Acquisition of artillery systems and supporting logistics
The Contract encompasses 2 main contractual agreements - the Acquisition Contract and the Sustainment Contract (Annex Z to the Acquisition Contract). These two agreements are to be seen together as a whole that regulates the contractual relations between the Supplier and DALO. The Acquisition Contract concerns primarily the delivery of artillery systems and initial logistics, such as documentation, training, support, intial spare parts, etc. The Sustainment Contract covers the products and services that DALO needs in order to properly operate the artillery systems.
The contents of the Contracts can be elaborated as follows:
The Acquisition Contract:
The Acquisition Contract regards the delivery of 15 artillery systems. DALO has the option either to order up to 6 additional artillery systems or to reduce the initial delivery with up to 6 artillery systems. The exact mechanism for DALO's use of options will be described in detail in the Acquisition Contract.
The artillery system must be self-propelled. Please note that an artillery system is not considered to be self-propelled by DALO if the artillery system consists only of a smaller transport system for the use of moving the artillery system on to/off a main transport vehicle.
The artillery system shall be able to fire non-assisted high explosives (HE) munitions at a minimum range of 40 kilometres (preferably 6 shots within a minute) and be able to operate all of the following types of 155 millimetre high explosive (HE) and smoke munitions: M107, NM28, LU211, M825, M116, DM45A1, when operating with the following bagged propellants: M4A1, M4A2 and M119A2. It should furthermore be possible to mount a secondary weapon system.
The level of protection and armour shall be high with a minimum of level 2 protection against Grenade and Blast Mine threats (M2) and level 2 protection against Kinetic energy threats (K2) – all according to STANAG 4569 Ed. 1 (or equivalent).
The artillery system must be transportable by sea, cf. STANAG 4062 (or equivalent), by air, cf. STANAG 3400 AT, Ed. 4 (or equivalent), by ground (road and railroad), cf. STANAG 2173 and STANAG 4062 (or equivalent), and furthermore be fully operable in the following climate zones: INTERMEDIATE (A3), MILD COLD (C0) and INTERMEDIATE COLD (C1).
A crew of maximum 5 persons shall be able to operate the artillery system (also under full CBRN protection). The artillery system shall also have the capacity necessary to carry the crew's personal equipment and small arms and have an air conditioning system capable of heating and cooling installed.
The electrical installations must be secured against electronic interference in accordance with MIL-STD-461E and MIL-STD-1275B (or equivalent). The artillery system should be able to integrate relevant software packages from ”SG2 Shareable (Fire Control) Software Suite (S4)”, e.g. NATO Armament Ballistic Kernel (NABK), cf. STANAG 4537 (or equivalent).
The artillery system shall always have the necessary starting power available and should furthermore be able to power the information and communication facilities without the use of an auxiliary engine.
The artillery systems shall as a minimum be 1) factory acceptance tested prior to delivery, and 2) site acceptance tested after delivery. The exact requirements for testing and acceptance test procedures will be described in detail in the Acquisition Contract.
In addition to the delivery of artillery systems, the Acquisition Contract includes delivery of an initial stock of spare parts, special tools and test equipment and documentation.
The Supplier shall furthermore train and educate DALO technicians and operators in the use and maintenance of the artillery systems. The contents of the training programme shall aim to produce self directed and problem-solving learners.
The Supplier shall have full system responsibility. This means that the Supplier maintains full responsibility for the fulfilment of the general fit for purpose obligation notwithstanding any changes, upgrades or modifications to the artillery systems made by DALO or third parties of any kind. This is conditioned, however, on such changes, modifications etc. being made in accordance with the Supplier's instructions. The exact terms and conditions for the Supplier's system responsibility will be described in detail in the Acquisition Contract.
The Sustainment Contract:
The Sustainment Contract encompasses core services and non-core services as well as the possibility for DALO to purchase supplies (spare parts, special tools etc.) for a period of 10 years. Core services shall be provided automatically as long as the contract is in force, while non-core services and supplies will be contracted by DALO on a case by case basis.
The services to be provided include:
(1) Meeting and Project Management: The Supplier shall have full responsibility for the overall meeting plan, participate in and report minutes of meetings.
(2) Configuration Management: The Supplier shall ensure optimal logistic support and unimpeded operational readiness through supervision and control of the configuration of the delivered documentation, manuals, components, and artillery systems.
(3) Damage Assessment: The Supplier shall on request perform Damage Assessment investigation on artillery systems.
(4) Training Services: The Supplier shall be able to support DALO with training plans, educational material, instructors and training equipment.
(5) System Integration Service: If the need for introduction of new GFE arises, the Supplier shall on request assist DALO by describing all the requirements that the GFE in question must comply with in order for both the GFE and the artillery systems to function as intended after the GFE has been installed in the artillery system.
(6) Information Management: The Supplier shall in collaboration with DALO set up a web portal for information management of the entire artillery system.
(7) Maintenance and monitoring services: The Supplier is obligated to support DALO with maintenance support when required.
(8) International Operations: The Supplier is obligated to maintain a service organisation capable of providing support to international operations.
(9) Help Desk: The Supplier shall by use of af Help Desk offer technical consultancy by telephone, email and a web portal when required.
Deadline
Fristen for modtagelse af bud var på 2013-06-17.
Indkøbet blev offentliggjort på 2013-05-02.
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