The tender procedure is governed by Danish law and the rules applicable hereunder.
An English translation of the Danish Public Procurement Act is available on:
https://www.kfst.dk/media/54435/the-public-procurement-act.pdf
Access to the procurement procedure requires online registration.
Guidance (in Danish and English) on the use of the tendering system can be found at:
https://mercell.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/article/177996038?src=1869524006
Local time in section IV is according to Central European Time (CET) in Denmark.
Economic operators may only submit one application or tender.
Economic operators must submit a European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) as preliminary evidence that the economic operator is not subject to exclusion grounds and that the economic operator fulfils the requirements for technical and professional ability.
When the economic operator is participating together with others or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, each participating economic operator must provide a separate ESPD.
In the tender, economic operators must submit a completed and signed statement regarding Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2022/1269 of 21 July 2022. The contract cannot be awarded to a tenderer subject to Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2022/1269 of 21 July 2022.
Conflict of interest: As part of each review, the Consultant (company and RT members) must document that they have no/or have had no substantial (e.g. extensive or senior level) affiliation to the organisation under review, which might constitute a conflict of interest.
Before the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the ESPD.
If an economic operator is entered on an official list of approved economic operators or has an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system), the economic operator may refer to the list in question or present a certificate issued by the competent authority instead of documentation of the information provided in the ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
Prior to the signing of the contract, the tenderer, which the contracting authority has awarded the contract to, must present statements of availability from all non-permanent staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
This contract has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations. However, the contract is expected to be awarded to three consultants, that each are expected to perform a certain amount of reviews determined by the evaluation of the tenders.
The framework agreement is expected to be award to three consultants. The highest scoring consultant will be awarded 9 reviews, the second highest scoring consultant will be awarded 7 reviews, the third highest scoring consultant will be rewarded 4 reviews.
The estimated value of the contract is 18,000,000 DKK which is also the maximum value of the contract.
Economic operators will not receive remuneration for their participation in the procedure.