Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-18
Buyer: Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organizations
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 2800000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2018-02-16
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
This contract concerns acquisition of Maintenance and Support to DALO's HP Test Platform. DALO's HP Test Platform includes software products from the Hewlett-Packard Suite, such as HP ALM used for managing test throughout the application delivery lifecycle. DALO's HP Test Platform includes the following software: HP QC Enterprise Integrator for SAP, HP QC Ent Site 5 CC Usr Pk SW, HP QC Ent Site USR SW, HP FT Site CC Usr ExistCust SW, HP ALM Site CC Usr SW E-LTU. To ensure a stable, secure and reliable platform, DALO wants to enter into this contract, which ensures Maintenance and Support on all current software products, cf. DALO's HP Test Platform. Furthermore, the contract includes the option to deliver scaling of Maintenance and Support for software products that are included in DALO's HP test platform.
DALO has the option to acquire scaling of Maintenance and Support for the software products included in the HP test platform. The option to deliver scaling includes maintenance and support for: 10 additional HP QC Enterprise Integrator for SAP, 10 additional HP QC Ent Site 5 CC Usr Pk SW, 10 additional HP QC Ent Site USR SW, 10 additional HP FT Site CC Usr ExistCust SW, 10 additional HP ALM Site CC Usr SW E-LTU.
The contract is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract would undermine the economies of scale obtainable by procuring one contract.
Reference is made to the tender documents regarding payment terms. Invoicing must be done in accordance with the applicable Danish legislation on public payments. At present, this is Danish consolidation act. no. 798 of June 2007 which requires electronic invoicing. Exact terms are stated in the contract.
No particular legal form is required. If the contract is awarded to a group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium), the participants shall undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.
The contract must be conducted in consideration of social responsibility (CSR) and it contains a labour clause, please see Annex 8 for further information.
The use of the ESPD is a precondition for participation in the procurement procedure, cf. § 148 of the Public Procurement Act. DALO shall require that the tenderer apply the ESPD as preliminary evidence that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds of exclusion stipulated in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act.
The tenderers and, if relevant, the participants in the group of entities and/or supporting entities, must use the electronic version of the ESPD. DALO has prepared an ESPD (an XML-file) available at ETHICS. DALO strongly encourages the tenderer to use this XML-file when completing the ESPD. The tenderer must upload the XML-file to this website https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/espd/welcome where the ESPD can be completed and later exported. No other versions than the EPSD must be used.
Prior to decision on award of the contract, DALO shall require that the tenderer to whom DALO intends to award the contract presents documentation for the information stated in the ESPD, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act.
DALO shall exclude a tenderer from participation in the procurement procedure, if the tenderer is subject to one of the compulsory grounds for exclusion in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act unless the tenderer has provided sufficient documentation that the tenderer is reliable in accordance with § 138 of the said Act. Please note that certain voluntary exclusion grounds in Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement have been made compulsory in § 136 of the said Act.
If the same legal entity is a part of or in any other way participates in several offers, e.g. submits his own offer and at the same time participates in a consortium which also submits an offer, the tenderers shall ensure that the same legal entity’s participation does not provide for opportunity for mutual coordination of their offers. DALO reserves the right to request the tenderers to establish and reassure DALO that the same legal entity’s participation does not threaten the transparency and distort competition between the tenderers.
DALO reserves the right – but is not obliged – to use the remedies provided for in Section 159(5) of the Danish Act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 – available at www.retsinformation.dk) if applications or offers do not fulfil the formalities of the tender documents.
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Danish Consolidation Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:
Complaints regarding public procurements and decisions subject to Chapter II or III of the Public Procurement Act, which does not concern a candidate not being invited to tender, must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:


Award value: 2800000