Acquisition of artillery systems and supporting logistics

Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO)

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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Indkøbshistorik
Dato Dokument
2013-05-02 Udbudsbekendtgørelse
2015-04-30 Supplerende oplysninger
Udbudsbekendtgørelse (2013-05-02)
Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Titel: Selvkørende artilleri
Mængde eller omfang:
Delivery of 15 artillery systems with a positive option to purchase up to 6 additional systems (up to a total number of 21 artillery systems to be delivered) and a negative option to reduce the delivery with up to 6 systems (down to a total number of 9 artillery systems to be delivered). Furthermore the contract encompasses the sustainment of the artillery system for a period of 10 years enabling DALO to purchase additional spares, services, training etc.66 000 000133 000 000
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Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Originalsprog: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Udbudsbekendtgørelse
Kontraktens art: Varer
Forordning: Den Europæiske Union
Fælles glossar for offentlige kontrakter (CPV)
Kode: Selvkørende artilleri 📦

Procedure
Procedureform: Udbud efter forhandling
Bud-type: Uspecificeret
Kriterier for tildeling
Det økonomisk mest fordelagtige bud

Ordregivende myndighed
Identitet
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
Type af ordregivende myndighed: Ministerium eller anden myndighed på nationalt plan eller forbundsplan
Navn på ordregivende myndighed: Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO)
Postadresse: Lautrupbjerg 1-5
Postnummer: 2750
Postby: Ballerup
Kontakt
Internetadresse: http://www.forsvaret.dk/fmt 🌏
E-mail: fmt-p-prl82@mil.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 72575999 📞

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2013-05-02 📅
Tilbudsfrist: 2013-06-17 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2013-05-07 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2013/S 088-149557
EUT-S-nummer: 88
Yderligere oplysninger
DALO reserves the right to conduct a verification test after evaluating the tenderer's offers if doing so is deemed necessary in order to verify the content of the tenderer's bid regarding the requirements set out by DALO. The tenderers are specifically made aware that it is a condition for the contract, that the tenderer before the signing of the contract also enters into an Industrial Cooperation Contract with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) in accordance with the Danish "Erhvervsfremmeloven" and the associated "Circular on Industrial Cooperation in connection with Procurement of Defence Equipment" No. 88 of 27 October 2010. Such Industrial Cooperation Contract can be conditioned upon the Tenderers posting of a bank guarantee. Re. section III.2.1) When submitting the bids (but not the application for participation) the tenderers must submit a solemn declaration stating to which degree the tenderer has fulfilled her obligation relating to the payment of direct and indirect taxes and social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which the candidate is established and in Denmark in accordance with consolidation act no. 336 of 13 May 1997 regarding public payments. A form that the tenderers can use will be submitted with the tender material. Re. Section III.2) According to directive 2004/18, art. 47(2) and art. 48(3) and directive 2009/81, art. 41(2) and 42(2), a candidate may rely on the economic, financial and/or technical capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. If a candidate wants to rely on other entities and wishes that the capacity of other entities is included when establishing the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate. For instance this is fulfilled if the candidate submits a co-operation agreement clearly stating that the candidate has the relevant resources at its disposal (conversely, it is not sufficient to submit a declaration stating that the candidate is entitled to sell products on behalf of another entity if the candidate wishes to rely on the capacity of this other entity). When submitting contact details the candidates are encouraged to submit as much information as possible and preferable also the e-mail adress of the candidate's contact person.
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Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Kort beskrivelse:
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
Mængde eller omfang:
Delivery of 15 artillery systems with a positive option to purchase up to 6 additional systems (up to a total number of 21 artillery systems to be delivered) and a negative option to reduce the delivery with up to 6 systems (down to a total number of 9 artillery systems to be delivered). Furthermore the contract encompasses the sustainment of the artillery system for a period of 10 years enabling DALO to purchase additional spares, services, training etc.
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Anslået værdi uden moms: 66 000 000 💰
133 000 000 💰
Beskrivelse af mulighederne:
The contracting authority will have the opportunity to exercise the following positive and negative options:
Positive option: Purchase of up to 6 additional artillery systems (up to a total number of 21 artillery systems to be delivered).
Negative option: Reduce the initial delivery with up to 6 artillery systems (down to a total number of 9 artillery systems to be delivered).
Varighed: 120 måneder

Juridiske, økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske oplysninger
Betingelser for deltagelse
Økonomisk og finansiel stilling:
The three latest annual rapports or a declaration stating the annual turnover for the last three financial years available, insofar information on such turnovers is available.
If the application is submitted by a joint group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium), each member of the consortium must fulfil these requirements relating to documentation. For the requirement concerning annual turnover, this can be fulfilled by adding the turnover of the group members in total.
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Reference is made to section VI.3 with regard to the candidate's possibility of relying on the capacity of other entities.
Mindstekrav til niveauet:
Candidates shall have had an annual turnover of at least DKK 1.200.000.000 in each of the preceeding three financial years (if the turnover is not stated in said currency, the contracting authority will calculate the turnover based on the official exchange rate on the date this notice was published).
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Teknisk og faglig kompetence:
A list of the most important similar deliveries and services carried out over the past five years regarding delivery of artillery systems, spare parts and related sustainment services. The list should indicate
1) A description of each delivery, including whether the delivery concerned artillery systems, spare parts, and/or sustainment services. If the delivery concerned sustainment services, a brief description of what the delivery comprised should be included.
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2) The size of the deliveries
3) The value of the deliveries
4) The recipients involved (specific names/countries need not necessarily be included)
If the application is submitted by a joint group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium), each member of the consortium must fulfil these requirements relating to documentation. The minimum requirement must be fulfilled by the joint group of suppliers as a whole.
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Reference is made to section VI.3 with regard to the candidate's possibility of relying on the capacity of other entities.
Mindstekrav til niveauet:
The candidates shall demonstrate that they during the past five years have had experience with
(1) delivery of artillery systems, and
(2) delivery of spare parts and sustainment services as part of a sustainment arrangement concerning artillery systems.
Kontraktens udførelse
Krav om deponering og sikkerhedsstillelse:
If prepayments are made, an on-demand guarantee from a recognized financial institution must be presented. The financial institution has to be approved by DALO.
De vigtigste finansieringsbetingelser og betalingsordninger og/eller henvisning til de relevante bestemmelser, der regulerer dem:
Reference is made to the tender documents with regard to the payment terms. Invoicing must be done in accordance with the at any time applicable Danish legislation on public payments. At present this is the Danish consolidation act. no. 798 of June 2007 which demands that invoicing must be done electronically. Exact terms will be stated in the Acquisition Contract.
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Den juridiske form, som den sammenslutning af økonomiske aktører, der skal have kontrakten, skal have:
No special legal form is required. If the order is awarded to a group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium) the participants are required to undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.
Andre særlige vilkår:
The tenderers are specifically made aware that it is a condition for the contract, that the tenderer before the signing of the contract also enters into an Industrial Cooperation Contract with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) in accordance with the Danish "Erhvervsfremmeloven" and the associated "Circular on Industrial Cooperation in connection with Procurement of Defence Equipment" No. 88 of 27 October 2010. Such Industrial Cooperation Contract can be conditioned upon the Tenderers posting of a bank guarantee.
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Procedure
Mindste antal ansøgere: 3
Største antal ansøgere: 4
Objektive kriterier for udvælgelse:
The selection of the candidates that will be invited to submit tenders will be based on: The amount involved, the frequency and the relevance and nature of the candidates' previous deliveries of artillery systems, the candidates' experience with provisions of spares and services as part of a sustainment arrangement concerning artillery systems, and the candidates' turnover for the past three financial years.Please note that any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities in the information submitted under III.2.3) may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited numbers of candidates.DALO reserves the right to reject an application for pre-qualification if the candidate is deemed unsuitable for participation in the competition and/or as supplier to DALO, cf. clause 39(2) in Directive 2009/81/EC.
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Sprog
Sprog: engelsk 🗣️

Ordregivende myndighed
Kontakt
Enhed: Jørgen Østergaard Langebek
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk 📧

Reference
Yderligere oplysninger
DALO reserves the right to conduct a verification test after evaluating the tenderer's offers if doing so is deemed necessary in order to verify the content of the tenderer's bid regarding the requirements set out by DALO.
The tenderers are specifically made aware that it is a condition for the contract, that the tenderer before the signing of the contract also enters into an Industrial Cooperation Contract with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) in accordance with the Danish "Erhvervsfremmeloven" and the associated "Circular on Industrial Cooperation in connection with Procurement of Defence Equipment" No. 88 of 27 October 2010. Such Industrial Cooperation Contract can be conditioned upon the Tenderers posting of a bank guarantee.
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Re. section III.2.1) When submitting the bids (but not the application for participation) the tenderers must submit a solemn declaration stating to which degree the tenderer has fulfilled her obligation relating to the payment of direct and indirect taxes and social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which the candidate is established and in Denmark in accordance with consolidation act no. 336 of 13 May 1997 regarding public payments. A form that the tenderers can use will be submitted with the tender material.
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Re. Section III.2) According to directive 2004/18, art. 47(2) and art. 48(3) and directive 2009/81, art. 41(2) and 42(2), a candidate may rely on the economic, financial and/or technical capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. If a candidate wants to rely on other entities and wishes that the capacity of other entities is included when establishing the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate. For instance this is fulfilled if the candidate submits a co-operation agreement clearly stating that the candidate has the relevant resources at its disposal (conversely, it is not sufficient to submit a declaration stating that the candidate is entitled to sell products on behalf of another entity if the candidate wishes to rely on the capacity of this other entity). When submitting contact details the candidates are encouraged to submit as much information as possible and preferable also the e-mail adress of the candidate's contact person.
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Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud (The Complaints Board for Public Procurement)
Postadresse: Dahlerups Pakhus Langelinie Allé 17
Postby: København Ø
Postnummer: DK-2100
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
E-mail: klfu@erst.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 35291000 📞
Internetadresse: http://www.klfu.dk 🌏
Oplysninger om frister for klageprocedurer:
As a consequence of the Danish act no. 492 of 12.5.2010 with subsequent amendments regarding enforcement of the rules for procurement etc., that will enter into force 1.6.2013, 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, if the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
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Other complaints must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has notified the tenderers concerned of the contracting authority's decision to enter into a contract if the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
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However, if the tender concerns a framework agreement complaints must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 6 months after the Contracting Authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved that the Contracting Authority has entered into the framework agreement if the notification included a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.
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The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the appeal in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to The Complaints Board for Public Procurement. The complainant shall state whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period. If the appeal has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the appellant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect.
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Tjeneste, hvorfra der kan indhentes oplysninger om klageproceduren
Navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen (Danish Competition And Consumer Authority)
Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Postby: Valby
Postnummer: DK-2500
Telefon: +45 41715000 📞
Internetadresse: http://www.kfst.dk 🌏
Kilde: OJS 2013/S 088-149557 (2013-05-02)
Supplerende oplysninger (2015-04-30)
Objekt
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Dokumenttype: Supplerende oplysninger

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2015-04-30 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2015-05-05 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2015/S 086-154764
Henviser til bekendtgørelse: 2013/S 88-149557
EUT-S-nummer: 86
Kilde: OJS 2015/S 086-154764 (2015-04-30)