Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-14
Buyer: TV2/Danmark A/S
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72260000: Software-related services | 72261000: Software support services | 72268000: Software supply services
Submission deadline: 2020-11-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of the tender is to seek a supplier to provide a subscription management and payment service which will cover all or a majority of TV 2's sales of live and on-demand delivery of video content to consumers of TV 2's digital service, TV 2 PLAY. The consumers are primarily located in Denmark.
Video is distributed over the infrastructure to a multi-platform end-user scenario supporting internet connected devices like computers, various mobile devices, gaming consoles, smart-TVs and other connected devices
The scope of the project is to establish a contract with a supplier to support TV 2's end-to-end Subscription Management and Payment Service needs.
Due to the high pace technology evolvement within the area of subscription management and payment services, TV 2 wishes to procure a standard solution, which will enable TV 2 to sell online streaming subscriptions for the years to come.
At present TV 2 PLAY subscriptions are managed in a proprietary solution developed by TV 2 Digital Development integrated with a third-party PSP (Payment Service Provider) and acquiring service.
The contract will have a duration of 3 years with the possibility for TV 2 to extend the contract for up to 2 times 1 year, which means that the contract can have a maximum duration of 5 years.
In the Mercell Tender Portal the candidate shall confirm that the candidate is not subject to the compulsory grounds for exclusion in section 135, subsections 1-3 and section 136 or the voluntary grounds for exclusion as provided for in section 137, subsection 1, paragraph 2 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. TV 2 makes no further requirements as to voluntary grounds for exclusion as provided for in section 137 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
TV 2 may not exclude a candidate which has provided sufficient documentation that the candidate is reliable, even if the candidate is subject to one or more of the grounds for exclusion stated in sections 135-137.
In the event TV 2 finds that the candidate is subject to one or more of the grounds for exclusion, TV 2 will notify the candidate hereof. TV 2 will then determine a suitable time limit for the candidate to document that the candidate is not (or is no longer) subject to the grounds for exclusion.
The candidate must document it's technical and professional ability by listing in the Mercell Tender Portal 3 references from ‘similar deliveries’.
In the context of this tender ‘similar deliveries’ shall mean that the references must each have more than half a million end-users and that the references must use both the candidate's subscription management and payment solutions. The delivered solutions must be in use at the time of request for participation.
If there are more than 3 candidates meeting the selection criteria TV 2 will limit the number of candidates TV 2 will invite to submit a tender. In such limitation TV 2 will in particular emphasize deliveries of subscription and payment models similar to the model TV 2 PLAY uses.

Eligibility requirements: In the Mercell Tender Portal the candidate shall confirm that the candidate is not subject to the compulsory grounds for exclusion in section 135, subsections 1-3 and section 136 or the voluntary grounds for exclusion as provided for in section 137, subsection 1, paragraph 2 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. TV 2 makes no further requirements as to voluntary grounds for exclusion as provided for in section 137 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. TV 2 may not exclude a candidate which has provided sufficient documentation that the candidate is reliable, even if the candidate is subject to one or more of the grounds for exclusion stated in sections 135-137. In the event TV 2 finds that the candidate is subject to one or more of the grounds for exclusion, TV 2 will notify the candidate hereof. TV 2 will then determine a suitable time limit for the candidate to document that the candidate is not (or is no longer) subject to the grounds for exclusion.