Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-21
Buyer: Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistic Organization
Country: DK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 35300000: Weapons, ammunition and associated parts | 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts | 35420000: Parts of military vehicles | 44530000
Estimated value: 10000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2017-11-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) is putting the acquisition of Weapon Brackets up for tender. The tender will be divided into 2 lots, including
DALO is looking for one primary Weapon Bracket to fit all weapons in all vehicles in the Danish Defence. DALO has no knowledge of one specific product that is able to suit all situations. DALO estimates that a single Weapon Bracket cannot cover more than 80 % of the demand for securing weapons in DALO vehicles
The Weapon Brackets and Weapon Bags shall secure the weapon in order to protect personnel from injury during hazardous operations in terms of a mine or Improvised Explosive Device (IED)-blast scenario. The Weapon Brackets and Weapon Bags shall be integrable inside as many of the following vehicles as possible (non prioritized order):
The award of the contract(s) — guidelines regarding lot 1: In order to cover a demand of Weapon Brackets as close to 100 % as possible, DALO will use a ‘requirement-model’ which implies signing more than one tenderer. During the 7 year period of the framework agreement DALO will use different Weapon Brackets from different suppliers in different vehicles based on objective and fair assessments as well as complying with the principles of proportionality, transparency and equality. The conditions will be described in the tender material.
As part of the evaluation of the offered equipment the Danish Defence will test the product for the verification of the claimed performance. The verification will be based on a field test and a crash test. The tests will be conducted in Oksboel. The framework agreement includes a sustainment agreement covering spare parts and technical support.
The award of the contract — guidelines regarding lot 2: DALO will only sign with one single operator.
Reference is made to the tender documents regarding payment terms. 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.
The framework agreement must be conducted in consideration of social responsibility and it contains a labour clause, please see Appendix B for further information. The Appendix will be available when the tender is published.
When submitting the offers (but not the request for participation), the tenderers must submit a solemn declaration stating 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 tender documents, and the tenderer is encouraged — but not obliged — to use it.
Be advised, that DALO shall exclude a tenderer which has unpaid overdue debt of  100 000 DKK or more to public authorities 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.
However, DALO may not exclude a tenderer which has provided sufficient documentation that the tenderer is reliable. DALO will decide whether the documentation is sufficient, hence the tenderer is considered reliable, based on the guidelines equal to the guidelines provided for in Section 138(1-4) of the Danish Act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — The Public Procurement Act.
A list of the most important similar deliveries (references), cf. section II.1.5) in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate, carried out within the past 2 (two) years prior to the deadline for the request to participate.
Only the deliveries (references) performed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate will be considered when assessing if the minimum requirement for suitability stated below is fulfilled. If the delivery in question is ongoing, it is only the part of the supplies performed and completed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate which will be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference).
The list should preferably include a short description of each delivery. The description of the deliveries should include a clear indication of which specific parts the deliveries are similar to the supplies, described in section II.1.5, in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate. The description should also including a description of the candidates participation/role in the performance of the deliveries. The description should also contain information on the date of the deliveries, the size and value of the deliveries, the recipients of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but not necessary; if no country specific information is included, the candidate should provide as much generic information as possible about 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.

Eligibility requirements: A list of the most important similar deliveries (references), cf. section II.1.5) in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate, carried out within the past 2 (two) years prior to the deadline for the request to participate. Only the deliveries (references) performed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate will be considered when assessing if the minimum requirement for suitability stated below is fulfilled. If the delivery in question is ongoing, it is only the part of the supplies performed and completed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate which will be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). The list should preferably include a short description of each delivery. The description of the deliveries should include a clear indication of which specific parts the deliveries are similar to the supplies, described in section II.1.5, in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate. The description should also including a description of the candidates participation/role in the performance of the deliveries. The description should also contain information on the date of the deliveries, the size and value of the deliveries, the recipients of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but not necessary; if no country specific information is included, the candidate should provide as much generic information as possible about 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. 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. The candidate must demonstrate experience with as a minimum one similar delivery within the past two (2) years prior to the deadline for the request to participate.
A list of the most important similar deliveries (references), cf. section II.1.5) in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate, carried out within the past 2 (two) years prior to the deadline for the request to participate. Only the deliveries (references) performed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate will be considered when assessing if the minimum requirement for suitability stated below is fulfilled. If the delivery in question is ongoing, it is only the part of the supplies performed and completed at the time of the deadline for the request to participate which will be included in the assessment of the delivery (reference). The list should preferably include a short description of each delivery. The description of the deliveries should include a clear indication of which specific parts the deliveries are similar to the supplies, described in section II.1.5, in regards to the lots which the candidate has requested to participate. The description should also including a description of the candidates participation/role in the performance of the deliveries. The description should also contain information on the date of the deliveries, the size and value of the deliveries, the recipients of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but not necessary; if no country specific information is included, the candidate should provide as much generic information as possible about 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. 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.
The candidate must demonstrate experience with as a minimum one similar delivery within the past two (2) years prior to the deadline for the request to participate.