Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-12-13
Buyer: A/S Storebælt
Country: DK
Region: Sjælland
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34144210: Road-sweeping vehicles
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The vehicles will be part of the emergency preparedness system on the road connection between Fyn and Zealand in Denmark.
The vehicles are to be used in emergency incidents on road. It is important to take into account the harsh salty and windy environment which the vehicles must be designed to cope with.
The vehicles must be equipped and registered for emergency response with blue lights and sirens in operation and for normal road use.
The vehicles must be supplied complete with fixtures such as pump and nozzles whilst loose items will be transferred from existing vehicles.
The vehicles must be CE-approved and delivered registered for use on the road as an emergency vehicle.
Each vehicle shall have a maximum total weight of 24,000 kg. The specific details of this requirement are set out in the tender material (the technical specifications).
A/S Storebælt has decided not to divide the contract into lots as this would unduly increase the cost and as the tender is limited to two similar types of vehicles.
A/S Storebælt has decided to terminate the tender procedure for the acquisition of one fire engine vehicle and one water carrier vehicle without an award of the contract.
The reason for the termination is that A/S Storebælt finds that there is not sufficient competition in relation to the tender. Thus, A/S Storebælt has only received one tender and the offered price was 43 pct. higher than what A/S Storebælt initially estimated the acquisition.
A/S Storebælt will evaluate its options and the possibility of a new tender procedure for the fire engine vehicles. If A/S Storebælt decides to commence a new tender procedure, A/S Storebælt will adjust the minimum levels of standards required regarding technical and professional ability with the purpose of attracting more candidates to the tender and to get a price closer to the estimate.
Pursuant to Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement (act no. 492 of 12.5.2010 with subsequent amendments — available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:
Complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, cf. § 171(2) of the Danish act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk) or § 2(1) of the Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (with effect from the day following the publication date).
2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has informed the tenderers in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
3) 6 months starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved that the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Act on Public Procurement, provided that the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.