Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-06-17
Buyer: The Danish Defence and Logistic Organization (DALO)
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35410000: Armoured military vehicles | 35412000: Armoured fighting vehicles | 35412400 | 35412500 | 35420000: Parts of military vehicles
Estimated value: 1500000000 DKK
Award criteria: Cost, Performance, Future Development Potential and Quality Assurance

Technical requirements: Cost
Performance
Future Development Potential and Quality Assurance
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Hærens Kamp- og Ildstøttecenter (Army Combat and Fire Support Centre), Oksbøllejren, Grærup Havvej 2, 6840 Oksbøl, Denmark.
This contract award notice concerns DALO's award of framework agreements for the procurement of an 4 x 4 Armoured Patrol Vehicle (APV) system.
In addition to the APVs, the framework agreements will cover initial spare parts and documentation as well as sustainment services, training and additional spare parts for the APVs procured.
The tender procedure has been based on two agreements/contracts. DALO has on the basis of the tender procedure awarded 1) a framework agreement concerning the acquisition of the APVs, initial spare parts and documentation (the ‘Acquisition Contract’) and 2) a framework agreement concerning certain services and additional spare parts related to the APVs (the ‘Sustainment Contract’). The Acquisition Contract and Sustainment Contract are to be seen as a whole and have been awarded to the same supplier.
As described in section II.1.4) DALO has awarded 1) a framework agreement concerning the acquisition of the vehicles, initial spare parts and documentation (the ‘Acquisition Contract’) and 2) a framework agreement concerning certain services and additional spare parts related to the vehicles (the ‘Sustainment Contract’).
With regards to the Sustainment Contract, this framework agreement will have a duration of 15 years with a possibility for renewal twice, each for an additional 5 years (15 + 5 + 5). DALO has determined that such a duration is justified based on the following grounds in particular:
The APVs are expected to have a life span of approximately 15 years (and potentially even longer). DALO therefore has a need for sustainment that exceeds 7 years.
Due to the numbers of APVs to be delivered — as well as the expected development costs associated with the requirements concerning the level of APV protection — both the Acquisition Contract and the Sustainment Contract represents a very large investment for the supplier. This creates the need for a longer write-off period than usual which also motivates a contract period exceeding 7 years.
Furthermore, a great deal of knowledge and experience will be gathered throughout the contract period, in particular in relation to continued developments concerning the APV. The need to minimize the technical and logistical difficulties that a change of supplier will result in also supports the need for a contract period longer than 7 years.
In addition, only spare parts for the APVs that are deemed by DALO to be critical for the use of the APVs in terms of weapon-, road- and personnel/material safety will be included in the full duration of the Sustainment Contract. All other spare parts will only be included in the Sustainment Contract for a period of 7 years after which they will be procured via a new tender procedure.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Pursuant to Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement (act no. 492 of 12.5.2010 with subsequent amendments — available at www.retsinformation.dk ), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply: Complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, cf. § 171(2) of of the Danish act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk ) or § 7(1) of the Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision. Other complaints must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:
1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (with effect from the day following the publication date).


Number of bids: 2