EPassport Reader and Validation Service

Kort beskrivelse

The Danish Agency of Digitization (the ‘Customer’) is procuring an ePassport reader (‘ePassport Reader Software’) and validation service to be used in the development of a digital mobile driver’s license (‘mDL Solution’), which the Customer is developing using the services of a third party developer as a digital public service for Danish citizens as a supplement to the existing physical driver’s license. Se further description in Section II.2.4).

Yderligere oplysninger

Participation in the tender is only possible through the electronic tender system, see Section I.3). To access the tender documents, the bidder must register as a user. If the bidder experiences problems with the electronic tender system (including user registration), please contact the support services via Ethics technical support or (+45) 70227007.

If the tender documents include several versions of the same document, only the latest version will be valid.

All communication regarding the tender procedure must be carried out through the electronic tender system, including questions and answers. Deadlines for questions and answers appear from the tender documents.

All tenders must include an ESPD which serves as provisional documentation that the bidder fulfills the minimum suitability requirements in respect of economic and financial capacity as well as technical capacity in the tender. Furthermore, the ESPD will serve as provisional documentation that the bidder is not subject to an exclusion ground, see below. If the tender is submitted by a consortium, an ESPD must be submitted by each participant in the consortium. If a bidder relies on the economic and financial capacity, or the technical capacity, of another entity, the tender must also include an ESPD for such entity.

Bidders will be excluded from the tender if they are subject to the mandatory exclusion grounds in the Danish Procurement Act §§ 135-136.

Before the award of the contract, the bidders must upon the request from the Customer provide documentation for the information in the ESPD, se Section III.1.2).

Also, the bidders must upon request from the Customer provide documentation showing that the bidders are not subject to any mandatory exclusion grounds in the Danish Procurement Act §§ 135-136 by presentation of:

— an extract from the relevant register or a similar document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority stating that the bidder is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in Article 135, Section 1, and

— a certificate issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation that the bidder is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in the cases stated in Article 135, Section 3.

For Danish bidders this documentation requirement can be fulfilled by presentation of a service certificate issued by the Danish Business Authority. The certificate must not be issued more than six months prior to the date of deadline for bids, cf. IV.2.2).

For foreign bidders: if the country in question does not issue the documents and/or certificates stated above, or if such documents and/or certificates do not cover all the cases mentioned in Article 135, those documents and/or certificates can be replaced by a statement provided on oath. If statements on oath are not provided for in the relevant country, a solemn declaration made before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional organisation in the country in which the bidder is registered, can be applied.

In relation to Section II.2.6) it is noted that the value stated is an estimate by the Customer. The final value of the contract may differ from this estimate (i.e. be higher or lower).

In relation to Section II.2.7) it is noted that the duration stated is from the commencement of the delivery and until the earliest time the contract can be terminated by the supplier, see the draft contract in the tender documents. As the contract concerns a perpetual license to a software component, the actual duration may be longer (if the contract is not terminated by either of the parties).