Procurement of Contract Concerning Rent of Ku-band Satellite Capacity in the North Atlantic Ocean

Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization

The contract covers rent of Ku-Band satellite communication capacity on a full-time basis via one serving satellite. The satellite shall facilitate communications between the Danish Hub and ships operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Labrador Sea and the Baffin Bay as far North it can be obtained by a geostationary satellite.

Deadline

Fristen for modtagelse af bud var på 2020-12-18. Indkøbet blev offentliggjort på 2020-11-18.

Leverandører

Følgende leverandører er nævnt i tildelingsbeslutninger eller andre indkøbsdokumenter:

• Intelsat Generel Communications LLC (IGC)

Hvem?

• Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization

Hvad?

• Telekommunikationstjenester, undtagen telefon- og datatransmissionstjenester › Luft-til-jord-telekommunikationstjenester

Hvor?

• Danmark › Midtjylland

Indkøbshistorik

Dato	Dokument
2020-11-18	Udbudsbekendtgørelse
2021-03-11	Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter

Udbudsbekendtgørelse (2020-11-18)
Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Titel: Telekommunikationstjenester, undtagen telefon- og datatransmissionstjenester
Kort beskrivelse:

Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Originalsprog: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Udbudsbekendtgørelse
Kontraktens art: Tjenesteydelser
Forordning: Den Europæiske Union, med deltagelse af GPA-lande
Fælles glossar for offentlige kontrakter (CPV)
Kode: Telekommunikationstjenester, undtagen telefon- og datatransmissionstjenester 📦
Yderligere CPV-kode: Luft-til-jord-telekommunikationstjenester 📦
Sted for udførelsen
NUTS-region: Midtjylland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedureform: Offentligt udbud
Bud-type: Indsendelse gældende for alle delaftaler
Kriterier for tildeling
Den laveste pris

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
Postadresse: Lautrupbjerg 1-5
Postnummer: 2750
Postby: Ballerup
Kontakt
Internetadresse: http://www.fmi.dk 🌏
E-mail: fmi-sd-adt06@mil.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 72814227 📞
URL til dokumenter: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/37624060-481d-4605-bd84-f3e14e0b063a/publicMaterial 🌏
URL til deltagelse: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/37624060-481d-4605-bd84-f3e14e0b063a/homepage 🌏

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2020-11-18 📅
Tilbudsfrist: 2020-12-18 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2020-11-23 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2020/S 228-562113
EUT-S-nummer: 228
Yderligere oplysninger

The contract is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract would undermine the economies of scale obtainable by procuring one contract.

Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Anslået samlet værdi: 32 000 000 DKK 💰
Kort beskrivelse:

The contract shall cover:

(i) the needed satellite capacity to facilitate communications between one hub earth station and up to four ships (remote earth stations);

(ii) telemetry, tracking and control services;

(iii) maintenance service of the serving satellite; and

iv) payload management services, responsibility for monitoring satellite carriers and for planning and controlling the users access to the serving satellite.

The Danish Hub is located at 56N, 9E. For anchoring Ku-band satellite communication capacity the Danish Hub has a number of identical 3.7 m Ku-band earth stations with G/T: 29.5 dB/K, and with EIRP: 78 dBW. All antennas comply with NATO STANAG 4484. At the Danish Hub there is a clear view to all geostationary satellites from 74E to 53W.

All ships have 1.0 m SeaTel 4009 Ku-band antennas with G/T: 18.1 dB/K (in radome), Receive Gain: 39.8 dB at 12.5 GHz, Transmit Gain: 40.6 dB at 14.25 GHz, and 16W HPA.

The modem technology currently used is Comtech Vipersat with Comtech CDM-570L modems. The satellite network is configured, controlled and monitored by Vipersat Management System (VMS). DALO is planning to replace the current modem solution with a new Comtech Heights solution within the coming year.

Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) does not require the supplier to be a satellite operator, however, the supplier shall be responsible for the satellite to be working according to this Annex A — Requirements specification.

Anslået værdi uden moms: 32 000 000 DKK 💰
Varighed: 72 måneder
Beskrivelse af mulighederne:

The contract potentially includes an option to expand the transponder bandwidth with an additional 50 %. Further information regarding this potential option can be found in the procurement documents.

Yderligere oplysninger:

The contract is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract would undermine the economies of scale obtainable by procuring one contract.

Sted for udførelsen
Hovedsted eller sted for udførelsen:

North Atlantic Ocean, including the Labrador Sea and the Baffin Bay as far North it can be obtained by a geostationary satellite, as well as Denmark.

Juridiske, økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske oplysninger
Betingelser for deltagelse
Økonomisk og finansiel stilling: N/A
Teknisk og faglig kompetence: N/A
Kontraktens udførelse
Betingelser for opfyldelse af kontrakten:

Reference is made to the procurement documents regarding payment terms. Invoicing must be done in accordance with the applicable Danish legislation on public payments. At present, this is Danish consolidation act. No 798 of June 2007 which requires electronic invoicing. Exact terms are stated in the contract.

No particular legal form is required. If the contract is awarded to a group of suppliers (e.g. a consortium), the participants shall undertake joint and several liabilities and to appoint one supplier to represent the group.

The contract must be conducted in consideration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and it contains a labour clause, please see the contract for further information.

Procedure
Retsgrundlag: 32014L0024
Tidspunkt for modtagelse af tilbud: 23:59
Sprog, på hvilke bud eller ansøgninger om deltagelse kan indgives: engelsk 🗣️
dansk 🗣️
Tilbuddets gyldighedsperiode: 3 måneder
Dato for åbning af tilbud: 2020-12-18 📅
Tidspunkt for åbning af tilbud: 23:59

Ordregivende myndighed
Identitet
Nationalt registreringsnummer: 16-28-71-80
Kontakt
Enhed: Peter Hilliger Petersen
Internetadresse: www.fmi.dk 🌏
URL til dokumenter: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/37624060-481d-4605-bd84-f3e14e0b063a/publicMaterial 🌏
Internetadresse: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/37624060-481d-4605-bd84-f3e14e0b063a/homepage 🌏

Reference
Yderligere oplysninger
Anslået tidsplan for offentliggørelse af efterfølgende bekendtgørelser: Medio year 2026.

Regarding section IV.2.4): note, that the procure documents are in English. However, it is permissible to submit offers in either Danish or English. Questions submitted during the tender procedure shall be written in English, and DALO will answer these questions in English.

Regarding section II.1.5) and section II.2.6): the estimated value of the contract is based on a situation where the option, cf. section II.2.11), is being used for the entire duration of the contract. Please note that there is no guarantee the option will be used at all.

The use of the ESPD is a precondition for participation in the procurement procedure, cf. § 148 of the Public Procurement Act. DALO shall require that the tenderer apply the ESPD as preliminary evidence that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds of exclusion stipulated in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act.

The tenderer and, if relevant, the participants in the group of entities or/and entities on which the tenderer relies on, must use the electronic version of the ESPD available at ETHICS’ web portal. The ESPD shall be fulfilled and submitted at ETHICS’ web portal in accordance with the instructions given by ETHICS.

Prior to decision on award of the contract, DALO shall require that the tenderer to whom DALO intends to award the contract presents documentation for the information stated in the ESPD, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act.

DALO shall exclude a tenderer from participation in the procurement procedure, if the tenderer is subject to one of the compulsory grounds for exclusion in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act unless the tenderer has provided sufficient documentation that the tenderer is reliable in accordance to § 138 of the said Act. Please note that certain voluntary exclusion grounds in Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement have been made compulsory in § 136 of the said Act.

If the same legal entity is a part of or in any other way participates in several offers, e.g. submits his own offer and at the same time participates in a consortium which also submits an offer, the tenderers shall ensure that the same legal entity’s participation does not provide for opportunity for mutual coordination of their offers. DALO reserves the right to request the tenderers to establish and reassure DALO that the same legal entity’s participation does not threaten the transparency and distort competition between the tenderers.

DALO reserves the right — but is not obliged — to use the remedies provided for in Section 159(5) of the the Public Procurement Act if applications or offers do not fulfil the formalities of the tender documents.

Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud
Postadresse: Toldboden 2
Postby: Viborg
Postnummer: 8800
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
Telefon: +45 72405600 📞
E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk 📧
Internetadresse: https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/ 🌏
Oplysninger om frister for klageprocedurer:

Pursuant to the Danish Consolidation Act No 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply:

Complaints regarding public procurements and decisions subject to Chapter II or III of the Public Procurement Act, which does not concern a candidate not being invited to tender, must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement be filed with the Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:

1) 45 calendar days after the contracting authority has published a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. The time limit is calculated from the day after the publication date.

2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has notified the tenderers in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a Dynamic Purchasing System, provided that the notification includes an account of the reasons for the decision.

3) 6 months after the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates/tenderers involved, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Public Procurement Act, provided that the notification included an account of the reasons for the decision.

4) 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has published a notice concerning his decision to uphold the contract, cf. § 185(2) of the Public Procurement Act.

The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to the Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement.

If the complaint has not been lodged in the stand-still period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect, cf. § 12(1).

Contact information for the Complaints Board for Public Procurement is stated in section VI.4.1).

The Complaints Board for Public Procurement’s own guidance note concerning complaints is available on the website stated in section VI.4.1).

Tjeneste, hvorfra der kan indhentes oplysninger om klageproceduren
Navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Postby: Valby
Postnummer: 2500
Telefon: +45 41715000 📞
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk 📧
Internetadresse: www.kfst.dk 🌏
Kilde: OJS 2020/S 228-562113 (2020-11-18)

Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter (2021-03-11)
Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Den samlede værdi af udbuddet: 28 087 458 DKK 💰
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Dokumenttype: Bekendtgørelse om indgåede kontrakter

Procedure
Bud-type: Finder ikke anvendelse

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2021-03-11 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2021-03-16 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2021/S 052-131368
Henviser til bekendtgørelse: 2020/S 228-562113
EUT-S-nummer: 52

Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Kort beskrivelse:

The Contract shall cover:

(i) the needed satellite capacity to facilitate communications between one hub earth station and up to 4 ships (remote earth stations);

(iv) payload management services, responsibility for monitoring satellite carriers and for planning and controlling the users access to the serving satellite.

All ships have 1.0 m SeaTel 4009 Ku-band antennas with G/T: 18.1 dB/K (in radome), Receive Gain: 39.8 dB @ 12.5 GHz, Transmit Gain: 40.6 dB at 14.25 GHz, and 16W HPA.

Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) does not require the Supplier to be a satellite operator, however, the Supplier shall be responsible for the satellite to be working according to this Annex A - Requirements Specification.

Tildeling af kontrakt
Dato for kontraktindgåelse: 2021-02-26 📅
Navn: Intelsat Generel Communications LLC (IGC)
Postby: Virginia 22102
Land: USA 🇺🇸
Den samlede værdi af udbuddet: 28 087 458 DKK 💰
Oplysninger om udbud
Antal modtagne bud: 5

Reference
Yderligere oplysninger

Regarding section IV.2.4): Note, that the procure documents are in English. However, it is permissible to submit offers in either Danish or English. Questions submitted during the tender procedure shall be written in English, and DALO will answer these questions in English.

Regarding section II.1.5) and section II.2.6): The estimated value of the contract is based on a situation where the option, cf. section II.2.11), is being used for the entire duration of the contract. Please note that there is no guarantee the option will be used at all.

DALO reserves the right – but is not obliged – to use the remedies provided for in Section 159(5) of the the Public Procurement Act if applications or offers do not fulfil the formalities of the tender documents.

Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Oplysninger om frister for klageprocedurer:

Complaints regarding public procurements and decisions subject to Chapter II or III of the Public Procurement Act, which does not concern a candidate not being invited to tender, must in accordance with § 7(2) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within:

2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has notified the tenderers in question, that the contracting authority has entered into a contract based on a framework agreement through reopening of competition or a dynamic purchasing system, provided that the notification includes an account of the reasons for the decision.

The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultaneously with the lodge of the complaint to The Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement.

Contact information for The Complaints Board for Public Procurement is stated in section VI.4.1).

Kilde: OJS 2021/S 052-131368 (2021-03-11)

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