Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-06-19
Buyer: Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Country: DK
Region: DK012
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35600000: Military aircraft, missiles and spacecraft | 35610000: Military aircraft | 35620000 | 35730000: Electronic warfare systems
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The purpose of this tender, has been to set up a number of framework agreements to supply the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) with Chaff and Flares cartridges.
This will sustain the operations of flying platforms of the RDAF, namely the F-35 JSF, F-16 Fighting Falcon, C-130J cargo aircraft and EH101 Merlin and MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
The Framework Agreements are divided into the following 6 lots:
1. Standard MTV Flares
2. Spectral Infrared (IR) Flares
3. Aerodynamic (Kinematic) Flares
6. Chaff
The following minimum requirements applies to the Chaff and Flares to be delivered under the Framework Agreements:
- All Chaffs and Flares offered must comply with STANAG 4687 or equivalent standard
- All Chaff and Flares offered must fit the ACMDS (Advanced Countermeasure Dispense System) and ALE 47 dispensing systems.
Procurement via the Framework Agreements will be via light tender procedures within each lot.
For a supplier on the specific lot of the Framework Agreement to qualify to be included in a light tender procedure, the supplier's Chaff or Flares on that lot must have been Operationally Approved by DALO and the RDAF for the flying platform that is being tendered with the light tendering procedure.
In order for Chaff and Flares to be operationally approved for a specific platform, the following minimum requirement will apply:
They shall have been tested at:
- NATO trial series named EMBOW or at other similar trials such as the LOW RIDER, WELSH RIDER, or
- trials supervised by DALO & RDAF, or
- trials supervised by a third party within the NATO community
The F-35 JSF is being implemented in the RDAF and chaffs and flares are at this point being procured via FMS (Foreign Military Sales). There is not a set time-frame for when procurement for the F-35 will start-up on this framework agreement.
Conversely, the F-16 fighter will be phased out during this framework agreement, meaning that the procurement for this platform will lessen during this framework agreement. 
The Descriptions for each Lot, will indicate which platforms will be tendered for it.
Available in the tender materials after pre-qualification.
Pursuant to section 7(2) of the Danish Consolidation (Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016, as amended) on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the following time-limits for filing a complaint apply:

1) Forty-five calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published.

2) Thirty calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity has notified the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision.

3) Six months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates and tenderers concerned, see section 2(2), or section 171(4) of the Public Procurement Act.

The complainant must inform the contracting entity of the complaint in writing not later than simultaneously with the lodging of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the standstill period, see section 3(1) or (2). In cases where the complaint was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1).

The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the Complaints Boards website.
The agreement is entered into by DALO. However, all divisions of the Danish Ministry of Defence, including all units of the Danish Defence subject to the command of the Chief of Defence, is entitled to use the agreement for procurement on the terms and conditions of the agreement.
LOT 1: Standard Magnesium/Teflon/Vitron (MTV) flare.
Purpose: to combat and divert heat-seeking missiles and training.
Dispense system: ACMDS, ALE 47.
Available: for fast jet, transport and rotary wing aircrafts aircraft.
Platforms tendered: F-35 JSF, F-16, C130J, EH101, MH-60R.


Winner: Blue Aerospace LLC
Number of bids: 5