Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-03-15
Buyer: Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse
Country: DK
Region: DANMARK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 35120000: Surveillance and security systems | 35700000: Military electronic systems | 35720000: Intelligence and surveillance systems
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This notice concerns the establishment of a framework agreement regarding the acquisition of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV). The framework agreement will have a duration of 7 years.
The UGV capacity is used by the Danish forces to obtain intelligence of enemy activities in unobserved closed areas such as urban areas, buildings, ships etc. when deployed on missions. The UGV shall be a moving platform with one or multiple sensors which shall make the operator able to indentify armed enemies, booby traps etc. in both daylight and in complete darkness. The UGV shall be controlled and operated by a HMI (Human Machine Interface). As the UGV capacity is deployed on missions, high durability is required and the UGV shall be able to withstand drops on hard surfaces such as concrete and pavement without losing functionality. In order to ensure successful operations, the UGV shall in addition be small, have a high mobility and be subject to a maximum weight of 3,5 kg as one soldier shall be able to throw it upwards, through open windows into buildings, over walls etc. The UGV shall be a MOTS (Military Off-The-Shelf) product previously delivered to a NATO country. The framework agreement also covers spare parts, education, repair and documentation. The purchaser is using Mercell Sourcing Services for this tender (http://permalink.mercell.com/64703569.aspx )
The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) has decided to terminate the tender for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Capacity without an award. The reason for the termination is that DALO has not received sufficient conditional offers in order to ensure competition.
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, 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, provided that the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
4) 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has published a notice concerning his decision to uphold the contract, cf. the principle in § 185(2) of the Danish act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk ).
The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to The Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement. If the complaint has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect, cf. § 12(1) of the said act.
The The Complaints Board for Public Procurement's own guidance note concerning complaints is available at the internet address stated in section VI.4.1.