Tender for a Framework Agreement on the delivery of calypso BA and TA consultants

Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of Denmark and is a self-governing, independent institution. Danmarks Nationalbank's 3 main objectives are to contribute to ensuring stable prices, safe payments and a stable financial system. In order to ensure these objectives, Danmarks Nationalbank is using the Calypso system front-to-back across assets as the portfolio management system, and as collateral management systemfor monetary policy loans. The continuous improvement of the system is handled internally.

Calypso Business Analyst

The contracting authority is looking to enter into a framework agreement on the continuous delivery of expert Calypso BA's with senior configuration skills within the Calypso system and excellent business knowledge on the front-to-back area.

The tasks to be performed by the Calypso BA's could be but are not limited to:

• Daily participation in defect handling in the Calypso team internally at the Customer;

• Configuration and test of business solutions on front-, middle or back office (including accounting) area;

• Participation in projects to confirm (e.g. test) that functionality is not impacted by changes in IT-infrastructure

• Advice on configuration and business solutions in the Calypso system of the Customer

As part of the continuous improvement of the Calypso system, configuration in the Calypso system is performed. The Customer is using Calypso version 16.1. Documented knowledge on this version is required.

Calypso Technical Analyst

The contracting authority is looking to enter into a framework agreement on the continuous delivery of expert Calypso TA's with senior Java development skills within the Calypso system and business knowledge on the front-to-back area.

The tasks to be performed by the Calypso TA's could be but are not limited to:

• Daily participation in interacting with the vendor Adenza Group, Inc, on technical issues;

• Daily participation in defect handling in the Calypso team internally at the contracting authority;

• Development Code and Unit Tests for business solutions in the front-, middle or back office (including accounting) area;

• Participation in projects to confirm (e.g. test) that custom code is not impacted by changes in IT-infrastructure

As part of the continuous improvement of the Calypso system, custom java-development in the Calypso system is performed. The Customer is using Calypso version 16.1. Documented knowledge on this version is required.

The framework agreement has incorporated the corporate social responsibility considerations, as appropriate, as laid down in the conventions on the basis of which the principles of the UN Global Compact are worded and as laid down in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

The framework agreement lays down requirements on compliance with the law on processing of personal data.

The framework agreement contains requirements that relevant staff handling tasks in connection with the performance of the framework agreement must be able to pass security clearance.

If the framework agreement is awarded to a group of operators (such as a consortium), the participants of the group must undertake joint and several liability and appoint a joint representative.

Q3 2026

Participation in the tendering procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity, see the address set out in section I.3).

The tenderer must together with its tender submit an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1), paras 1-3 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven).

The tenderer will be excluded from participation in the tender procedure if the tenderer is subject to the compulsory grounds for exclusion set out in sections 135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, unless the tenderer has submitted sufficient documentation of its reliability in accordance with section 138 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the framework agreement must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

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Further information:

See the document “Additional information about the contract notice” in relation to estimated and maximum value of the framework agreement.

The contracting entity may use the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event that tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the procurement documents.

See also the document “Additional information about the contract notice” which contains additional information regarding this section. The document is accessible via the electronic tendering system at the address set out in section I.3).

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:

Complaints for not having been selected must be submitted to the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of 20 calendar days, see section 7(1) of the Act, from the day after submission of notification to the candidates concerned of the identity of the successful tenderer where the notification is accompanied by an explanation of the grounds for the decision in accordance with section 2(1), para (1) of the Act and section 171(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

In other situations, complaints of award procedures, see section 7(2) of the Act, must be lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of:

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 where 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 appeal 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 set out in section VI.4.1.

The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/