Medals

Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) & the Danish Police (the Contracting Authorities, hereafter mentioned "the CA" or the specific Party) were putting acquisition of Medals up for a joint tender.

Medals and accessories are awarded to both military personnel and civilians as recognition for their achievements and/ or for their excellent service record for example.

A medal usually consists of a metal disc carrying a design on both sides and a Ribbon or a loop attached to the metal disc.

Se detailed description in section II. 2.4).

The Contracting Authorities (the CA) intends to use the Deliverables for the Danish Defence and the Danish Police.

Medals and accessories for DALO are awarded to both military personnel and civilians as recognition for their achievements and/ or for their excellent service record.

The items shall be used on the uniforms, during (military) service, for parades, ceremony events etc. A Medal will only be given on special occasions if a military employee or civilian personnel has met the criteria to receive and deserve a Medal during (military) service. For example: a Courage Medal, a Medal for serving in a special International operation, Excellence Service etc.

A medal usually consists of a metal disc carrying a design on both sides and a Ribbon or a loop attached to the metal disc.

Medals and their accessories for DALO particularly include the following items; Medals, Ribbons, Oak Leafs, Ribbon Bars, Multiple Medal Holder & Multiple Ribbon Bar Holder, Medal Boxes to store Medals or Oak Leafs and Production Tools for Medals.

Medals and their accessories for the Danish Police particularly include the following items; Medals, Medal Boxes to store Medals or Oak Leafs and Production Tools for Medals.

The Framework Agreement is not divided into lots on the grounds that a division of the contract would entail disproportionate costs due to subsequent contract administration. The Agreement is entered into by DALO & the Danish Police. Though all divisions of the Danish Ministry of Defence including all units of the Danish Defence subject to the command of the Chief of Defence can use the Agreement

Medals

Regarding section II.1.7) and section V.2.4): The estimated value of the Framework Agreement is 11,5 - 22,4 mio. DKK. The reason for the interval stated is the uncertainty regarding the actual value of the Framework Agreement for the Contracting Authorities. Hence, the lower limit of the interval constitutes DALO’s & the Danish Police's (the CA) most qualified estimate of the actual value of the Framework Agreement at the present moment, while the upper limit of the interval constitutes the expected maximum value of the Framework Agreement in its duration.

Pursuant to Section 7(2) of the Danish Consolidation Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016 on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (available at www.retsinformation.dk), 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 ques-tion, 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 candi-dates/tenderers involved that the contracting authority has entered into the framework agreement, cf. § 2(2) or § 171(4) of the Public Procurement Act, 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 Public Procurement Act. The complainant must inform the contracting authority of the complaint in writing at the latest simultane-ously with the lodge of the complaint to The Complaints Board for Public Procurement stating whether the complaint has been lodged in the stand-still period, cf. § 6(4) of the Act on The Complaints Board for Public Procurement. If the complaint has not been lodged in the stand-still 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.