Acquisition of Multibeam Sonars for Hydrographic Surveys

The tender concerns a contract regarding the acquisition of a multibeam sonar system that can obtain hydrographic data for the Royal Danish Navy in areas of Greenland.

The multibeam system shall be intended to be used in the range of 0.5 to 300+ meters. In order to improve data quality during hydrographic surveys in shallow areas, the Royal Danish Navy is looking for a high resolution multibeam system. The multibeam sonar system will be mounted on a hydraulic pole placed on the front port side of a SAR boat. DALO will buy two (2) multibeam systems at the time of signing and retain two (2) options for an additional identical system each.

For further information, please see Annex A.

As an integral part of the evaluation, DALO will conduct a user evaluation in order to:

1) verify specific mandatory requirements; and

2) perform a qualitative performance evaluation of tenderers test specimen.

This procedure is further described in enclosure 3 to the instructions to tenderers.

Two additional multibeam sonar systems, cf. section 13.8 of the contract.

The contract is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract would unduly increase the cost of the procurement procedure.

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Reference is made to the procurement documents regarding payment terms. Invoicing must be done in accordance with the applicable Danish legislation on public payments. At present, this is Danish consolidation act. No 798 of June 2007 which requires electronic invoicing. Exact terms are stated in the contract.

No particular legal form is required. If the contract is awarded to a group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium), the participants shall undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.

The contract must be conducted in consideration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and it contains a labour clause, please see section 4.6.1. for further information.

The use of the ESPD is a precondition for participation in the procurement procedure, cf. § 148 of the Public Procurement Act. DALO shall require that the tenderer apply the ESPD as preliminary evidence that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds of exclusion stipulated in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act.

The tenderer and, if relevant, the participants in the group of entities or/and entities on which the tenderer relies on, must use the electronic version of the ESPD available at ETHICS’ web portal. The ESPD shall be fulfilled and submitted at ETHICS’ web portal in accordance with the instructions given by ETHICS.

Prior to decision on award of the contract, DALO shall require that the tenderer to whom DALO intends to award the contract presents documentation for the information stated in the ESPD, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act.

DALO shall exclude a tenderer from participation in the procurement procedure, if the tenderer is subject to one of the compulsory grounds for exclusion in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act unless the tenderer has provided sufficient documentation that the tenderer is reliable in accordance to § 138 of the said Act. Please note that certain voluntary exclusion grounds in Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement have been made compulsory in § 136 of the said Act.

If the same legal entity is a part of or in any other way participates in several offers, e.g. submits his own offer and at the same time participates in a consortium which also submits an offer, the tenderers shall ensure that the same legal entity’s participation does not provide for opportunity for mutual coordination of their offers. DALO reserves the right to request the tenderers to establish and reassure DALO that the same legal entity’s participation does not threaten the transparency and distort competition between the tenderers.

Pursuant to the Danish Consolidation Act No 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:

Complaints regarding public procurements and decisions subject to Chapter II or III of the Public Procurement Act, which does not concern a candidate not being invited to tender, must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:

1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The time limit is calculated from the day after the publication date.

2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has notified 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 an account of the reasons for the decision.

3) 6 months after the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Public Procurement Act, provided that the notification included an account of the 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. § 185(2) of the Public Procurement Act.

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).

Contact information for the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is stated in section VI.4.1).

The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the website stated in section VI.4.1).