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Acquisition of 2 road-rail preparedness vehicles.

A/S Storebælt is planning to purchase 2 road-rail preparedness vehicles.

Further information is available under Section II.2.4).

A/S Storebælt is planning to purchase 2 road-rail preparedness vehicles. The vehicles shall be equipped with standard trays for loading of a 20” extended container which is already in use. The container is not part of the tender.

The vehicles will be part of the emergency preparedness system on the road and railway connection between Fyn and Zealand in Denmark.

The vehicles are to be used in emergency incidents both on road and rail, including the railway in the tunnel and on the bridge. It is important to take into account the harsh salty and windy environment which the vehicles must be designed to cope with.

The vehicles shall be constructed for railway use according to EN 15746 or equivalent and shall be CE marked in accordance with the EU directive. Prior to delivery, the vehicles shall have achieved a permanent approval for operation on the lines of Banedanmark.

Furthermore, the road-rail preparedness vehicles shall be in accordance with DS/EN 1846-2 “Fire-fighting and Rescue Service Vehicles” or equivalent.

Each vehicle shall have a maximum total weight of 24 000 kg. The specific details of this requirement are set out in the tender material (the technical specification).

The limitation of candidates will be based on an evaluation of which candidates have documented the most relevant previous deliveries carried out over the past 3 years in comparison to the contract/purchases described in Section II.1.4) and II.2.4) in terms of the nature and quantity of the previous deliveries.

Please note that any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities in the information submitted under Section III.1.3) may be regarded negatively in the evaluation when selecting the limited numbers of candidates.

A/S Storebælt has decided not to divide the contract into lots as this would unduly increase the cost and as the tender is limited to 2 identical road-rail preparedness vehicles.

Information on the applicants' personal situation must be provided in the electronic European Single Procurement Document.

The candidate must submit the candidate's annual turnover for the last 3 financial years available, in so far as information on such turnovers is available.

The information shall be stated in the European Single Procurement Document, Part IV.B, cf. Section VI.3) below.

Reference is made to Section VI.3) with regard to the candidate's possibility of relying on the capacity of other entities.

In the event A/S Storebælt requires documentation for the above the applicant must provide the latest 3 audited annual financial reports. If this is not in English or Scandinavian, the applicant is asked to provide a resume in English.

The candidate must have had an annual turnover of at least 6 000 000 DKK in each of the preceding 3 financial years. If the turnover is not stated in said currency, the contracting authority will calculate the turnover based on the official exchange rate on the date this notice was published.

The information must be stated in the European Single Procurement Document, Part IV. B.

The candidates must submit the following information:

1) A list of the most important similar deliveries carried out over the past 3 years. The list should preferably include:

— A description of each delivery, including an indication of the total weight of the vehicle (s). The ‘total weight’ is to be understood as the weight of the vehicle, including full load (full tanks, equipment, crew, etc.);

— Information on when it was carried out;

— The size and value of the deliveries;

— The recipients of the deliveries (specific names/countries are preferred, but need not necessarily be included;if no country specific information is included the candidate is asked to provide as much generic information as possible about the delivery).

The list should not include more than 5 references (deliveries).

A/S Storebælt consider the information on the references given in the electronic European Single Procurement Document as final and will thus not require further documentation.

2) Information on whether the candidate will be able to produce certificates attesting that the candidate complies with the minimums levels of standards regarding quality assurance set out below. If the candidate clicks ‘no’, the candidate must explain why and specify which other means of proof concerning the quality assurance scheme can be provided.

In the event A/S Storebælt requires documentation for the above, the applicant must provide the relevant documentation in English or Scandinavian. If the applicant does not have a valid certificate A/S Storebælt will accept other relevant documentation cf. ‘Udbudsloven’ (the Danish Public Procurement Act) § 157.

The candidate must demonstrate experience with as a minimum 1 similar delivery within the past 3 years. A‘similar delivery’ is to be understood as a delivery of 1 or more similar vehicles (road-rail preparedness vehicles).

Furthermore, the candidate's measures to ensure quality must fulfil the requirements in ISO 14001 or ISO 9001 or equivalent.

Reference is made to the tender documents which can be found on the link, cf. section I.3).

In accordance with the Danish Act on Public Procurement (act no 1564 of 15.12.2015 — available at: www.retsinformation.dk) § 148, A/S Storebælt must demand that the candidate completes the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) as preliminary evidence in replacement of certificates issued by public authorities or third parties confirming that the candidate fulfils the requirements listed in § 148(1) of the said Act. Reference is made to The Danish Competition and Consumer Authority's guidance note concerning the ESPD available (in Danish) at: http://www.kfst.dk/~/media/KFST/Publikationer/Dansk/2015/Vejledning%20til%20ESPDen.pdf and: http://www.kfst.dk/~/media/KFST/Offentlig%20konkurrence/Vejledning%20om%20eESPD/Vejledning%20eESPD.pdf

The ESPD is available as an XML file at: http://sundogbaelt.dk/udbud/ together with the rest of the tender documents. The ESPD should be completed by importing the ESPD (the XML file) at: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/espd/welcome

The applicant shall complete the ESPD, Part II A, B and C; Part III A, B and C; Part IV B, C and D; and Part V. Hereafter the ESPD should be printed and submitted together with the rest of the pre-qualification application.

According to § 144 of the said Act, a candidate may rely on the economic, financial and/or technical capacity of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links with the entities. Where an economic operator wants to rely on the capacities of other entities, it shall prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal there sources necessary, for example by producing a commitment by those entities to that effect.

A candidate who relies on the capacity of other entities shall ensure that A/S Storebælt receives the candidate's own ESPD together with a separate ESPD with the relevant information for each of the entities that the candidate relies on. Finally when groups of entities, including temporary joint ventures, participate in the tender procedure together, each of the participating entities must complete a separate ESPD with the information required in Part II-IV.

Prior to decision on award of the contract, documentation for the information stated in the ESPD must be produced, cf. §§ 151-155 of the said Act. A/S Storebælt further reserves the right to at any stage of the tender procedure to request a candidate/tenderer to submit documentation, if this is required to secure that the procedure is conducted correctly.

A/S Storebælt shall exclude a candidate/tenderer from participation in the tender procedure, if the candidate/tenderer is subject to 1 of the mandatory exclusion grounds in §§ 135 and 136 of the said Act. The candidate/tenderer shall submit information in this respect in the ESPD. Special attention is drawn to the fact that certain voluntary exclusion grounds have been made mandatory in § 136 of the Act.

Candidates are asked to submit applications for pre-qualification in 2 hard-copies and electronically on a USB or equivalent medium in a sealed envelope marked ‘Acquisition of road-rail preparedness vehicles — Application. Must not be opened in the reception’. In case of discrepancy between the hard-copy and the electronic version,the hard-copy shall take precedence.

The application for pre-qualification cannot be submitted by e-mail.

Internet address:www.klfu.dk

Pursuant to Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement (act no 492 of 12.5.2010 with subsequent amendments — available at: www.retsinformation.dk), the following time limits for filing a complaint apply.

Complaints regarding a candidate not being pre-qualified must be filed with The Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 20 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has sent notification to the candidates involved, cf. § 171(2) of the Danish Act on Public Procurement (act no 1564 of 15.12.2015— available at: www.retsinformation.dk) or § 2(1) of the Danish Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, provided that the notification includes a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision.

Other complaints must 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 (with effect from the day following the publication date);

2) 30 calendar days starting the day after the contracting authority has informed 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 a short account of the relevant reasons for the decision;

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

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 standstill period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement. If the complaint has not been lodged in the standstill period, the complainant must also state whether it is requested that the appeal is granted delaying effect, cf. § 12(1) of the said Act.

The e-mail of 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 at the internet address stated in Section VI.4.1).

Internet address:www.kfst.dk