Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-11-17
Buyer: Danske Licens Spil A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 66000000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 58000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2021-12-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Contract regarding acquiring services, including related and complementary services, and including options regarding acquiring services for the activities related to Tivoli Casino, Swush and Klasselotteriet. The contract also includes acquiring services for new business activities in the future including those who offspring from new brands and from the Contracting Authority’s subsidiaries. The contract is not divided into subcontracts, as significant economies of scale are expected by consolidating the activities. The time indications in the tender material are stated based on the time zone of Denmark. The estimated value is an estimate of the costs and fees, including options, that are estimated to accrue during the seven years the contract may run. In the tender phase, 1-3 negotiation meetings are expected to take place. Participants will not receive remuneration for participating in the tender procedure.
In the tender phase, 1-3 negotiation meetings are expected to take place. Participants will not receive remuneration for participating in the tender. The services included in the contract are services such as Acquiring services, Compliance, Finance & reconciliation, Retail services, Ad-hoc consultancy and Additional related and complementary services. For a short high-level description please see section II.1.4).
3 applicants will be pre-qualified to submit initial tenders, if the contracting authority receives a request for pre-qualification from 3 suitable applicants. If the contracting authority receives a request for pre-qualification from more than 3 suitable applicants, the pre-qualification of the most suitable candidates will be based on which applicants document the most relevant references, based on the information in the references provided by the applicant in Part IV, C of the ESPD, “Technical and professional capacity”.  Each applicant may only submit up to three (3) references, regardless of whether the applicant e.g. chooses to rely on the capacity of others, or whether the applicant is an association e.g. a consortium. If more than 3 references are submitted by the applicant, only the three (3) first references will be included. The rest will be disregarded. Please see the description of the selection criteria in section III.1.3).
An  information meeting will be held on Friday, November 26 from 13:30-15:00, which will focus on the tender procedure and how to complete the ESPD.
The meeting can be accessed via the link in the invitation letter in the electronic tender management system (EU-Supply), which can be accessed via the link in section I.3).
As a minimum requirement, an equity is required of at least DKK 8,3 million in the most recent annual report/financial statement available. If the candidate relies on the capacities of other entities, the equity is to be calculated as the total equity of the operator and such other entities in the most recent annual report/financial statement available. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), the equity is calculated as the total equity of the operators in the most recent annual report/financial statement available. The information is to be stated in section IV.B of the ESPD.
Furthermore, as a minimum requirement, a total annual turnover of at least DKK 100 million is required in the most recent annual report/financial statement available. If the candidate relies on the capacities of other entities, the turnover is to be calculated as the total turnover of the candidate and such other entities in the most recent annual report/financial statement available. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), the turnover is calculated as the total turnover of the operators in the most recent annual report/ financial statement available. The information is to be stated in section IV.B of the ESPD.
In the evaluation of the relevance of the up to three (3) references regarding the delivery of acquiring services cf. II.2.4) of the contract notice, it is weighted positively:
1.	To which extend the acquiring services regarding Visa and Mastercard in the references together have cleared a large transaction volume (where a larger volume is preferred over a smaller volume)
2.	To which extend the acquiring services regarding Visa and Mastercard in the references together have cleared a large monetary amount (where a larger amount is preferred over a smaller amount)
3.	If one of the references contains acquiring services regarding Visa and Mastercard delivered to a gambling, betting or lottery company
Criteria1-3 reflects the priority of the selection criteria, which is used in the overall assessment of the references regarding the delivery of acquiring services, where criteria 1. is given the greatest importance, while criteria 3 is given the least importance. The evaluation of the acquiring references will be conducted as an overall assessment, where a score is given from 0-10, where 10 is best.
* Whether the reference includes deliveries of acquiring services to a recipient which is subject to EU regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation).
* Whether the reference includes deliveries of acquiring services to a recipient which is subject to the Money Laundering Directive (EU Directive 2015/849 on preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering or terrorist financing).
* The transaction volume regarding Visa and Mastercard cleared within the periode (from the start date to the end date).


Award value: 58000000