Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-11-05
Buyer: Forsvarsministeriet Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelsen
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60400000: Air transport services | 60420000: Non-scheduled air transport services | 60423000
Estimated value: 450077549.43 DKK
Award criteria: Quality, Price

Technical requirements: Quality
Price
The Danish Defence, Joint Movement and Transportation Organisation (JMTO) is headquartered in Denmark, however the transport services are to be provided worldwide.
The Danish Acquisition and Logistics organisation (DALO) is expecting to enter into a framework agreement that meets the Danish Defence’s demand for worldwide transport solutions of all types of military and non-military equipment, materials, commodities and personnel within all transport modalities, e.g. overland transport, air transport, sea transport including multi-modal transports.
The Danish Defence has its own capacities within all modalities, however the Danish Defence’s demand for transports supersedes its own transport capacities and therefore The Danish Defence needs to acquire additional civilian auxiliary transport services.
The overall objective and purpose of this framework agreement is to provide DALO and the Danish Defence with access to civilian transport capacities and other services related to transports.
With this Agreement, DALO wants to establish a strategic partnership with the supplier. The strategic partnership means a close collaboration between the supplier and the Danish Defence in the process of planning, optimisation and execution of transport solutions including a follow up and lessons learned for continuous improvement of future transport solutions.
The main service under the Agreement is the delivery of general and multimodal transport solutions, where the supplier shall deliver all types of transport of personnel, military working dogs (escorted by personnel), military equipment (weapons, ammunitions and dangerous goods), non-military equipment, odd-size equipment, heavy equipment, containers, vehicles, classified and sensitive equipment, temperature sensitive goods, materials and commodities in Denmark and worldwide. The transport can vary in size and range from small packages to part and/or full loads.
The supplier shall also assist with contingency planning. Contingency planning is understood as planning of executable transport solutions, which can be implemented at short notice in the event that a Danish Defence unit, that is ‘on readiness’ (meaning ready to be deployed with short notice), suddenly must deploy. During a readiness period on short notice, the supplier might be required to assure and guarantee that the transport capacity is available to the Danish Defence, so that the unit can be deployed within the short notice stipulated in the contingency plan.
The types of transport tasks supported are transports to and from national and international missions, military exercises, humanitarian disasters, aid and relief and support for allied nations, however the list is not exhaustive. The tasks can include transport in high risk areas, e.g. areas of war or war-like conditions, areas of high crime, areas affected by natural disasters or areas of extreme weather conditions.
The Agreement shall support transports worldwide, however DALO has identified regions/areas that historically have been and foreseeably will have significant activity. The regions are the North Atlantic, Europe, Africa, Middle East and North America. Please note that within the regions there will be specific requirements related to modes of transportation. Currently the Danish Defence has a significant focus on the North Atlantic (Arctic area) and transportation within this area requires amongst other things a specific type of aircraft (Short Take-off and Landing).
Besides the above-mentioned transport solutions, the Agreement also covers various handling services and general support and counselling services related to the above mentioned transport solutions, e.g. provide access to commercial handling equipment, assistance with customs clearance and other tasks related to customs, provide lashing material for all modalities, 24/7 hot-line support, logistic support, e.g. provide facilities such as offices, temporary storage solutions, etc.
The Agreement is entered into by DALO. However, all divisions of the Danish Ministry of Defence, including all divisions of the Danish Defence which are subject to the command of the Chief of Defence shall be entitled to use the Agreement for the purchase of transport solutions on the terms and conditions of the Agreement. The practical day to day handling, administration and contact with the supplier in relations to the Agreement will be conducted by the Joint Movement and Transportation Organisation (JMTO) — a unit responsible for planning, organising and executing transport solutions for all units within the Danish Defence.
Furthermore, the Danish Defence is a member of the Movement Coordination Center Europe (MCCE); a multi-national organisation that coordinates and optimises strategic transport on behalf of its 28 members (within EU and NATO). The Danish Defence is an active participant offering transport support to our allied nations through the MCCE and this service shall be supported by this Agreement. Denmark has an international obligation to support allied nations during their stay in and/or transit through Denmark, as well as logistical support and coordination in regard to port operations understood as ports related to rail, ocean, air and trucking (Host Nation Support). Within this agreement the supplier shall support DALO with the fulfillment of this obligation.
The framework agreement will be entered into with three suppliers. After the commencement of the framework agreement the placing of orders will be based on a cascade principle meaning that the supplier who offered the most economically advantageous tender at the tender stage (Supplier No 1) will always be given the opportunity to complete the Services and the specific orders before the other suppliers (Supplier no. 2 and Supplier no. 3), who offered the second and third most economically advantageous tender. Only in cases where Supplier No 1 is not capable of completing an order, Supplier No 2 will be given the opportunity to complete an order. Only in cases where Supplier no. 1 and no. 2 both are not capable of completing the order Supplier no. 3 will be given the opportunity to complete the order. The tender documents will contain further details.


Award value: 450077549.43
Number of bids: 5