Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-13
Buyer: Aarhus Universitet
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 30000000 DKK
Submission deadline: 2019-03-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Competitive Procedure with Negotiation Regarding Delivery and Implementation of a Learning Management System at Aarhus University
Aarhus University has an ambitious goal to create better degree programmes by making better use of possibilities for increased learning outcome, which the newest learning technologies pave the way for. In this context, the purchase of a visionary and future-oriented learning management system plays a decisive role as the technological framework for teaching activities.
A solution must include a learning management system fulfilling both the functional and non-functional requirements set out in the material. Furthermore, the solution must include an implementation plan fulfilling both requirements to migration and implementation of the solution such as this is described in the material. The organizational implementation is not included in the solution. Furthermore, the solution must include operation,support and maintenance in the contract period.
During the competitive procedure in the negotiation phase, initial tenders are submitted by tenderers. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract based on an initial tender.
If the Contracting Authority does not award the contract based on an initial tender, the selected tenderers who have submitted initial tenders will be invited to negotiate.the Contracting Authority will decide, whether negotiations will be conducted via a written or an oral procedure. As a general rule, one negotiation round is held, after which the Contracting Authority requests a final tender.The Contracting Authority reserves the right to hold two (2) rounds.
It is also a possibility to, after the first individual negotiation meeting with all tenderers, conduct further negotiations to eliminate tenderers — a shortlisting procedure.
Remuneration for participation in the negotiations will not be paid. Each Tenderer's tendered solution will be negotiated to provide a solution that best meets the Contracting Authority’s needs and wishes.
The contract will not be divided into lots, as the Contracting Authority requires one total solution.
The Contracting Authority must exclude Candidates from participation in the tender procedure if the Candidate is covered by any of the compulsory grounds for exclusion set out in Sections 135-136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, or by the voluntary ground for exclusion, cf. Section 137 No. 2 of the Public Procurement Act.:
2) The Candidate or tenderer has been declared bankrupt or is undergoing insolvency or winding-up proceedings, where the assets of the Candidate or tenderer is being administered by a receiver or by court if the Candidate or tenderer has entered an arrangement with creditors, where the commercial activities of the Candidate or tenderer has been discontinued, or where the Candidate or tenderer is in a similar situation under a similar procedure under national law in the jurisdiction in which the Candidate or tenderer is registered,
The Contracting Authority may not exclude a Candidate covered by one or more of the grounds for exclusion set out in sections 135-137 of the Danish Public Procurement Act if the Candidate has provided sufficient documentation that the Candidate is reliable, even if the Candidate is covered by one or more of the grounds for exclusion, see section 138 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
The Contracting Authority may only exclude a Candidate when it has informed the Candidate that it is subject to exclusion, and the Candidate has not provided sufficient documentation of its reliability within a suitable time limit fixed by the Contracting Authority (this mechanism is called self-cleaning).
The Contracting Authority will initiate a self-cleaning procedure when the Candidate is covered by the grounds for exclusion set out in sections 135-137 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
The Contracting Authority request that each Candidate submits documentation for the information provided in the ESPD along with submission of request for participation.


Award value: 30000000