 15.12.2015 (i.e. the Danish Implementation of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council). The time limit for receipt of tenders has been reduced in accordance with section 57 (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
General requirements for the database software will include horizontal scalability, high availability through a master-less design, easy configuration and compatibility with automatic deployment in the cloud. The estimated number of nodes is between 6 and 16 nodes (server instances). The database software shall be able to scale horizontally without special hardware or major reconfiguration to at least 50 nodes.
The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender which offers the best price-quality ratio in accordance with the specifications of the tender documents. Should the most economically advantageous tender include a licence price per node above 80 000 DKK, the contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the tender in accordance with the procurement rules.
This tender procedure is carried out through the use of an electronic tender system and tenders must be submitted electronically via the electronic tender system.
The electronic tender system is accessed via the URL in clause I.3) This tender is found in the section ‘Public RTFs’ which leads to the page ‘Ongoing Public Tenders’. To get access to the tender page and the tender documents the tenderer must be a registered user. If the tenderer is not already a registered user, the tenderer can register by selecting ‘New Supplier Registration’ on the login site. The tenderer may choose language on the log-in site before logging in or proceeding to the registration site. The choice of language at the login site defines the language within the system.
Any questions regarding the tender material during the preparation of the tender must be submitted via the electronic tender system. Any questions and answers during the preparation of the tender will be made available via the electronic tender system. Interested parties are encouraged to stay informed via the electronic tender system.
In the event of problems with the electronic tender system, please contact Technical Support at either mail: dksupport@eu-supply.com or by telephone on. (+45) 70 20 80 14.
At the time of submission of the tender, the tenderer shall complete and submit the ESPD, cf. section 148 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, as preliminary evidence in the tender regarding the absence of mandatory grounds for exclusion, cf. sections 135-136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The XML file required for generating the electronic ESPD (the eESPD) is available via the electronic tender system. If the tenderer is a consortium, the tenderer must submit an ESPD for all participants in the consortium. Please refer to the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's guidance paper regarding the ESPD.
The contracting authority is obliged to exclude a tenderer from participation in the tender if the tenderer is subject to the mandatory grounds for exclusion listed in sections 135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The tenderer shall indicate this information in the ESPD. Please note that some of the voluntary grounds for exclusion in Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council are mandatory grounds for exclusion in the Danish Public Procurement Act.
As evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion, cf. section 135(1) or (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the contracting authority requires the documentation referred to in section 153, cf. section 151(1) or (2).
If the tenderer is a consortium, the tenderer must submit documentation for each of the participating entities in the group.
In relation to point II.2.6), please note that the value represents an estimate of the expected contract.
In accordance with Act no 593 2.6.2016 (‘Lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud’, which can be downloaded from www.retsinformation.dk), the deadlines for submitting a complaint are the following:


Award value: 2000000