Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-02
Buyer: Vækstfonden (The Danish Growth Fund )
Country: DK
Region: Hovedstaden
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72230000: Custom software development services | 72240000
Submission deadline: 2016-03-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Vækstfonden is a state investment fund that contributes to the creation of new companies by providing capital and expertise. Since 1992, Vækstfonden has together with private investors co-financed growth in more than 5 400 Danish companies with a total commitment of more than  15 000 000 000 DKK. Vækstfonden is interested in acquiring a new system that can serve as a Private Equity Software Solution. The System is to be used by 20 employees in Vækstfonden as investor solution for the Venture department and as fund management solution for the Fund of Funds department. Vækstfonden expects to optimize business processes by implementing a solution with a user friendly interface that is flexible for both entering data, reporting, export and integration.
The System must support equity and loans to venture companies and funds and provide full overview of commitments and investments. Relations between investors, funds and portfolio companies are important information to be stored and contribute to overview. Rights and obligations both from Vækstfonden and other parties (in the form of equity, loans, options, warrants, obligations to invest, and other instruments) shall be handled by the System.
— Configuration and development of customer specific modifications in order to meet the business requirements from Vækstfonden;
The System must be implemented with integration to other systems in the IT portfolio of Vækstfonden. This includes:
In addition the Agreement must include support and maintenance including new version/releases of standard software, service, support and functional changes to implemented solution.
The contract will be indefinitely. The above mentioned duration in months (120) is an expression of the period the estimated value is calculated on behalf and which is also used in the price evaluation.
In case that more than 5 applicants satisfy the contracting entity's requirements of qualification, the contracting entity shall select 5 applicants which are the most qualified applicants to fulfil the assignments in question. The selection must be made based on an assessment of the most relevant references, cf. clause III.2.3), no 7, compared to the assignment of the public procedure, cf. clause II.1.5). In connection with the evaluation of a company's qualifications to perform the assignment, the contracting entity will primarily emphasize references regarding and in prioritized order: 1) Delivery and implementation of a private equity software solution in an organization similar to Vækstfonden, 2) Support and maintenance of Private Equity Software solutions and 3) Hosting and operations. Secondarily the contracting entity emphasizes references that demonstrates a broad experience with the 3 types of demanded references.
There is no divided lots in the contract because of the contracts content and purpose. The contract have a relatively low estimated value and the services cannot meaningfully be divided into lots.
The applicant must enclose a completed form of the European Single Procurement Document (hereafter ‘ESPD’) paragraph II og III. The ESPD must be filled out as described in the instruction at the start of the ESPD with the required information as described below. The ESPD is available at www.vf.dk
1) The applicants' name, CVR no. (company registration no.), address and name, telephone number and email address of the contact person at the applicant. The ESPD part II.A) MUST be used.
2) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudsloven § 135, subsection 1-2 og §138. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.A concerning grounds relation to criminal convictions.
3) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudslovens § 135, stk. 3-4. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.B concerning grounds relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions.
4) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudslovens § 136-137, subsection 1-6. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.C concerning grounds relating to insolvency, conflicts of interest or professional misconduct.
If the request for prequalification is submitted by a consortium subcontractor or another type of consolidation of companies, the information in the ESPD shall be stated for each individual company.

Eligibility requirements: The applicant must enclose a completed form of the European Single Procurement Document (hereafter ‘ESPD’) paragraph II og III. The ESPD must be filled out as described in the instruction at the start of the ESPD with the required information as described below. The ESPD is available at www.vf.dk The ESPD must contain the following information: 1) The applicants' name, CVR no. (company registration no.), address and name, telephone number and email address of the contact person at the applicant. The ESPD part II.A) MUST be used. 2) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudsloven § 135, subsection 1-2 og §138. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.A concerning grounds relation to criminal convictions. 3) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudslovens § 135, stk. 3-4. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.B concerning grounds relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions. 4) The applicant is not in a situation corresponding to the grounds for exclusion. cf. udbudslovens § 136-137, subsection 1-6. The applicant MUST use the ESPD part III.C concerning grounds relating to insolvency, conflicts of interest or professional misconduct. If the request for prequalification is submitted by a consortium subcontractor or another type of consolidation of companies, the information in the ESPD shall be stated for each individual company.