Principal Designer for the new Museum Galleries at Natural History Museum of Denmark

Kort beskrivelse

The Natural History Museum of Denmark (‘the NHMD’) hereby calls for tenders for a contract for a (new) Principal Designer for the new Museum Galleries at Natural History Museum of Denmark, located in Copenhagen.

The new museum galleries will include i) a gallery in an ellipsoid dome (the ‘Ocean Hall’) and ii) two underground levels of galleries (the ‘Underground Galleries’).

Design of the exhibitions for the Underground Galleries was initiated in 2019 by the NHMD’s current Principal Designer, Tinker Imagineers (“Tinker”). Tinker and the NHMD has agreed that Tinker will exit the project when the Developed Design for the Underground Galleries is completed by April 2023, thus creating the need for the NHMD to have a new Principal Designer to take over.

Design of the exhibitions for the Ocean Hall gallery has not yet commenced.

Yderligere oplysninger

In this procurement procedure only the mandatory exclusion grounds of sections 134 a, 135-136 of the Danish Public Procurement Act (Act no. 1564 of 15 December 2016 with subsequent amendments) apply.

The NHMD intends to request documentation regarding the information provided in ESPD from the tenderers in connection with the invitation to submit initial tenders.

To document that the tenderer is not subject to grounds for exclusion the NHMD expects to ask the tenderer to submit:

• An extract from the relevant register or a similar document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority stating that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in section 135(1).

• A certificate issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in the cases stated in section 135(3).

If the country in question does not issue the documents or certificates, or if such documents or certificates do not cover all the cases mentioned, those documents or certificates may be replaced by a declaration on oath. If declarations 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 tenderer is established may be provided instead.

For tenderers established in Denmark this documentation may be submitted in the form of a official certificate (‘serviceattest’) issued by the Danish Business Authority on request. The service certificate must contain information from the Bankruptcy Court (‘skifteretten’), the Central Criminal Register under the Danish National Police (‘Politiets kriminalregister’), the Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension Fund (‘ATP’) and the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (‘Skatteforvaltningen’). It may not be older than six months at the deadline for submission of prequalification application.

For Tenderers established outside of Denmark, please be aware of the listed relevant and sufficient documentation in e-certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis/#/homePage

The NHMD will accept sufficient documentation from national authorities in the national language. However, the NHMD requests that an unofficial translation into English is submitted as well.

To document that the tenderer fulfils the requirements for suitability for participation in this procurement procedure the NHMD expects to ask the tenderer to submit:

• An audited annual report or equivalent documentation stating the tenderer’s number of employees in the most recently concluded and audited financial year at the deadline for submission of the application for prequalification. If an annual report is not required under the law of the country in which the tenderer is established or if the tenderer’s annual report doesn’t contain the required information the NHMD will accept a declaration from the tenderer’s external accountant as equivalent documentation.

• Documentation of the formal architectural training of at least one employee with at least 10 years of experience (diploma or equivalent)

• Contact information (email and telephone number) to contact persons at the costumers mentioned as references in ESPD if such contact information is not included in the ESPD

If the information above is available to the NHMD via access to a national database, the tenderer is not obliged to submit the documentation in question to the NHMD. However, in that case the NHMD asks that the tenderer instead informs the NHMD where to find the information and supplies the NHMD with any necessary passwords, etc.

For documentation requirements regarding groups of economic operators and supporting entities, please refer to the Tender Conditions (which are included in the procurement documents).