Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-11-12
Buyer: Forsvarsministeriet Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelsen
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 31213300 | 31224800 | 31321200 | 31321210 | 31321600
Estimated value: 60000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2021-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Danish military is implementing a concept of operations that relies on the use of networked information and communications technologies to increase the agility and speed with which military units can plan and carry out missions.
As a part of this effort, the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) supports maintenance of legacy, ongoing and potential upcoming projects dealing with the installation of modern communications and information systems in vehicles, command installations, and other platforms of the Danish armed forces.
To provide cables and connection devices for these projects, DALO is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the assembly and supply of bespoke cable and electrical assemblies to be used on military platforms.
The contract includes both design, initial production, testing and series production of bespoke cable and electrical assemblies, and will include both bespoke cable and electrical assemblies that DALO already have the designs for as well as completely new bespoke cable and electrical assemblies, that the supplier will have to prepare new designs for.
The contract will include designs for a variety of different types of cable assemblies. Cable assemblies includes single and multi-core screened cables, coaxial cables, signal cables, video cables, shielded low voltage power cables, and fibre-optic cables.
The contract will also include designs for a variety of different types of electrical assemblies. Electrical assemblies includes signal and power distribution equipment, such as distribution boxes, patch boxes, breakout boxes.
When the contract concerns bespoke cable and electrical assemblies that DALO already have the designs for, DALO will provide the designs for these cable and electrical assemblies to the supplier for production.
All assemblies must be shielded to military specifications, and acceptable for use in harsh military environments.
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 invoicing to be done electronically. Exact terms will be 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 are required to undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.
Candidates are specifically made aware that it may be a condition precedent for signing the contract that the tenderer has entered into an Industrial Co-operation Contract with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen).
https://danishbusinessauthority.dk/sites/default/files/guidelines-for-industrial-coperation-in-denmark.pdf
Pursuant to the guidelines, industrial co-operation may be required, in so far as a concrete assessment shows that such cooperation is necessary in order to safe-guard essential Danish security interests. Such an assessment is currently being made in relation to the contract. Prequalified tenderers will be informed of the outcome.
The framework agreement must be conducted in consideration of corporate social responsibility and it contains a labour clause.
When submitting the offer (but not the request for participation/pre-qualification), the tenderer must submit a declaration stating that the tenderer (1) is not subject to any of the reasons for exclusion stated in art. 39(1) of the Defence and Security Directive (2009/81/EC) and (2) to which degree the tenderer has unpaid overdue debt in relation to tax, duties or social security contributions under Danish law or under the law of the country in which the tenderer is established. A template for the declaration will be provided with the procurement documents, and the tenderer is encouraged – but not obliged – to use it.

Eligibility requirements: Annual reports or excerpts hereof or other documentation stating the candidate‘s equity ratio (calculated by dividing the candidate’s equity with the candidate’s total assets (equity/total assets x 100) at the end of the last 3 financial years, to the extent such information is available.
The candidate must have had a positive equity ratio for each of the last 3 (three) financial years. The equity ratio is calculated by dividing the candidate‘s equity with the candidate‘s total assets (equity/total assets x 100). If the candidate is composed of a group of entities (e.g. consortium), including temporary joint ventures, the equity ratio is calculated by dividing the sum of all the participants’ equities with the sum of all the participants’ total assets (sum of equity/sum of total assets x 100) in each of the last 3 financial years available. If the candidate relies on the economic and financial standing of an entity or entities, the equity ratio is calculated by dividing the sum of the candidate’s and the entity or entities’ equity with the sum of the candidate’s and the entity or entities’ total assets (sum of equity/sum of total assets x 100) in each of the last 3 financial years available. Please note that a candidate may rely on the economic and financial standing of other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a sub supplier), irrespective of the legal nature of the relations between the candidate and the entity or entities on which the candidate relies.
A list of 5 (five) of the most important similar deliveries (references), cf. section II.1.5), carried out prior to the deadline for the request to participate. The deliveries (references) must altogether demonstrate the candidate‘s experience with coaxial cables, network cables, signal cables, video cables, fibre-optic cables and power cables for use on military platforms. Only the deliveries (references) delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate will be considered when assessing which candidate has documented the most relevant previous deliveries, cf. section IV.1.2). If the delivery in question is ongoing, it is only the part of the supplies delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate which will be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). Consequently, if a part of the supplies has not been delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate, this particular part will not be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). Therefore, it is important that the candidate/tenderer clearly states which part (e.g. with regard to size, value, quantity or volume) of an ongoing delivery (reference) that has been delivered. The list should preferably include a short description of each delivery. The description should clearly indicate which specific parts of the deliveries are similar to the products described in section II 1.5. An explanation of the candidates’ participation/role in the deliveries should also be included. In addition the description should contain information on the date the deliveries were made, the size/quantity/volume of the deliveries, the value of the deliveries, as well as the recipient of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but not necessary; if no country specific information is included, the candidate is asked to provide as much generic information as possible for the delivery). When specifying the date for the deliveries, the candidate should state the date for the commencement and completion of the deliveries. If this is not possible, e.g. because the delivery in question is performed on an ongoing basis according to a framework agreement, the description of the deliveries should nonetheless contain information on how the date is set. The list must contain a maximum of 5 (five) previous deliveries, whether the candidate is one entity, composed of a group of entities (e.g. consortium), including temporary joint ventures, or relies on the technical and professional capacity of other entities. Deliveries (references) can consist of a single delivery or a series of deliveries to the same costumer. If the list contains more than 5 (five), DALO will only consider the first 5 (five) deliveries on the list. Deliveries beyond that will be disregarded. Candidates shall also provide certificates of accredited quality management systems with their application for prequalification. Furthermore candidates shall provide samples of worker accreditation certificates with their application for prequalification. Please note that a candidate may rely on the technical and professional capacity of other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a sub supplier), irrespective of the legal nature of the relations between the candidate and the entity or entities on which the candidate relies. Accreditation to ISO 9001 or equivalent and worker accreditation to IPC/WHMA-A-620 of the staff responsible for the production of the cables and electronic assemblies is a prerequisite for participation.
A list of 5 (five) of the most important similar deliveries (references), cf. section II.1.5), carried out prior to the deadline for the request to participate. The deliveries (references) must altogether demonstrate the candidate‘s experience with coaxial cables, network cables, signal cables, video cables, fibre-optic cables and power cables for use on military platforms. Only the deliveries (references) delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate will be considered when assessing which candidate has documented the most relevant previous deliveries, cf. section IV.1.2). If the delivery in question is ongoing, it is only the part of the supplies delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate which will be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). Consequently, if a part of the supplies has not been delivered at the time of the deadline for the request to participate, this particular part will not be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). Therefore, it is important that the candidate/tenderer clearly states which part (e.g. with regard to size, value, quantity or volume) of an ongoing delivery (reference) that has been delivered. The list should preferably include a short description of each delivery. The description should clearly indicate which specific parts of the deliveries are similar to the products described in section II 1.5. An explanation of the candidates’ participation/role in the deliveries should also be included. In addition the description should contain information on the date the deliveries were made, the size/quantity/volume of the deliveries, the value of the deliveries, as well as the recipient of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but not necessary; if no country specific information is included, the candidate is asked to provide as much generic information as possible for the delivery). When specifying the date for the deliveries, the candidate should state the date for the commencement and completion of the deliveries. If this is not possible, e.g. because the delivery in question is performed on an ongoing basis according to a framework agreement, the description of the deliveries should nonetheless contain information on how the date is set. The list must contain a maximum of 5 (five) previous deliveries, whether the candidate is one entity, composed of a group of entities (e.g. consortium), including temporary joint ventures, or relies on the technical and professional capacity of other entities. Deliveries (references) can consist of a single delivery or a series of deliveries to the same costumer. If the list contains more than 5 (five), DALO will only consider the first 5 (five) deliveries on the list. Deliveries beyond that will be disregarded. Candidates shall also provide certificates of accredited quality management systems with their application for prequalification. Furthermore candidates shall provide samples of worker accreditation certificates with their application for prequalification. Please note that a candidate may rely on the technical and professional capacity of other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a sub supplier), irrespective of the legal nature of the relations between the candidate and the entity or entities on which the candidate relies.
Accreditation to ISO 9001 or equivalent and worker accreditation to IPC/WHMA-A-620 of the staff responsible for the production of the cables and electronic assemblies is a prerequisite for participation.

Award value: 60000000