Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-02-13
Buyer: The Danish National Police
Country: DK
Region: DK050
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35310000: Miscellaneous weapons | 35320000: Firearms | 35321000: Small arms
Estimated value: 170000000 DKK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The Danish National Police needs a new striker fired 9mm semi-automatic service pistol replacing its legacy 9mm service pistol. With this tender, the Danish National Police will acquire a turnkey COTS/MOTS solution comprising a 9mm service pistol in different variants along with all associated replacement parts, services and accessories, e.g. weapon holsters and weapon lights. The candidate must be able to deliver 4 types of service pistols, commonly referred to as: Full-size, Crossover/Mid-size, Compact, and Subcompact. It is required that the candidate can deliver the whole pistol range mentioned from the same manufacturer. The requirements for the specific variants will be further specified in the requirement specification. The Danish National Police expects to enter into a framework agreement with a total of up to 10 + 5 + 5 years’ duration. The Danish National Police expects to acquire a total of app. 13000 ea. pistols, replacing all legacy 9mm service pistols within a 4-5 year timeframe. An initial order of 7000 ea. pistols upon contract signature, and an implementation of app. 2000 ea. pistols per year thereafter is expected. Throughout the contract period further acquisitions of a number of pistols for service and maintenance is expected.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Pursuant to 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 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. § 7(1) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes an account of the reasons for the decision. Other complaints 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: 1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The time limit is calculated from the day after the publication date. 2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has notified the candidates in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system, provided that the notification includes an account of the rea-sons for the decision. 3) 6 months after the contracting authority has entered into
the framework agreement starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates and candidates involved, cf. § 2(2). The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to The Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement. If the complaint has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect, cf. § 12(1). Contact information for The Complaints Board for Public Procurement is stated in section VI.4.1). The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the website stated in section VI.4.1).
The Danish National Police has the option to extend the Framework Agreement on the same terms 2 times for up to 5 years each time, resulting in a total duration of maximum 20 years (10 + 5 + 5 years)


Winner: CT Solutions ApS
Award value: 170000000
Number of bids: 2