1.
Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Legal type of the buyer
:
Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority
:
Defence
2.
Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title
:
Framework Agreement regarding High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM
Description
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has executed a tender of High bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM to be used in the Danish Defence. The Danish Defence often operates outside of traditionel internet infrastructure. Current acces to the internet in such locations is obtained via SATCOM, based on geostationary satellite constellations at a distance of more than 35.000 kilometres from Earth. This very long distance communication limits both latency and the bandwidth of such systems. With increased need for internet access, pertaining to administrative tasks and crew Wi-Fi, a new SATCOM system with low latency and high bandwidth is required. It is expected that the data based communication will increase in the future, as the service becomes more widely used in the Danish Defence. The Danish Defence operates all over the world both on land and at sea. DALO therefore needs a solution with global coverage. However, DALO is also aware that the different solutions on the market at present can not quarantee global coverage. Therefore, to maximise the connectivity, DALO whishes to acquire two solutions of High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM. It is not the plan that both solutions of High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM will be installed and used on the different platforms. However, certain platforms might have both solutions installed. The solution is intended to be used on both stationary and moving platforms, and as such it is required to be able to function on-the-move. The solution will be subjected to harsh weather conditions of the Arctic with low temperatures, high winds and rough seas, but also warm sub-tropic climate. As the vessels of the Royal Danish Navy will periodically be docked for maintenance for extended periods of time, DALO whishes a solution where the connection can be frozen/paused. The framework agreement will concist of Terminals and Subscriptions (Airtime) as well as training, repair-services and spare parts.
Procedure identifier
:
97811413-980d-40c4-96cc-b06addabce56
Previous notice
:
539258-2024
Previous notice
:
89261-2025
Internal identifier
:
2023/013985
Type of procedure
:
Open
The procedure is accelerated
:
no
Main features of the procedure
:
The procedure was carried out as a competition between 4 potentiel suppliers that DALO identified in the previous tender competition. The procedure was not open for other potentiel suppliers.
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Supplies
Additional nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
32530000
Satellite-related communications equipment
Additional classification
(
cpv
):
32000000
Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment,
32420000
Network equipment,
32430000
Wide area network,
32500000
Telecommunications equipment and supplies,
32531000
Satellite communications equipment
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Københavns omegn
(
DK012
)
Country
:
Denmark
Additional information
:
Delivery of Terminals and spare parts will take place on INCOTERMS FCA-regulation. Activation of the Subscriptions will be performed from the suppliers place of business. Training is set to be performed on locations belonging to the Danish Defence. The specific locations is not yet known and will be decided based on availability and the location of the personel attending the training course.
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT
:
121 000 000,00
DKK
Maximum value of the framework agreement
:
363 000 000,00
DKK
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information
:
The value set out in "Value" is the expected usage of the agreement and thus does not reflect the final value of the contract, nor is DALO obliged to make purchases corresponding to that value. DALO has executed the acquisition in accordance with section 23.3 in the Danish Public Procurement Act regarding reasons related to national security. Under this procedure DALO made a competition amongst four preselected companies who were invited to make an offer on DALO's contractual material. It is DALO's assessment that the acquisition could be executed in accordance with section 23.3 under the Danish Public Procurement Act. The high bandwidth low latency SATCOM solution is critical for the Danish Defence, and especially the Royal Danish Navy, as operations often are carried out in places where there is no internet access. With no or limited internet access the relevant personnel would be unable to use relevant control systems onboard the vessels etc. as these require internet access. Furthermore, communication between the vessels and control and command stations etc. would be greatly limited as internet access is necessary to establish the relevant communication. Furthermore, for access to communication regarding classified information, internet access is a necessity. Communication has earlier been based on other SATCOM-solution. These solutions is however no longer suitable to establish a sufficient internet access. The requirements from the Danish Defence as well as the requirements to operate the different systems has increased over years and are now demanding solutions with higher bandwidth and lower latency. It is a fact, that several of the existing capacities of communication etc. could not be used with the existing available solutions. Based on these facts it was the assessment of the Danish Defence, that the Royal Danish Navy would not be able to participate in international operations. Therefore, the Royal Danish Navy would not be able to fulfill its international obligations nor be able to survey and control the waters of the entire Danish Commonwealth as this require a stabile internet access with high bandwidth and low latency. Based on the impendent security situation with increased need for communication, it was DALO's assessment, that the provisions in section 23.3 of the Danish Public Procurement Act was fulfilled, as this was to be considered a necessity to protect the Danish Commonwealth.
Legal basis
:
Directive 2014/24/EU
The Danish Public Procurement Act (Act no. 1564 of 15 December 2015, as amended)
-
The Danish Public Procurement Act implements the Public Procurement Directive (2014/24/EU) in Danish law
5.
Lot
5.1.
Lot
:
LOT-0000
Title
:
Framework Agreement regarding High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM
Description
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) has executed a tender of High bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM to be used in the Danish Defence. The Danish Defence often operates outside of traditionel internet infrastructure. Current acces to the internet in such locations is obtained via SATCOM, based on geostationary satellite constellations at a distance of more than 35.000 kilometres from Earth. This very long distance communication limits both latency and the bandwidth of such systems. With increased need for internet access, pertaining to administrative tasks and crew Wi-Fi, a new SATCOM system with low latency and high bandwidth is required. It is expected that the data based communication will increase in the future, as the service becomes more widely used in the Danish Defence. The Danish Defence operates all over the world both on land and at sea. DALO therefore needs a solution with global coverage. However, DALO is also aware that the different solutions on the market at present can not quarantee global coverage. Therefore, to maximise the connectivity, DALO whishes to acquire two solutions of High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM. It is not the plan that both solutions of High Bandwidth Low Latency SATCOM will be installed and used on the different platforms. However, certain platforms might have both solutions installed. The solution is intended to be used on both stationary and moving platforms, and as such it is required to be able to function on-the-move. The solution will be subjected to harsh weather conditions of the Arctic with low temperatures, high winds and rough seas, but also warm sub-tropic climate. As the vessels of the Royal Danish Navy will periodically be docked for maintenance for extended periods of time, DALO whishes a solution where the connection can be frozen/paused. The framework agreement will concist of Terminals and Subscriptions (Airtime) as well as training, repair-services and spare parts.
Internal identifier
:
2023/013985
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Supplies
Additional nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
32530000
Satellite-related communications equipment
Additional classification
(
cpv
):
32000000
Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment,
32420000
Network equipment,
32430000
Wide area network,
32500000
Telecommunications equipment and supplies,
32531000
Satellite communications equipment
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Københavns omegn
(
DK012
)
Country
:
Denmark
Additional information
:
Delivery of Terminals and spare parts will take place on INCOTERMS FCA-regulation. Activation of the Subscriptions will be performed from the suppliers place of business. Training is set to be performed on locations belonging to the Danish Defence. The specific locations is not yet known and will be decided based on availability and the location of the personel attending the training course.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration
:
48
Months
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals
:
0
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT
:
121 000 000,00
DKK
Maximum value of the framework agreement
:
363 000 000,00
DKK
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
:
yes
Information about previous notices:
Identifier of the previous notice
:
74701-2024
Additional information
:
The value set out in "Value" is the expected usage of the agreement and thus does not reflect the final value of the contract, nor is DALO obliged to make purchases corresponding to that value. DALO has executed the acquisition in accordance with section 23.3 in the Danish Public Procurement Act regarding reasons related to national security. Under this procedure DALO made a competition amongst four preselected companies who were invited to make an offer on DALO's contractual material. It is DALO's assessment that the acquisition could be executed in accordance with section 23.3 under the Danish Public Procurement Act. The high bandwidth low latency SATCOM solution is critical for the Danish Defence, and especially the Royal Danish Navy, as operations often are carried out in places where there is no internet access. With no or limited internet access the relevant personnel would be unable to use relevant control systems onboard the vessels etc. as these require internet access. Furthermore, communication between the vessels and control and command stations etc. would be greatly limited as internet access is necessary to establish the relevant communication. Furthermore, for access to communication regarding classified information, internet access is a necessity. Communication has earlier been based on other SATCOM-solution. These solutions is however no longer suitable to establish a sufficient internet access. The requirements from the Danish Defence as well as the requirements to operate the different systems has increased over years and are now demanding solutions with higher bandwidth and lower latency. It is a fact, that several of the existing capacities of communication etc. could not be used with the existing available solutions. Based on these facts it was the assessment of the Danish Defence, that the Royal Danish Navy would not be able to participate in international operations. Therefore, the Royal Danish Navy would not be able to fulfill its international obligations nor be able to survey and control the waters of the entire Danish Commonwealth as this require a stabile internet access with high bandwidth and low latency. Based on the impendent security situation with increased need for communication, it was DALO's assessment, that the provisions in section 23.3 of the Danish Public Procurement Act was fulfilled, as this was to be considered a necessity to protect the Danish Commonwealth.
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type:
Price
Name
:
Price
Description
:
Each offer will be graded for the Price sub-criterion, based on the prices stated in Appendix C.2 of the Agreement. DALO will calculate an Evaluation Price for each offer. The Evaluation Price will be calculated as the total price of the Evaluation number of all products and services at the prices stated in Appendix C.2 of the offer.
Category of award weight criterion:
Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number
:
60,00
Criterion:
Type:
Quality
Name
:
Quality
Description
:
Each offer will be assigned a grade for each evaluation requirement (marked E in Appendix A), based on the degree to which the requirement is fulfilled.
Category of award weight criterion:
Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number
:
40,00
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement
:
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Additional buyer coverage
:
The agreement is entered into by DALO. However, all divisions of the Danish Ministry of Defence, including all units of the Danish Defence subject to the command of the Chief of Defence, is entitled to use the agreement for procurement on the terms and conditions of the agreement.
Information about the dynamic purchasing system
:
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction
:
no
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Information about review deadlines
:
Pursuant to section 7(2) of the Danish Consolidation (Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016, as amended) on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, a complaint must be lodged with the Complaints Board within 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published. The complainant must inform the contracting entity of the complaint in writing not later than simultaneously with the lodging of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the standstill period, see section 3(1) or (2). 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). The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the Complaints Boards website.
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Organisation signing the contract
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
6.
Results
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice
:
363 000 000,00
DKK
6.1.
Result lot identifier
:
LOT-0000
Winner selection status
:
At least one winner was chosen.
Framework agreement
:
Maximum value of the framework agreement
:
363 000 000,00
DKK
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement
:
121 000 000,00
DKK
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner
:
Official name
:
Marlink AS
Tender
:
Tender identifier
:
2023/013985
Identifier of lot or group of lots
:
LOT-0000
Value of the tender
:
121 000 000,00
DKK
The tender was ranked
:
no
Concession value:
The tender is a variant
:
no
Subcontracting
:
Yes
Subcontracting value is known
:
no
Subcontracting percentage is known
:
no
Description
:
The offered high bandwidt low latency solutions is produced and commercialised by various other different parties than the supplier, wherefore the supplier is to be considered as a reseller.
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract
:
4600008189
Title
:
Framework Agreement regarding supply of High bandwidth low latency SATCOM for the Danish Defence
Date on which the winner was chosen
:
07/04/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract
:
10/04/2025
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement
:
no
Organisation signing the contract
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
6.1.4.
Statistical information
:
Received tenders or requests to participate
:
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
4
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders from micro, small or medium tenderers
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
2
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders from tenderers registered in other European Economic Area countries than the country of the buyer
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
3
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders from tenders registered in countries outside of the European Economic Area
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
0
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
4
8.
Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name
:
Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation
Registration number
:
ORG-16-28-71-80
Postal address
:
Lautrupbjerg 1-5
Town
:
Ballerup
Postcode
:
2750
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Københavns omegn
(
DK012
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Esben Nygaard Jensen
Telephone
:
+4551240463
Roles of this organisation
:
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Registration number
:
ORG-37795526
Postal address
:
Toldboden 2
Town
:
Viborg
Postcode
:
8800
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Vestjylland
(
DK041
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Telephone
:
+45 72405600
Roles of this organisation
:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Registration number
:
ORG-10294819
Postal address
:
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town
:
Valby
Postcode
:
2500
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Byen København
(
DK011
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Telephone
:
+45 41715000
Roles of this organisation
:
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name
:
Marlink AS
Size of the economic operator
:
Large
Registration number
:
990362688
Postal address
:
Lysaker Torg 45
Town
:
Lysaker
Postcode
:
1366
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Oslo
(
NO081
)
Country
:
Norway
Roles of this organisation
:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots
:
LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name
:
Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number
:
980921565
Postal address
:
Askekroken 11
Town
:
Oslo
Postcode
:
0277
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Oslo
(
NO081
)
Country
:
Norway
Contact point
:
eSender
Telephone
:
+47 21018800
Fax
:
+47 21018801
Roles of this organisation
:
TED eSender
Notice identifier/version
:
b3ce68cd-3a51-4d20-893f-e6069a4f4d83
-
01
Form type
:
Result
Notice type
:
Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype
:
29
Notice dispatch date
:
01/09/2025
08:03:53 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender)
:
01/09/2025
12:02:39 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available
:
English
Notice publication number
:
571663-2025
OJ S issue number
:
167/2025
Publication date
:
02/09/2025
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