Close Protection Team to the Danish Embassy in Kabul

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) seeks to procure the services of a team of close protection officers for the Danish Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, for a period of up to 4 years.
The team shall consist of a number of professional and experienced team members and shall be established and ready for duty by 1.9.2013. The team will operate out of the Danish Embassy in Kabul and shall be available 24/7 on a 5 minute call. For reasons beyond the contracting authority's control, the team members shall be Danish citizens. Furthermore, they shall be able to optain security clearance (NATO secret) and be approved by MFA.
The tenderer shall supply the team with weapons, ammunition and other relevant equipment specified by MFA.
The tenderer must have strong ethical standards and shall be in possession of or able to obtain all licenses required by the relevant authorities.
MFA shall have the option to expand or reduce the number of team members in the close protection team. In addition, the tenderer shall with a notice of 30 calendar days be able to provide an additional close protection team for short term missions, facilitate the rental of armored cars locally and provide adequately trained drivers.

Deadline

Fristen for modtagelse af bud var på 2013-02-26. Indkøbet blev offentliggjort på 2013-01-23.

Leverandører

Følgende leverandører er nævnt i tildelingsbeslutninger eller andre indkøbsdokumenter:

• Vesper Group AB

Hvem?

• The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hvad?

Hvor?

• Danmark

Indkøbshistorik

Dato	Dokument
2013-01-23	Udbudsbekendtgørelse
2013-07-02	Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter

Udbudsbekendtgørelse (2013-01-23)
Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Titel: Tjenester i forbindelse med offentlig sikkerhed
Mængde eller omfang: 20 000 00035 000 000
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Originalsprog: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Udbudsbekendtgørelse
Kontraktens art: Tjenesteydelser
Forordning: Uspecificeret
Fælles glossar for offentlige kontrakter (CPV)
Kode: Tjenester i forbindelse med offentlig sikkerhed 📦

Procedure
Procedureform: Udbud efter forhandling
Bud-type: Indsendelse gældende for alle delaftaler
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: The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Postadresse: Asiatisk Plads 2, Copenhagen K
Postnummer: 1448
Postby: Copenhagen
Kontakt
Internetadresse: http://www.um.dk 🌏
E-mail: longyd@um.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 33920000 📞
Fax: +45 32540533 📠

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2013-01-23 📅
Tilbudsfrist: 2013-02-26 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2013-01-25 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2013/S 018-026510
EUT-S-nummer: 18
Yderligere oplysninger

Re. section I.1) Requests to participate should preferably be submitted electronically by e-mail to the above mentioned contact point. 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 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 another entitiy is included when establishing the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must: 1) Prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate (e.g. by submitting a co-operation agreement), and 2) Provide the same type of information regarding the other entities as the candidate according to section III.2) is obligated to provide on her own behalf. Following the dispatch of invitations to tender, MFA will invite the 3 invited tenderers to participate in an orientation meeting on Friday, 8.3.2013 at 10.00 in Copenhagen. Further details will be included in the tender conditions. As part of the tender process, negotiations is planned to take place. The negotations will be held with each tenderer - one at a time - and will be conducted in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Further details about the anticipated negotiations will be included in the tender conditions.

Yderligere oplysninger

Re. section I.1) Requests to participate should preferably be submitted electronically by e-mail to the above mentioned contact point.

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 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 another entitiy is included when establishing the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must:

1) Prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate (e.g. by submitting a co-operation agreement), and

2) Provide the same type of information regarding the other entities as the candidate according to section III.2) is obligated to provide on her own behalf.

Following the dispatch of invitations to tender, MFA will invite the 3 invited tenderers to participate in an orientation meeting on Friday, 8.3.2013 at 10.00 in Copenhagen. Further details will be included in the tender conditions.

As part of the tender process, negotiations is planned to take place. The negotations will be held with each tenderer - one at a time - and will be conducted in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Further details about the anticipated negotiations will be included in the tender conditions.

Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Kort beskrivelse:

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) seeks to procure the services of a team of close protection officers for the Danish Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, for a period of up to 4 years.

The team shall consist of a number of professional and experienced team members and shall be established and ready for duty by 1.9.2013. The team will operate out of the Danish Embassy in Kabul and shall be available 24/7 on a 5 minute call. For reasons beyond the contracting authority's control, the team members shall be Danish citizens. Furthermore, they shall be able to optain security clearance (NATO secret) and be approved by MFA.

The tenderer shall supply the team with weapons, ammunition and other relevant equipment specified by MFA.

The tenderer must have strong ethical standards and shall be in possession of or able to obtain all licenses required by the relevant authorities.

MFA shall have the option to expand or reduce the number of team members in the close protection team. In addition, the tenderer shall with a notice of 30 calendar days be able to provide an additional close protection team for short term missions, facilitate the rental of armored cars locally and provide adequately trained drivers.

Anslået værdi uden moms: 20 000 000 💰
35 000 000 💰
Beskrivelse af mulighederne:

1) MFA has the right to expand the number of team members in the close protection team with a notice of 30 calendar days.

2) MFA has the right to order an additional close protection team for protection of short term missions (max 14 calendar days) with a notice of 30 calendar days.

3) For the short term missions, the tenderer shall upon request facilitate the rental of armored cars locally and provide adequately trained drivers.

Foreløbig tidsplan for udnyttelse af optioner: 48 måneder
Sted for udførelsen
Hovedsted eller sted for udførelsen: Afghanistan.

Juridiske, økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske oplysninger
Betingelser for deltagelse
Frist for sikkerhedsgodkendelse: 2013-08-01 📅
Økonomisk og finansiel stilling:

The applicants shall submit a statement of:

1) Overall turnover and of turnover in the area covered by the contract for the last 3 financial years available as far as information on these turnovers is available.

2) Size of equity (preferably in DKK or EUR) for the last 3 financial years available as far as information on the equity is available.

Teknisk og faglig kompetence:

The applicants shall submit:

A list of the most important similar services carried out over the past 3 years. The list of the services should indicate (1) a description of the service(s) performed; (2) the value of the services in question, (3) the date(s) of the services, (4) the name of the recipients involved (including the relevant point of contact) (however, only to the extent possible).

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 the contracting authority.

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. Exact terms will be stated in the contract.

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:

It will be a requirement in the contract that the service provider and the individual team members (including any replacements), and the service provider's employees and any subcontractors, including their employees, must be able to obtain security clearance approval (NATO Secret) as well as the approval by MFA.

However, these approvals need not be in place at the time of submitting application for participation, cf. section III.1.5).

Procedure
Påtænkt antal ansøgere: 3
Objektive kriterier for udvælgelse:

The selection of the candidates will primarily be based on:

1) The size, frequency and relevance of the candidate's previous transactions for the past 3 years.

Furthermore, the selection will to a lesser extent be based on:

2) The size of the turnover related to the area covered by the contract for the past 3 years.

3) The size of the equity for the past 3 years.

Datoer
Dato for afsendelse af opfordringer til at afgive tilbud eller deltage til de udvalgte ansøgere: 2013-03-05 📅
Sprog
Sprog: engelsk 🗣️

Ordregivende myndighed
Kontakt
Enhed: Chefkonsulent Lone Ravn Gydesen
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk 📧

Reference
Datoer
Startdato: 2013-09-01 📅
Slutdato: 2017-08-31 📅
Yderligere oplysninger

Re. section I.1) Requests to participate should preferably be submitted electronically by e-mail to the above mentioned contact point.

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 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 another entitiy is included when establishing the suitability of the candidate, the candidate must:

1) Prove that the other entities will and shall put the relevant resources at the disposal of the candidate (e.g. by submitting a co-operation agreement), and

2) Provide the same type of information regarding the other entities as the candidate according to section III.2) is obligated to provide on her own behalf.

Following the dispatch of invitations to tender, MFA will invite the 3 invited tenderers to participate in an orientation meeting on Friday, 8.3.2013 at 10.00 in Copenhagen. Further details will be included in the tender conditions.

As part of the tender process, negotiations is planned to take place. The negotations will be held with each tenderer - one at a time - and will be conducted in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Further details about the anticipated negotiations will be included in the tender conditions.

Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud (The Complaints Board for Public Procurement)
Postadresse: Dahlerups Pakhus, Langelinie Allé 17
Postby: Copenhagen
Postnummer: 2100
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
E-mail: klfu@erst.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 35291000 📞
Internetadresse: http://www.klfu.dk 🌏
Fax: +45 33307799 📠
Oplysninger om frister for klageprocedurer:

As a consequence of the Danish act no. 492 of 12.5.2012 regarding enforcement of the rules for procurement etc. complaints regarding a candidate not being prequalified must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 30 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. Complaints concerning other decisions related to the tender must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 6 months after the contracting authority has published a notification in the Official Journal of the European Union that the contracting authority has entered into a contract. The 6 month period begins the day after publication of the notification. 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 standstill period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect.

Tjeneste, hvorfra der kan indhentes oplysninger om klageproceduren
Navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen, Center for Tjenesteydelser, Udbud og Karteller (Danish Competition and Consumer Authority)
Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 25
Postby: Valby
Postnummer: 2500
Telefon: +45 41715000 📞
Internetadresse: http://www.kfst.dk 🌏
Fax: +45 41715100 📠
Kilde: OJS 2013/S 018-026510 (2013-01-23)

Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter (2013-07-02)
Objekt
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Dokumenttype: Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter
Forordning: Den Europæiske Union

Procedure
Bud-type: Finder ikke anvendelse

Ordregivende myndighed
Identitet
Postadresse: Asiatisk Plads 2

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2013-07-02 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2013-07-05 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2013/S 129-222970
Henviser til bekendtgørelse: 2013/S 18-026510
EUT-S-nummer: 129

Procedure
Kriterier for tildeling
Kriterium: 1. Quality (60)
2. Price (40)

Tildeling af kontrakt
Navn: Vesper Group AB
Postadresse: Munkbrogatan 8
Postby: Stockholm
Postnummer: 111 27
Land: Sverige 🇸🇪

Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Postby: Copenhagen Ø
Internetadresse: www.klfu.dk 🌏
Oplysninger om frister for klageprocedurer:

Complaints about the prequalification are to be submitted to Klagenævnet for Udbud (The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement) within 20 calendar days of the day following the day on which the contracting authority has sent notification to interested applicants as to which applicants have been prequalified, if the notification contained a brief explanation of the relevant reasons for the decision.

Other decisions than decisions about prequalification are to be submitted to Klagenævnet for Udbud within 45 calender days of the day following the day on which the contract award notice was announced on Tenders Electronic Daily.

When a complaint is submitted the complainant must at the same time inform the contracting authority in writing that the complaint has been submitted, and whether the complaint has been submitted in the standstill-period, or, if relevant, whether the complaint has applied for suspensive effects, cf. s. 6 (4) of the (Danish) Act. No.492 of 12 May, 2010 on the Enforcement of Public Procurement Rules.

Tjeneste, hvorfra der kan indhentes oplysninger om klageproceduren
Navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen (The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority), Center for Udbudsregler
Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Internetadresse: www.kfst.dk 🌏
Kilde: OJS 2013/S 129-222970 (2013-07-02)

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