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Acquisition of Underwater Sound Signals with explosive charge.

This contract notice concerns the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) acquisition of 580 pcs. Underwater Sound signals with explosive charge. DALO wishes to include two options of each 150 pcs. additional Underwater Sound Signals per year for a period of 2 years, for a total number of 300 pcs. additional Underwater Sound Signals.

See description in II.1.4).

The contract includes two options of each 150 pcs. additional Underwater Sound Signals with explosive charge per year for a period of 2 years, for a total number of up to 300 pcs. additional Underwater Sound Signals.

DALO has decided not to divide the contract into lots due to this would unduly increase the cost of all concerned.

Reference is made to the tender documents with regard to the 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 invoicing to be done electronically. Exact terms will be 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 are required to undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint 1 supplier to represent the group.

In accordance with the Danish Act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk) § 148 DALO must demand that the candidate completes the European Single Procurement Document as preliminary evidence in replacement of certificates issued by public authorities or third parties confirming that the candidate fulfils the requirements listed in § 148(1) of the said Act. Reference is made to The Danish Competi-tion and Consumer Authority's guidance note concerning the European Single Procurement Document available at http://www.kfst.dk/~/media/KFST/Publikationer/Dansk/2015/Vejledning%20til%20ESPDen.pdf.

The candidates must use the electronic version of the European Single Procurement Document (eESPD) available at

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/espd/welcome. On this website the xml-file available at the URL address in section I.3) must be imported and completed. No other versions of the European Single Procurement Document than the eESPD should be used.

When groups of entities, including temporary joint ventures, participate in the tender procedure together, each of the participating entities must complete a separate European Single Procurement Document with the information required in section II-IV.

Prior to decision on award of the contract documentation for the information stated in the European Single Procurement Document must be produced, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act. DALO further reserves the right to at any stage of the tender procedure to request a candidate to submit documentation, if this is required to secure that the procedure is conducted correctly. In this situation DALO will set an appropriate time limit for submission of the documentation.

DALO shall exclude a candidate from participation in the tender procedure, if the candidate is subject to one of the mandatory exclusion grounds in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act. The candidate shall submit information in this respect in the European Single Procurement Document. Special attention is drawn to the fact that certain voluntary exclusion grounds have been made mandatory in § 136 of the Act. Please refer to The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's guidance note for correct completion of the European Single Procurement Document.

Candidates are asked to submit applications for offers via Mercell Sourcing Service http://permalink.mercell.com/65407087.aspx.

Non-compliance with formal requirements:

DALO reserves the right — but is not obliged — to use the remedies provided for in Section 159(5) of the the Danish Act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk) if applications or offers do not fulfil the formalities of the tender documents.

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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, cf. § 171(2) of of the Danish act on Public Procurement (act no. 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at www.retsinformation.dk) or § 7(1) of the Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.

Other complaints must 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 (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, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Act on Public Procurement, 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. § 185(2) of the Act on Public Procurement.

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 e-mail of 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 at the internet address stated in section VI.4.1)

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