Framework Agreement: Delivery of Meteorological Weather Balloons (1)

Kort beskrivelse

II.1.4) Short description: the scope of this tender is to procure a framework agreement, which enables DMI to purchase meteorological weather balloons over a 4-year period. This agreement will enable DMI to conduct and collect upper-air meteorological measurements that provide inputs to numerical weather predictions and additionally are used for other purposes consistent with DMI’s general work scope and obligations as National Meteorological Service and contributor to international collaboration. The weather balloons will be used for radiosonde measurements which will be conducted from DMI’s manually operated radiosonde stations (four in Greenland and three established onboard ships sailing between Denmark and Greenland) and one automated radiosonde station. The deliveries will consist of meteorological weather balloons with necks.

Yderligere oplysninger

Participation in the tendering procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity, see the address set out in section I.3). The

tendering procedure may be accessed under the tab ‘Ongoing public procedures’. For access to the procurement documents, the tenderer must be registered or register as a user.

If the tender contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded version will apply.

All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must be by way of the electronic tendering system.

Questions must be submitted not later than 27 February 2021. Questions asked after this date will be answered if they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information

required and communicate the answers not later than 6 days before expiry of the application deadline. Questions received later than 6 days before expiry of the deadline cannot expect to be

answered.

Interested applicants are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the tenderer encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eusupply.com, or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.

The tenderer must as its application submit ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1) paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven). for groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator.

If the tenderer relies on the capacity of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for each of the entities on which the tenderer relies.

The tenderer must also submit a letter of commitment in which the entity/entities on which the candidate relies has/have undertaken joint and several liability with the candidate if the candidate

Is awarded the contract. The form is enclosed as an attachment to the tender specifications. the tenderer will be excluded from participation in the tender procedure if the tenderer is subject to

the compulsory grounds for exclusion set out in Sections 135 and 136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

Before the decision to award the contract is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act.

Additional information:

As regards sections II.1.5) and II.2.6), it should be noted that the amount is an estimate of the maximum expected contract price for the entire term of the contract (4 years), including the price of

all options. The estimate is based on The suppliers price — Appendix 2 of the framework agreement using the potential quantity of weather balloons and an estimated price per unit.

It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically achieved under the framework agreement, i.e. also if the

specific turnover deviates from the estimates, both up and down.