Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.danskespil.dk

Address of the buyer profile: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/62993

Framework Agreement for Instant Tickets, Number and Symbols (PA1) and Framework Agreement for Instant Tickets, Words and Crosswords (PA2)

Danske Lotteri Spil A/S (DLO) is tendering two (2) framework agreements for the delivery of instant tickets, partial agreement one (1) (PA1) and Partial Agreement two (2) (PA2).

PA1: delivery of instant tickets with numbers and symbols including related and complementary services;

PA2: delivery of instant tickets with words and crosswords including related and complementary services.

The time indications in the tender material are stated based on the time zone of Denmark.

PA1: Delivery of Instant Tickets with Numbers and Symbols Including Related and Complementary Services

This tender procedure is an open procedure in accordance with the provisions in the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven).

DLO is tendering a framework agreement (PA1) for the delivery of instant tickets: partial agreement one (1): delivery of instant tickets with numbers and symbols including related and complementary services.

The duration of the agreement is four (4) years.

The main deliveries on the agreement are:

— printing of tickets with numbers and symbols;

— new developments;

— design of instant tickets;

— additional features related to instant tickets;

— digital services related to instant tickets;

— consulting services related to the services covered by the agreement.

The pre-qualification of the most suitable candidates is made on the basis of the information in the references provided by the applicant in Part IV, C of the ESPD, ‘Technical and professional capacity’.

3 applicants will be pre-qualified, who will be invited to submit initial tenders. The pre-qualification will be based on which applicants document the most relevant references, based on an overall assessment.

The following, in order of priority, are weighted positively when assessing the relevance of the references:

1) to which extent the references contain deliveries to a gambling company offering lotteries, where it is preferred that 3 references contain this;

2) to which extent the references contain deliveries of instant tickets with numbers and symbols, where it is preferred that 3 references contain this;

3) to which extent the references in total have a great monetary value, where a bigger value is preferred over a smaller one.

In the overall assessment, the content of section 1 is given the greatest importance, while the content of section 3. is given the least importance.

A joint information meeting regarding both partial agreements will be held on Wednesday 26 August, at 15.00. The information meeting will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

The invitation letter contains the link to the meeting.

Interested participants are encouraged to try out Microsoft Teams before the meeting.

PA2: Delivery of Instant Tickets with Words and Crosswords Including Related and Complementary Services

This tender procedure is an open procedure in accordance wit the provisions in the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven).

DLO is tendering a framework agreement (PA2) for the delivery of instant tickets: partial agreement two (2) — delivery of instant tickets with words and crosswords including related and complementary services.

The duration of the agreement is four (4) years.

The main deliveries on each agreement are:

— printing of tickets with word and crosswords;

— new developments;

— design of instant tickets;

— additional features related to instant tickets;

— digital services related to instant tickets;

— consulting services related to the services covered by the agreement.

The pre-qualification of the most suitable candidates is made on the basis of the information in the references provided by the applicant in Part IV, C of the ESPD, ‘Technical and professional capacity’.

3 applicants will be pre-qualified, who will be invited to submit initial tenders. The pre-qualification will be based on which applicants document the most relevant references, based on an overall assessment.

The following, in order of priority, are weighted positively when assessing the relevance of the references:

1) to which extent the references contain deliveries to a gambling company offering lotteries, where it is preferred that all the references contain this;

2) to which extent the references contain deliveries of instant tickets with words and crosswords, where it is preferred that all the references contain this;

3) to which extent the references in total have a great monetary value, where a bigger value is preferred over a smaller one.

In the overall assessment, the content of section 1 is given the greatest importance, while the content of section 3. is given the least importance.

A joint information meeting regarding both partial agreements will be held on Wednesday 26 August, at 15.00. The information meeting will be held online via Microsoft Teams.

The meeting can be accessed via the following link:

Interested participants are encouraged to try out Microsoft Teams before the meeting.

The three most relevant references, cf. II.2.9) of the contract notice, carried out by the applicant during the last 3 years before the application deadline.

Only references relating to services performed at the time of application will be given importance.

In the case of an ongoing delivery, therefore, only the part of the deliveries made at the time of application will be included in the assessment of the reference.

It should, as a minimum, be clear from the description of each reference who the customer was, which deliveries were covered by the reference, the time of delivery and the financial size of the reference at the time of the application.

No more than 3 references can be submitted, even if the tenderer relies on others or is a consortium. If more than 3 references are submitted, only the first 3 references will be included in the evaluation.

When submitting an application, the applicant agrees that the contracting authority can contact the specified customer in the references in order to have the accuracy of the submitted information confirmed.

The Code of Conduct set out in Annex 2 must be complied with. This annex contains i.a. requirements regarding the UN Global Compact, the UN Guidelines on Human Rights and Business, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and ILO Convention No 94.

Participation in the tender procedure can only take place electronically via EU-Supply. To access the tender material, the applicant must be registered or register as a user in EU-Supply, which can be done free of charge. Appendix E is made available after pre-qualification.

The applicants and tenderers may ask written questions to the DLO during the tender procedure. Questions are asked via EU Supply's dedicated module for questions. The deadline for submission of questions during the pre-qualification phase is 7 calendar days before the deadline for submission of applications. Questions received later cannot be expected to be answered. In addition to this, questions can only be expected to be answered if it is possible to answer them no later than calendar 6 days before the deadline.

Applications are submitted in EU Supply's dedicated module for submission of applications. The application is a filled out ESPD. In the case of an association of economic operators (a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each of the participating economic operators. The ESPD of the other participating economic operators shall contain the information required in Part II-V of the ESPD. By submitting the ESPD, the economic operators of the association declare to assume direct, joint and several and unlimited liability for the fulfilment of the agreement.

If the applicant relies on the ability of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for each of the entities on which the applicant relies on. The relevant information for each entity on which the applicant relies on, is stated in Part II, A + B and Part III of the ESPD, as well in Part IV, B, C and Part V. By submitting the ESPD, each of the entities on which the applicant bases his capacity declare, to assume direct, joint and several and unlimited liability for the fulfilment of the agreement.

An economic operator can only be a participant in one association of economic operators (a consortium). However, the same economic operator may well be a participant in one association and at the same time let other tenderers rely on it or be a subcontractor to several tenderers.

However, each applicant may submit only one application for pre-qualification.

The applicant will be excluded from participation in the tender procedure if the candidate is covered by the mandatory grounds for exclusion mentioned in sections 135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven), or the voluntary ones mentioned in section 137, paragraph 1, number 2, unless the applicant has submitted sufficient documentation that the applicant is reliable in accordance with section 138 (self cleaning).

At any time during the tender procedure, but before the award decision, the tenderers who are still participating in the procedure or to whom DLO intends to award the Agreements, must submit documentation for the information submitted in the ESPD.

Subcontractors on whom the applicant has relied on, must sign a declaration of commitment that bind the subcontractors to be jointly and severally liable for the fulfillment of the agreement.

Regarding section IV.2.4) in the contract notice: questions, applications and tenders are submitted in English. DLO reserves the right to disregard those parts of the questions, applications and tenders which have not been submitted in English.

Regarding section II.2.6) in the contract notice, it should be noted, that the amount represents the high end of the total estimated potential value throughout the term of each agreement.

Regarding partial agreement one (1), numbers and symbols: The volume typically ranges from 300 000 tickets up to 3 000 000 tickets per order and approximately around 50 million-70 million. tickets during the 4 years.

Regarding partial agreement two (2), words and crosswords: The volume typically ranges from 300 000 tickets up to 3 000 000 tickets per order and approximately around 23 million-33 million. tickets during the 4 years.

Internet address: https://klfu.naevneneshus.dk/

According to the Danish act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud), the following deadlines apply for filing a complaint:

Complaints regarding a candidate not being prequalified must be filed with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) within 20 calendar, cf. section 7, paragraph 1 of the Act, 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, cf. section 2, paragraph 1 of the Act and section 171, paragraph 2 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven).

Other complaints must, cf. section 7, paragraph 2 of the Danish act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement Act (Lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud), be filed with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) within:

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, cf. section 2, paragraph 2 of the Act and 171, paragraph 4 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven);

4) 20 calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified its decision, cf. section 185, paragraph 2 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Udbudsloven).

No later than the time a complaint is lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud), the complainant must notify the contracting authority in writing that a complaint is submitted to the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud), and whether the complaint has been filed during the standstill period, cf. section 6, paragraph 4 the Danish act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud). In cases where the complaint has not been lodged during the standstill period, the complainant must also indicate whether a suspensory effect is requested from the complaint, cf. section 12, paragraph 1 of the Act.

The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Klagenævnet for Udbud) email address is stated in Section VI.4.1).

The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurements (Klagenævnet for Udbud) complaint instructions can be found at: www.erhvervsstyrelsen.dk

Internet address: http://www.kfst.dk