Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-05-30
Buyer: Udenrigsministeriet
Country: DK
Region: DK011
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48170000 | 48421000 | 72311000: Computer tabulation services | 72314000: Data collection and collation services | 75130000
Estimated value: 22500000 EUR
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: On 30 April 2024, the contracting entity submitted contract notice 258498-2024 for  "Global outsourcing agreement - Tender for global outsourcing of receipt of applications for visa and residence/work permits (1)". The contracting entity has subsequently become aware of an error in the tender material. The contracting entity has on that basis decided to cancel the tendering procedure. 

The errors will be corrected and a new tendering procedure will be published.
On 30 April 2024, the contracting authority submitted contract notice 258498-2024 for "Global outsourcing agreement - Tender for global outsourcing of receipt of applications for visa and residence/work permits (1)" with the below description. 

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is inviting tenderers for the provision of services related to the receipt and completeness control of short-term visa and residence permit applications on behalf of Danish foreign missions. The estimated total number of applications is 150 000 per year.
This is the address of the MFA. The Supplier shall deliver the services from specific locations stated in the tender material.
Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk), the following deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints:

1) 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published.

2) 30 calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity has notified the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision. 

3) 6 months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates and tenderers concerned, see section 2(2) of the Act and section 171(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. 

4) 20 calendar days calculated from the day after the contracting entity has submitted notification of its decision, see section 185(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

Not later than at the time of lodging a complaint with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant must notify the contracting entity in writing that a complaint has been lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the complaint was lodged during the standstill period, see section 6(4) of the Act. In cases where the complaint was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1) of the Act. 

The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is klfu@naevneneshus.dk.

The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/
The Customer may demand an extension of the agreement by one year on identical terms


Winner: Mercell Holding ASA
Number of bids: 0