Management of high-yield bonds in a UCITS Fund

Danmarks Grundforskningsfond

Management of high-yield bonds in a UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) fund, respecting responsible investment criteria (ESG, Paris Agreement, engagement etc.), and reporting. The investment strategy shall be active and invest in corporate high-yield bonds, where US or global developed markets strategies are accepted. The Danish National Research Foundation expects to initially invest approximately DKK 460 million (EUR 62m) in the fund. The procurement procedure will be conducted as an open procedure (in Danish: “offentligt udbud”) pursuant to the European Procurement legal framework as implemented in national Danish legislation, see Title II of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The open procedure comprises one phase, i.e., no prequalification takes place. The tender conditions describe the procedure for the procurement and set the guidelines and conditions for the submission of tenders, communication between the tenderer and the contracting authority as well as information about the procurement procedure in general. All tenderers are urged to carefully examine not only these Tender Conditions, but all tender documents as they contain the information necessary, including mandatory conditions, for providing an acceptable tender. All communication shall be carried out via the electronic procurement system. Compensation will not be granted for the preparation or submission of tenders. Procurement documents with appendices are the contracting authority’s property and will not be returned.

Deadline

Fristen for modtagelse af bud var på 2025-03-24. Indkøbet blev offentliggjort på 2025-02-10.

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2025-02-10 Udbudsbekendtgørelse
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Titel: Management of high-yield bonds in a UCITS Fund
Referencenummer: High yield
Kort beskrivelse:
Management of high-yield bonds in a UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) fund, respecting responsible investment criteria (ESG, Paris Agreement, engagement etc.), and reporting. The investment strategy shall be active and invest in corporate high-yield bonds, where US or global developed markets strategies are accepted. The Danish National Research Foundation expects to initially invest approximately DKK 460 million (EUR 62m) in the fund. The procurement procedure will be conducted as an open procedure (in Danish: “offentligt udbud”) pursuant to the European Procurement legal framework as implemented in national Danish legislation, see Title II of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The open procedure comprises one phase, i.e., no prequalification takes place. The tender conditions describe the procedure for the procurement and set the guidelines and conditions for the submission of tenders, communication between the tenderer and the contracting authority as well as information about the procurement procedure in general. All tenderers are urged to carefully examine not only these Tender Conditions, but all tender documents as they contain the information necessary, including mandatory conditions, for providing an acceptable tender. All communication shall be carried out via the electronic procurement system. Compensation will not be granted for the preparation or submission of tenders. Procurement documents with appendices are the contracting authority’s property and will not be returned.
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Beskrivelse
Intern ID: High yield
Yderligere oplysninger:
The tendered contract has not been divided into lots, see section 49(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, due to the complexity of the management of a high-yield bond mandate. The contracting authority shall in accordance with section 134 a of the Danish Public Procurement Act exclude economic operators established in a country stated on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes and which is not a party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or any other binding for Denmark free-trade agreement.
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Kriterier for tildeling
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Portfolio management organization and assets under management.
Kvalitetskriterium (vægtning): 20
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Investment philosophy, process, and portfolio construction.
Kvalitetskriterium (vægtning): 15
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Performance for the strategy
Responsible investments
Reporting
Kvalitetskriterium (vægtning): 5
Kvalitetskriterium (navn): Contract
Pris
Pris (justeringskoefficient): 20
Titel
Partiets identifikationsnummer: LOT-0000

Procedure
Type af procedure
Åben procedure
Retsgrundlag: Direktiv 2014/24/EU
Administrative oplysninger
Frist for modtagelse af bud eller ansøgninger om deltagelse: 2025-03-24 22:30:00 📅
Betingelser for åbning af buddene: 2025-03-25 07:00:00 📅
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Åbningsdato: 2025-03-25 07:00:00 📅
Elektronisk katalog: Tilladt
Elektronisk fakturering: Tilladt
Yderligere oplysninger: Corrections of missing information.
Kriterier for tildeling
Vægtningstype: Vægtning (procentdel, præcis)

Juridiske, økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske oplysninger
Betingelser for deltagelse
Udelukkelsesgrund:
Børnearbejde og andre former for menneskehandel
Deltagelse i en kriminel organisation
Direkte eller indirekte involvering i forberedelsen af denne udbudsprocedure
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Har afgivet urigtige oplysninger eller tilbageholdt oplysninger, som ikke var i stand til at fremlægge de krævede dokumenter og indhentet fortrolige oplysninger i forbindelse med denne procedure
Hvidvaskning af penge eller finansiering af terrorisme
Interessekonflikt som følge af deltagelse i udbudsproceduren
Korruption
Skyldig i alvorlige forsømmelser i forbindelse med udøvelsen af erhvervet
Svig
Terrorhandlinger eller strafbare handlinger med forbindelse til terroraktivitet
Beskrivelse af udelukkelsesgrunde:
Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for
corruption, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union, OJ C 195, 25.6.1997, p. 1, and in Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (OJ L 192, 31.7.2003, p. 54). This exclusion ground also includes corruption as defined in the national law of the contracting authority (contracting entity) or the economic operator
participation in a criminal organisation, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime (OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42).
money laundering or terrorist financing, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (OJ L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 15).
fraud, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? Within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests (OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 48).
child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1).
Can the economic operator confirm that:a) It has been guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria,b) It has withheld such information,c) It has not been able, without delay, to submit the supporting documents required by a contracting authority or contracting entity, andd) It has undertaken to unduly influence the decision making process of the contracting authority or contracting entity, to obtain confidential information that may confer upon it undue advantages in the procurement procedure or to negligently provide misleading information that may have a material influence on decisions concerning exclusion, selection or award?
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Is the economic operator aware of any conflict of interest, as indicated in national law, the relevant notice or the procurement documents due to its participation in the procurement procedure?
Has the economic operator or an undertaking related to it advised the contracting authority or contracting entity or otherwise been involved in the preparation of the procurement procedure?
Is the economic operator guilty of grave professional misconduct? Where applicable, see definitions in national law, the relevant notice or the procurement documents.
Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3). This exclusion ground also includes inciting or aiding or abetting or attempting to commit an offence, as referred to in Article 4 of that Framework Decision.
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Yderligere oplysninger
The tendered contract has not been divided into lots, see section 49(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, due to the complexity of the management of a high-yield bond mandate. The contracting authority shall in accordance with section 134 a of the Danish Public Procurement Act exclude economic operators established in a country stated on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes and which is not a party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or any other binding for Denmark free-trade agreement.
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