Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-04-10
Buyer: Sund and Bælt Holding A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 64216200 | 64216210 | 66115000 | 66172000 | 66180000
Estimated value: 85000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2019-05-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender procedure concerns the award of contracts for delivery and operation of registration, payment and notification services for Danish road charging (eVignette). The contracts will concern delivery and operation of a registration and payment platform (responsive web application) together with notification services and international debt collection for evaders. Education/training and documentation as well as certain services related to support and maintenance of the system are included in the contracts.
Under Item II.2.4) the requested solution and services are further described, and the tender documents include a description of the project in further detail.
Sund and Bælt will implement different enforcement schemes in Denmark, among others time-based road user charging for all foreign passenger cars and vans in Denmark, which is to be operational in 2020. Common for the schemes are that registration and payment will be done using a responsive web application combined with notification services for users who do not follow the scheme rules. Customer services will be supplied by Sund and Bælt.
The objective is to do a tender for a contract of five (5) years covering delivery and operation of registration, payment and notification services including maintenance of supplied solution and services.
(iii) international debt collection, if evaders choose not to pay after notified about their violation.
As the tender comprises goods and services that can be clearly distinguished from each other and are subject to individual regulation, Sund and Bælt has for practical reasons divided the regulation of the goods and services acquired under the tender into 2 contracts:
It should be noted that amounts of transactions and notifications covered by the contracts are based on a qualified estimate made by the Contracting Authority based on foreign vehicle traffic data from the Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing combined with expected compliance behaviour of foreign vehicles visiting Denmark. Therefore, the contracting authority cannot guarantee a minimum amount of transactions and notifications during the contract period, nor a maximum limit to such.
The limitation of candidates invited to tender will take place after an evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant deliveries, see Section III.1.3), of the deliveries covered by the Contract, see the description in Sections II.1.4) and II.2.4).
The evaluation of the most relevant deliveries will be made on the basis of whether the references document experience with delivery of comparable, functionally and in terms of volume and services. Experience with registration, payment and notification for tolling schemes and/or time-based road user charging schemes (e-Vignette schemes) will also be considered positive.
Please note that any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities in the information submitted under Section III.1.3) may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited numbers of candidates.
Delivery and operation of registration and notification services for additional road user scheme, Low Emission Zones. Please fin more information in Annex 1.
Sund and Bælt Holding A/S has decided not to divide the contract into lots as this is expected to unduly increase the cost as well as the risk regarding the integration of the different deliveries (incl. software systems) under the contract.
The Contracting Authority is obliged to exclude an applicant/tenderer from participation in the tendering procedure if the tenderer is subject to the mandatory grounds for exclusion set out in ss.135 and 136 of the Procurement Act. The client will not apply optional grounds for exclusion; see s.137 of the procurement act. Information on exclusion grounds must be stated in the ESPD, Part III “exclusion grounds” in the following section:
— the entry regarding a conflict of interest due to the tenderer's participation in the procurement procedure,
— the entry regarding the tenderer's provision of advice or other involvement in the preparation of the procurement procedure,

Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority is obliged to exclude an applicant/tenderer from participation in the tendering procedure if the tenderer is subject to the mandatory grounds for exclusion set out in ss.135 and 136 of the Procurement Act. The client will not apply optional grounds for exclusion; see s.137 of the procurement act. Information on exclusion grounds must be stated in the ESPD, Part III “exclusion grounds” in the following section: — Part III.A: “Grounds relating to criminal convictions”, — Part III.B: “Grounds relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions”, — Part III.C: “Grounds relating to insolvency, conflicts of interests or professional misconduct”, — the entry regarding a conflict of interest due to the tenderer's participation in the procurement procedure, — the entry regarding the tenderer's provision of advice or other involvement in the preparation of the procurement procedure, — the entry regarding the tenderer's serious misrepresentation, withholding of information or ability to submit supporting documentation. Reference is furthermore made to the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's guide to the European single procurement document regarding the correct completion of the form. The Client reserves the right to initiate a “self-cleaning” procedure if relevant, see s.138 of the Procurement Act. According to § 144 of the said Act, an applicant may rely on the economic, financial and/or technical capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. An applicant who relies on the capacity of other entities shall ensure that the Contracting Authority receives the applicant’s own ESPD together with a separate ESPD with the relevant information for each of the entities that the applicant relies on. Finally when groups of entities, including temporary joint ventures, participate in the tender procedure together, each of the participating entities must complete a separate ESPD with the information required in Part II-IV. Prior to a decision on the award of the contract, documentation for the information stated in the ESPD must be produced, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act. At any stage of the tender procedure, Sund and Bælt Holding A/S further reserves the right to request an applicant/tenderer to submit documentation, if this is required to ensure that the procedure is conducted correctly.

Award value: 85000000