Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-12-05
Buyer: Aarhus Universitet
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 18500000 DKK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Competitive Procedure with Negotiation Regarding Delivery and Implementation of a Learning Management System at Aarhus University
Aarhus University has an ambitious goal to create better degree programmes by making better use of possibilities for increased learning outcome, which the newest learning technologies pave the way for. In this context, the purchase of a visionary and future-oriented learning management system plays a decisive role as the technological framework for teaching activities.
A solution must include a learning management system fulfilling both the functional and non-functional requirements set out in the material. Furthermore, the solution must include an implementation plan fulfilling both requirements to migration and implementation of the solution such as this is described in the material. The organizational implementation is not included in the solution. Furthermore, the solution must include operation,support and maintenance in the contract period.
During the competitive procedure in the negotiation phase, initial tenders are submitted by tenderers. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract based on an initial tender.
If the contracting authority does not award the contract based on an initial tender, the selected tenderers who have submitted initial tenders will be invited to negotiate.the contracting authority will decide, whether negotiations will be conducted via a written or an oral procedure. As a general rule, one negotiation round is held, after which the contracting authority requests a final tender. The contracting authority reserves the right to hold two (2) rounds.
It is also a possibility to, after the first individual negotiation meeting with all tenderers, conduct further negotiations to eliminate tenderers — a shortlisting procedure.
Remuneration for participation in the negotiations will not be paid. Each tenderer's tendered solution will be negotiated to provide a solution that best meets the contracting authority’s needs and wishes.
The contract will not be divided into lots, as the contracting authority requires one total solution.
Appeals regarding the award of the contract must be received by the Complaints Board for Public Procurement 45 days from the day following date of the publication of the contracting authority's notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting authority has entered into a contract.
The contracting authority must hold a mandatory standstill period of 10 or 15 calendar days from the day following the day on which the contracting authority forwarded a notice to the tenderers regarding the contract award.
If the notification has been made by electronic means (e-mail), the contracting authority shall at the earliest enter into a contract after the expiry of a standstill period of 10 calendar days.
If the notification has been sent by email, the contracting authority shall at the earliest enter into the contract after 15 calendar days.
If the appeal is received by the Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of the standstill period, the appeal will automatically have temporary suspensive effect until the Complaints Board for Public Procurement has taken a decision on whether the appeal should have suspensive effect or not.
At the latest concurrently with submission of an appeal to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must inform the contracting authority of the alleged infringement, and whether the appeal is to be referred to the Board.


Winner: D2L
Award value: 18500000
Number of bids: 3