{"bekendtgoerelseNoegle":{"noticeId":{"value":"063d5010-be3f-4d7f-8054-e5054dba36ad"},"noticeVersion":{"value":"01"},"noticePublicationNumber":{"value":"00378073-2025"}},"htmlDA":"\n\n \n 1 Køber1.1 KøberOfficielt navn: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Køberens retlige status: Offentligretligt organ\n Den ordregivende myndigheds aktiviteter: Økonomiske anliggender\n \n \n 2 Procedure2.1 ProcedureTitel: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data\n Beskrivelse: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences\n in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure\n stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To\n address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental,\n Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key.\n
The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier\n framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data\n to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate\n in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks.\n
The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank,\n as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement\n Coordination Office (EPCO).
The scope of this joint procurement includes\n the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part\n of the tender documentation):
• Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity\n data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc.
• Social data, including\n diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc.
• Governance data,\n including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data,\n etc.
• Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs\n data, UN SDG data, etc.
• Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives\n data.
• Provision of transparent methodology and sources.
• Enablement of\n multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors\n and Excel add-ins.
• Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and\n statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members.
Furthermore,\n the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and\n need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines.
The\n framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members\n will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).\n Identifikator for proceduren: 11272c31-c0ee-4dea-b20a-ccb971d38efb\n Intern identifikator: 219177\n Udbudsprocedure: Udbud med forhandling/indkaldelse af tilbud med forudgående offentliggørelse\n Proceduren er en hasteprocedure: nej\n Hovedpunkterne i proceduren: 1) Call for applications: Any economic operator interested in the present tender will\n have the opportunity to present its application by submitting an ESPD in accordance\n with the requirements stated in this contract notice. After the evaluation of the\n applications according to the criteria established in the contract notice, the four\n candidates having documented the most relevant deliveries will be invited to present\n a tender.
2) Invitation to tender: All tenderers having submitted an initial\n tender will be invited to a negotiation meeting in accordance with the description\n in appendix C of the tender documents. The tenderers will receive feedback on the\n tender during the meeting.
3) Negotiation phase: The contracting entity might\n request the submission of additional tenders during the negotiation phase.
The\n contracting entity reserves the right to award the framework agreement on the basis\n of the first initial tender or any subsequent initial tenders.
The contracting\n entity will not pay a participation fee to the tenderers.
For further information\n on the process of the negotiations, reference is made to the tender specifications,\n Appendix C.\n 2.1.1 FormålKontraktens art: Tjenesteydelser\n Primær klassificering (cpv): 72300000 Datatjenester\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 48000000 Programpakker og informationssystemer\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72314000 Indsamling og bearbejdning af data\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72319000 Levering af data\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72321000 Added-value databasetjenester\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Yderligere oplysninger: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible\n in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.\n \n 2.1.3 VærdiAnslået værdi eksklusiv moms: 7.260.000 Euro\n Rammeaftalens maksimumværdi: 15.610.000 Euro\n \n 2.1.4 Generelle oplysningerYderligere oplysninger: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via\n the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the\n procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If\n the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded\n version will apply.
An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025,\n 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend\n the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating\n in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later\n than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails\n of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information\n meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system.
All\n communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers,\n must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted\n not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if\n they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required\n and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application\n deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot\n expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed.
Interested\n operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the\n candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com,\n or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.
As its application, the candidate must submit\n an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1),\n paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary\n for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium),\n a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate\n is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be\n signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting\n the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies\n on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each\n of the entities on which it relies.
Before the award decision is made, the\n tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide\n documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152,\n cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation\n mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the\n applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration\n in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity\n only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and\n tenderers established in the country holding the official list.
The contracting\n entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated\n in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated\n number of compliant requests for participation.
The estimated value of the\n framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework\n agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT.
The difference between the estimated\n value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual\n framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s\n estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum\n value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term\n of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s\n expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly,\n the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular\n attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase\n under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on\n the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework\n agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both\n the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list\n and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the\n tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically\n achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound\n by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value,\n both upwards and downwards.
It should be noted that each candidate may only\n submit one application for prequalification.
The contracting entity may use\n the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event\n that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender\n documents.
Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014,\n as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition\n against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc.\n (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators\n that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to\n require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that\n they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to\n this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership\n of the economic operators and any subcontractors.
It should be noted that\n the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement.
In\n addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in\n time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed\n continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.\n \n \n Directive 2014/24/EU - The tender procedure is covered by the Danish Public Procurement Act (Act No. 1564\n of 15 December 2015 as amended), which implements the Public Procurement Directive\n (Directive 2014/24/EU).\n \n 2.1.6 Grunde til udelukkelseKorruption: see section 135(1), para (2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Deltagelse i en kriminel organisation: see section 135(1), para (1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Hvidvaskning af penge eller finansiering af terrorisme: see section 135(1), para (5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Svig: see section 135(1), para (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Børnearbejde og andre former for menneskehandel: see section 135(1), para (6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n 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: see section 136, para (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Interessekonflikt som følge af deltagelse i udbudsproceduren: see section 136, para (1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Direkte eller indirekte involvering i forberedelsen af denne udbudsprocedure: see section 136, para (2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Skyldig i alvorlige forsømmelser i forbindelse med udøvelsen af erhvervet: see section 136, para (4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Betaling af socialsikringsbidrag: see section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Betaling af skatter og afgifter: see section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Terrorhandlinger eller strafbare handlinger med forbindelse til terroraktivitet: see section 135(1), para (4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n \n \n 5 Delkontrakt5.1 Teknisk ID for partiet: LOT-0000Titel: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data\n Beskrivelse: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences\n in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure\n stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To\n address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental,\n Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key.\n
The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier\n framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data\n to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate\n in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks.\n
The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank,\n as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement\n Coordination Office (EPCO).
The scope of this joint procurement includes\n the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part\n of the tender documentation):
• Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity\n data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc.
• Social data, including\n diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc.
• Governance data,\n including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data,\n etc.
• Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs\n data, UN SDG data, etc.
• Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives\n data.
• Provision of transparent methodology and sources.
• Enablement of\n multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors\n and Excel add-ins.
• Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and\n statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members.
Furthermore,\n the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and\n need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines.
The\n framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members\n will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).\n Intern identifikator: 219177\n 5.1.1 FormålKontraktens art: Tjenesteydelser\n Primær klassificering (cpv): 72300000 Datatjenester\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 48000000 Programpakker og informationssystemer\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72314000 Indsamling og bearbejdning af data\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72319000 Levering af data\n Yderligere klassificering (cpv): 72321000 Added-value databasetjenester\n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Yderligere oplysninger: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible\n in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.\n \n \n 5.1.5 VærdiAnslået værdi eksklusiv moms: 7.260.000 Euro\n Rammeaftalens maksimumværdi: 15.610.000 Euro\n \n 5.1.6 Generelle oplysningerReserveret deltagelse: Deltagelse uden forbehold.\n Indkøbsprojekt, der ikke finansieres med EU-midler\n Udbuddet er omfattet af aftalen om offentlige udbud (GPA): ja\n Dette udbud er også egnet for små og mellemstore virksomheder (SMV'er)\n Yderligere oplysninger: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via\n the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the\n procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If\n the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded\n version will apply.
An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025,\n 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend\n the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating\n in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later\n than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails\n of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information\n meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system.
All\n communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers,\n must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted\n not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if\n they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required\n and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application\n deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot\n expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed.
Interested\n operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the\n candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com,\n or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.
As its application, the candidate must submit\n an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1),\n paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary\n for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium),\n a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate\n is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be\n signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting\n the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies\n on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each\n of the entities on which it relies.
Before the award decision is made, the\n tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide\n documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152,\n cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation\n mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the\n applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration\n in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity\n only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and\n tenderers established in the country holding the official list.
The contracting\n entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated\n in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated\n number of compliant requests for participation.
The estimated value of the\n framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework\n agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT.
The difference between the estimated\n value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual\n framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s\n estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum\n value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term\n of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s\n expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly,\n the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular\n attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase\n under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on\n the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework\n agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both\n the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list\n and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the\n tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically\n achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound\n by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value,\n both upwards and downwards.
It should be noted that each candidate may only\n submit one application for prequalification.
The contracting entity may use\n the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event\n that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender\n documents.
Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014,\n as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition\n against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc.\n (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators\n that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to\n require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that\n they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to\n this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership\n of the economic operators and any subcontractors.
It should be noted that\n the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement.
In\n addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in\n time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed\n continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.\n \n 5.1.9 UdvælgelseskriterierKriterium:Type: Økonomisk og finansiel formåen\n Anvendelse af dette kriterium: Ikke anvendt\n \n Kriterium:\n \n Anvendelse af dette kriterium: Ikke anvendt\n \n Kriterium:Type: Egnethed til at udøve det pågældende erhverv\n Anvendelse af dette kriterium: Ikke anvendt\n \n Kriterium:Type: Teknisk og faglig formåen\n \n Beskrivelse: The candidate must submit the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with the\n following information:
A list of the 5 most significant comparable services that\n the candidate has carried out in the latest 3 years before the expiry of the deadline\n for application.
Only references relating to services carried out at the time\n of the deadline for application will be assessed in the evaluation of whether the\n minimum requirements regarding technical and professional capacity have been complied\n with, see below. Hence, in the case of an ongoing service provision reference, only\n the part of the services already performed at the time of the deadline for application\n will be included in the evaluation of the reference.
Each reference is requested\n to include a brief description of the deliveries made. The description of the delivery\n should include a clear description of the services to which the delivery relates and\n the candidate’s role(s) in the performance of the delivery. The reference is furthermore\n requested to include the financial value of the delivery (amount), the period of delivery\n and the name of the customer (recipient).
When indicating the period of the delivery,\n the candidate is requested to indicate the date of commencement and finalisation of\n the delivery. If this is not possible, for example if the tasks were performed on\n a continuous basis under a framework agreement, the candidate is asked to indicate\n how the date is specified.
No more than 5 references may be stated, irrespective\n of whether the candidate is a single operator, whether the candidate relies on the\n technical capacity of other entities or is a group of operators (e.g. a consortium).\n Where more than 5 references are stated, only the most recent 5 references will be\n taken into account. Any additional references will be disregarded. If it is not possible\n to decide which references are the most recent 5 references, the references will be\n selected by drawing lots.
In this procedure, the candidate may rely on the technical\n capacity of other operators to fulfil the suitability requirements. The operator(s)\n making its/their technical capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter\n of commitment, see further in the tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an\n attachment to the tender specifications (Appendix F).
If the candidate relies\n on the professional experience of other entities for the performance of specific parts\n of the services comprised by the contract, such specific parts of the services under\n the contract must be performed by the entity on which the candidate relies.
The\n ESPD serves as provisional documentation justifying that the candidate fulfils the\n minimum suitability requirements in respect of technical and professional capacity.\n
Before the award decision is made, the candidate to whom the contracting entity\n intends to award the contract must submit documentation that the information stated\n in the ESPD is accurate.
No additional documentation of technical and professional\n capacity will be required from the candidate. However, the contracting entity reserves\n the right to contact the candidate, or the customer stated in the reference for verification\n of the information stated in the reference, including the dates of the reference indicated.
Minimum\n requirement: as a minimum requirement for participation, the candidate must provide\n documentation of at least one (1) reference for the delivery of ESG data to key entities\n in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors.\n Anvendelse af dette kriterium: Anvendt\n \n Kriterium:Type: Teknisk og faglig formåen\n \n Beskrivelse: Criteria for selection among the suitable candidates. The shortlisting of candidates\n invited to tender (a maximum of four) will be based on an evaluation of which candidates\n have documented the most relevant deliveries, in relation to the main services put\n up for tender.
The relevance assessment will be made on the basis of the extent\n to which the references, combined, document experience in the provision of services\n that are comparable to the main services put up for tender.
In the evaluation\n of which candidates have documented the most relevant supplies, the contracting entity\n will award points to the candidates on a scale from 1-5 for each main service, based\n on the extent to which the references, combined, document relevant experience in providing\n the main services. On this basis, the candidate will be awarded a total score calculated\n as the average number of points awarded for the main services.
In the selection,\n the contracting entity will place particular emphasis on the following:
• 1) Experience\n with the delivery of ESG data (50%)
• 2) Experience with the delivery of an ESG\n screening tool (30%)
• 3) Experience with the delivery of ESG data to key entities\n in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors in\n different countries (20%)\n Anvendelse af dette kriterium: Anvendt\n Kriterierne vil blive anvendt til at udvælge de ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren\n \n Oplysninger om den anden fase i en procedure, der afvikles i to faser:Mindsteantallet af ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren: 4\n Det højeste antal ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren: 4\n Proceduren afvikles i successive faser. I hver fase kan nogle ansøgere blive afvist\n Køberen forbeholder sig retten til at tildele kontrakten på grundlag af de oprindelige tilbud uden yderligere forhandlinger\n \n \n 5.1.10 TildelingskriterierKriterium:\n \n Beskrivelse: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Vægtning (procentdel, præcis): 30\n \n Kriterium:\n \n Beskrivelse: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Vægtning (procentdel, præcis): 10\n \n Kriterium:\n Navn: Methodology and documentation for obtained ESG data\n Beskrivelse: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Vægtning (procentdel, præcis): 10\n \n Kriterium:\n \n Beskrivelse: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Vægtning (procentdel, præcis): 40\n \n Kriterium:\n \n Beskrivelse: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Vægtning (procentdel, præcis): 10\n \n \n 5.1.11 UdbudsdokumenterSprog, som udbudsdokumenterne er officielt tilgængelige på: engelsk\n Adresse på udbudsdokumenterne: https://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=430890&B=\n \n 5.1.12 UdbudsvilkårVilkår for indgivelse:Elektronisk indgivelse: Påkrævet\n Indgivelsesadresse: https://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=430890&B=\n Sprog, som tilbud og ansøgninger om deltagelse kan indgives på: engelsk\n Elektronisk katalog: Ikke tilladt\n Alternative tilbud: Ikke tilladt\n Tilbudsgivere kan indgive mere end ét tilbud: Ikke tilladt\n Frist for modtagelse af anmodninger om deltagelse: 11-07-2025 10:00 +00:00\n \n Betingelser for kontrakten:Udførelsen af kontrakten skal ske inden for rammerne af programmer for beskyttet beskæftigelse: Nej\n Vilkår relateret til kontraktens udførelse: The contract has incorporated the corporate social responsibility considerations,\n as appropriate, as laid down in the conventions on the basis of which the principles\n of the UN Global Compact are worded and as laid down in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational\n Enterprises.\n Der kræves en fortrolighedsaftale: nej\n Elektronisk fakturering: Tilladt\n Der vil blive anvendt elektronisk bestilling: nej\n Der vil blive anvendt elektronisk betaling: ja\n \n Oplysninger om undersøgelsesfrister: Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov\n om Klagenævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk),\n the following deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints:
Complaints of\n not having been selected must be submitted to the Danish Complaints Board for Public\n Procurement before the expiry of 20 calendar days, see section 7(1) of the Act, from\n the day after submission of notification to the candidates concerned of the identity\n of the successful tenderer where the notification is accompanied by an explanation\n of the grounds for the decision in accordance with section 2(1), para (1) of the Act\n and section 171(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
In other situations,\n complaints of award procedures, see section 7(2) of the Act, must be lodged with the\n Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of:
1)\n 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official\n Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract.\n The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published.
2)\n 30 calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity\n has notified the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement\n with reopening of competition, or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into\n if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision.\n
3) 6 months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement\n calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates\n and tenderers concerned, see section 2(2) of the Act and section 171(4) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.
4) 20 calendar days calculated from the day after\n the contracting entity has submitted notification of its decision, see section 185(2)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
Not later than at the time of lodging\n a complaint with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant\n must notify the contracting entity in writing that a complaint has been lodged with\n the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the complaint was lodged\n during the standstill period, see section 6(4) of the Act. In cases where the complaint\n was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate\n whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1)\n of the Act.
The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n is klfu@naevneneshus.dk.
The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure\n is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/.\n \n 5.1.15 TeknikkerRammeaftale:Rammeaftale uden fornyet iværksættelse af konkurrence\n Det maksimale antal deltagere: 2\n Yderligere omfattede købere: The joint procurement intends to establish a two-supplier framework agreement for\n the delivery of ESG data under the lead of Danmarks Nationalbank.
Danmarks\n Nationalbank will implement this EPCO joint procurement on its own behalf and for\n its own benefit, as well as for the benefit of the following institutions:
• The\n Eligible EPCO Members: members of EPCO which will be entitled to join the future framework\n agreement and benefit from its terms and conditions at all points during the contract\n validity, as detailed in Appendix I.
• The Potentially Participating EPCO Members\n (PEM(s)): From the list of institutions under Appendix I, some institutions that have\n already expressed a potential interest in the services are indicated in Appendix J.
The\n expression of interest by any Eligible EPCO Member to join the future framework agreement\n does not involve an obligation for any of those institutions to order the services\n within it. Only the effective ordering of services, by the conclusion of an order\n form between a participating Institution and the future contractor(s) will be binding\n on the individual Eligible EPCO Members.\n \n Oplysninger om det dynamiske indkøbssystem:Intet dynamisk indkøbssystem\n \n \n \n 5.1.16 Yderligere oplysninger, mægling og gennemgangOrganisation med ansvar for klager: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n Organisation, der modtager ansøgninger om deltagelse: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Organisation, der behandler tilbud: Danmarks Nationalbank\n TED eSender: Mercell Holding ASA\n \n \n \n 8 Organisationer8.1 ORG-0001Officielt navn: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Registreringsnummer: 61092919\n Afdeling: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Postadresse: Langelinie Allé 47 \n \n \n Landespecifik underafdeling (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Kontaktpunkt: DN - Christine Victoria Bitsch\n E-mail: cvb@nationalbanken.dk\n \n Køberprofil: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/company/companyinformation/index/281426\n Denne organisations roller:\n Organisation, der modtager ansøgninger om deltagelse\n Organisation, der behandler tilbud\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0002Officielt navn: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n Registreringsnummer: 37795526\n Postadresse: Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2 \n \n \n Landespecifik underafdeling (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)\n \n E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk\n \n Internetadresse: https://klfu.naevneneshus.dk/\n Denne organisations roller:Organisation med ansvar for klager\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0003Officielt navn: Mercell Holding ASA\n Registreringsnummer: 980921565\n Postadresse: Askekroken 11 \n \n \n Landespecifik underafdeling (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)\n \n \n E-mail: publication@mercell.com\n \n \n Internetadresse: http://mercell.com/\n Denne organisations roller:\n \n \n \n 11 Oplysninger om bekendtgørelsen11.1 Oplysninger om bekendtgørelsenIdentifikator for bekendtgørelsen: 063d5010-be3f-4d7f-8054-e5054dba36ad - 01\n Formulartype: Konkurrencevilkår\n Bekendtgørelsestype: Udbuds- eller koncessionsbekendtgørelse – standardordningen\n Afsendelsesdato for bekendtgørelsen: 10-06-2025 14:45 +00:00\n Dato for afsendelse af bekendtgørelse (eSender): 10-06-2025 15:30 +00:00\n Sprog, som denne bekendtgørelse er officielt tilgængelig på: engelsk \n \n 11.2 Oplysninger om offentliggørelsenBekendtgørelsesnummer: 00378073-2025\n \n Offentliggørelsesdato: 12-06-2025\n \n \n \n","htmlEN":"\n\n \n 1 Buyer1.1 BuyerOfficial name: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law\n Activity of the contracting authority: Economic affairs\n \n \n 2 Procedure2.1 ProcedureTitle: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data\n Description: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences\n in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure\n stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To\n address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental,\n Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key.\n
The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier\n framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data\n to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate\n in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks.\n
The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank,\n as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement\n Coordination Office (EPCO).
The scope of this joint procurement includes\n the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part\n of the tender documentation):
• Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity\n data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc.
• Social data, including\n diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc.
• Governance data,\n including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data,\n etc.
• Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs\n data, UN SDG data, etc.
• Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives\n data.
• Provision of transparent methodology and sources.
• Enablement of\n multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors\n and Excel add-ins.
• Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and\n statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members.
Furthermore,\n the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and\n need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines.
The\n framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members\n will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).\n Procedure identifier: 11272c31-c0ee-4dea-b20a-ccb971d38efb\n Internal identifier: 219177\n Type of procedure: Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation\n The procedure is accelerated: no\n Main features of the procedure: 1) Call for applications: Any economic operator interested in the present tender will\n have the opportunity to present its application by submitting an ESPD in accordance\n with the requirements stated in this contract notice. After the evaluation of the\n applications according to the criteria established in the contract notice, the four\n candidates having documented the most relevant deliveries will be invited to present\n a tender.
2) Invitation to tender: All tenderers having submitted an initial\n tender will be invited to a negotiation meeting in accordance with the description\n in appendix C of the tender documents. The tenderers will receive feedback on the\n tender during the meeting.
3) Negotiation phase: The contracting entity might\n request the submission of additional tenders during the negotiation phase.
The\n contracting entity reserves the right to award the framework agreement on the basis\n of the first initial tender or any subsequent initial tenders.
The contracting\n entity will not pay a participation fee to the tenderers.
For further information\n on the process of the negotiations, reference is made to the tender specifications,\n Appendix C.\n 2.1.1 PurposeMain nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 72300000 Data services\n Additional classification (cpv): 48000000 Software package and information systems\n Additional classification (cpv): 72314000 Data collection and collation services\n Additional classification (cpv): 72319000 Data supply services\n Additional classification (cpv): 72321000 Added-value database services\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Additional information: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible\n in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.\n \n 2.1.3 ValueEstimated value excluding VAT: 7.260.000 Euro\n Maximum value of the framework agreement: 15.610.000 Euro\n \n 2.1.4 General informationAdditional information: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via\n the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the\n procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If\n the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded\n version will apply.
An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025,\n 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend\n the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating\n in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later\n than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails\n of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information\n meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system.
All\n communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers,\n must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted\n not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if\n they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required\n and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application\n deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot\n expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed.
Interested\n operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the\n candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com,\n or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.
As its application, the candidate must submit\n an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1),\n paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary\n for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium),\n a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate\n is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be\n signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting\n the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies\n on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each\n of the entities on which it relies.
Before the award decision is made, the\n tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide\n documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152,\n cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation\n mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the\n applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration\n in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity\n only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and\n tenderers established in the country holding the official list.
The contracting\n entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated\n in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated\n number of compliant requests for participation.
The estimated value of the\n framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework\n agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT.
The difference between the estimated\n value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual\n framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s\n estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum\n value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term\n of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s\n expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly,\n the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular\n attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase\n under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on\n the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework\n agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both\n the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list\n and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the\n tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically\n achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound\n by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value,\n both upwards and downwards.
It should be noted that each candidate may only\n submit one application for prequalification.
The contracting entity may use\n the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event\n that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender\n documents.
Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014,\n as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition\n against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc.\n (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators\n that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to\n require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that\n they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to\n this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership\n of the economic operators and any subcontractors.
It should be noted that\n the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement.
In\n addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in\n time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed\n continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.\n \n \n Directive 2014/24/EU - The tender procedure is covered by the Danish Public Procurement Act (Act No. 1564\n of 15 December 2015 as amended), which implements the Public Procurement Directive\n (Directive 2014/24/EU).\n \n 2.1.6 Grounds for exclusionCorruption: see section 135(1), para (2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Participation in a criminal organisation: see section 135(1), para (1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Money laundering or terrorist financing: see section 135(1), para (5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Fraud: see section 135(1), para (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings: see section 135(1), para (6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure: see section 136, para (3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure: see section 136, para (1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure: see section 136, para (2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Guilty of grave professional misconduct: see section 136, para (4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Payment of social security contributions: see section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Payment of taxes: see section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities: see section 135(1), para (4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n \n \n 5 Lot5.1 Lot technical ID: LOT-0000Title: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data\n Description: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences\n in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure\n stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To\n address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental,\n Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key.\n
The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier\n framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data\n to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate\n in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks.\n
The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank,\n as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement\n Coordination Office (EPCO).
The scope of this joint procurement includes\n the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part\n of the tender documentation):
• Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity\n data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc.
• Social data, including\n diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc.
• Governance data,\n including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data,\n etc.
• Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs\n data, UN SDG data, etc.
• Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives\n data.
• Provision of transparent methodology and sources.
• Enablement of\n multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors\n and Excel add-ins.
• Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and\n statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members.
Furthermore,\n the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and\n need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines.
The\n framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members\n will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).\n Internal identifier: 219177\n 5.1.1 PurposeMain nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 72300000 Data services\n Additional classification (cpv): 48000000 Software package and information systems\n Additional classification (cpv): 72314000 Data collection and collation services\n Additional classification (cpv): 72319000 Data supply services\n Additional classification (cpv): 72321000 Added-value database services\n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Additional information: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible\n in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.\n \n 5.1.3 Estimated duration\n \n 5.1.5 ValueEstimated value excluding VAT: 7.260.000 Euro\n Maximum value of the framework agreement: 15.610.000 Euro\n \n 5.1.6 General informationReserved participation: Participation is not reserved.\n Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.\n The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes\n This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)\n Additional information: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via\n the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the\n procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If\n the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded\n version will apply.
An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025,\n 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend\n the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating\n in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later\n than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails\n of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information\n meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system.
All\n communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers,\n must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted\n not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if\n they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required\n and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application\n deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot\n expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed.
Interested\n operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the\n candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com,\n or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14.
As its application, the candidate must submit\n an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1),\n paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary\n for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium),\n a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate\n is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be\n signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting\n the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies\n on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each\n of the entities on which it relies.
Before the award decision is made, the\n tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide\n documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152,\n cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation\n mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the\n applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration\n in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity\n only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and\n tenderers established in the country holding the official list.
The contracting\n entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated\n in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated\n number of compliant requests for participation.
The estimated value of the\n framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework\n agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT.
The difference between the estimated\n value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual\n framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s\n estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum\n value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term\n of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s\n expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly,\n the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular\n attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase\n under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on\n the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework\n agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both\n the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list\n and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the\n tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically\n achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound\n by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value,\n both upwards and downwards.
It should be noted that each candidate may only\n submit one application for prequalification.
The contracting entity may use\n the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event\n that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender\n documents.
Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014,\n as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition\n against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc.\n (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators\n that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to\n require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that\n they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to\n this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership\n of the economic operators and any subcontractors.
It should be noted that\n the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement.
In\n addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in\n time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed\n continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.\n \n 5.1.9 Selection criteriaCriterion:Type: Economic and financial standing\n Use of this criterion: Not used\n \n Criterion:\n \n Use of this criterion: Not used\n \n Criterion:Type: Suitability to pursue the professional activity\n Use of this criterion: Not used\n \n Criterion:Type: Technical and professional ability\n \n Description: The candidate must submit the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) with the\n following information:
A list of the 5 most significant comparable services that\n the candidate has carried out in the latest 3 years before the expiry of the deadline\n for application.
Only references relating to services carried out at the time\n of the deadline for application will be assessed in the evaluation of whether the\n minimum requirements regarding technical and professional capacity have been complied\n with, see below. Hence, in the case of an ongoing service provision reference, only\n the part of the services already performed at the time of the deadline for application\n will be included in the evaluation of the reference.
Each reference is requested\n to include a brief description of the deliveries made. The description of the delivery\n should include a clear description of the services to which the delivery relates and\n the candidate’s role(s) in the performance of the delivery. The reference is furthermore\n requested to include the financial value of the delivery (amount), the period of delivery\n and the name of the customer (recipient).
When indicating the period of the delivery,\n the candidate is requested to indicate the date of commencement and finalisation of\n the delivery. If this is not possible, for example if the tasks were performed on\n a continuous basis under a framework agreement, the candidate is asked to indicate\n how the date is specified.
No more than 5 references may be stated, irrespective\n of whether the candidate is a single operator, whether the candidate relies on the\n technical capacity of other entities or is a group of operators (e.g. a consortium).\n Where more than 5 references are stated, only the most recent 5 references will be\n taken into account. Any additional references will be disregarded. If it is not possible\n to decide which references are the most recent 5 references, the references will be\n selected by drawing lots.
In this procedure, the candidate may rely on the technical\n capacity of other operators to fulfil the suitability requirements. The operator(s)\n making its/their technical capacity available to the candidate must sign a letter\n of commitment, see further in the tender specifications. The form is enclosed as an\n attachment to the tender specifications (Appendix F).
If the candidate relies\n on the professional experience of other entities for the performance of specific parts\n of the services comprised by the contract, such specific parts of the services under\n the contract must be performed by the entity on which the candidate relies.
The\n ESPD serves as provisional documentation justifying that the candidate fulfils the\n minimum suitability requirements in respect of technical and professional capacity.\n
Before the award decision is made, the candidate to whom the contracting entity\n intends to award the contract must submit documentation that the information stated\n in the ESPD is accurate.
No additional documentation of technical and professional\n capacity will be required from the candidate. However, the contracting entity reserves\n the right to contact the candidate, or the customer stated in the reference for verification\n of the information stated in the reference, including the dates of the reference indicated.
Minimum\n requirement: as a minimum requirement for participation, the candidate must provide\n documentation of at least one (1) reference for the delivery of ESG data to key entities\n in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors.\n Use of this criterion: Used\n \n Criterion:Type: Technical and professional ability\n \n Description: Criteria for selection among the suitable candidates. The shortlisting of candidates\n invited to tender (a maximum of four) will be based on an evaluation of which candidates\n have documented the most relevant deliveries, in relation to the main services put\n up for tender.
The relevance assessment will be made on the basis of the extent\n to which the references, combined, document experience in the provision of services\n that are comparable to the main services put up for tender.
In the evaluation\n of which candidates have documented the most relevant supplies, the contracting entity\n will award points to the candidates on a scale from 1-5 for each main service, based\n on the extent to which the references, combined, document relevant experience in providing\n the main services. On this basis, the candidate will be awarded a total score calculated\n as the average number of points awarded for the main services.
In the selection,\n the contracting entity will place particular emphasis on the following:
• 1) Experience\n with the delivery of ESG data (50%)
• 2) Experience with the delivery of an ESG\n screening tool (30%)
• 3) Experience with the delivery of ESG data to key entities\n in the financial sector, including central banks and/or institutional investors in\n different countries (20%)\n Use of this criterion: Used\n The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure\n \n Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure:Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 4\n Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 4\n The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated\n The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations\n \n \n 5.1.10 Award criteriaCriterion:\n \n Description: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Weight (percentage, exact): 30\n \n Criterion:\n \n Description: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Weight (percentage, exact): 10\n \n Criterion:\n Name: Methodology and documentation for obtained ESG data\n Description: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Weight (percentage, exact): 10\n \n Criterion:\n \n Description: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Weight (percentage, exact): 40\n \n Criterion:\n \n Description: Please refer to the Tender specification, Appendix A.\n Weight (percentage, exact): 10\n \n \n 5.1.11 Procurement documentsLanguages in which the procurement documents are officially available: English\n Address of the procurement documents: https://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=430890&B=\n \n 5.1.12 Terms of procurementTerms of submission:Electronic submission: Required\n Address for submission: https://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=430890&B=\n Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English\n Electronic catalogue: Not allowed\n \n Tenderers may submit more than one tender: Not allowed\n Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 11-07-2025 10:00 +00:00\n \n Terms of contract:The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No\n Conditions relating to the performance of the contract: The contract has incorporated the corporate social responsibility considerations,\n as appropriate, as laid down in the conventions on the basis of which the principles\n of the UN Global Compact are worded and as laid down in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational\n Enterprises.\n A non-disclosure agreement is required: no\n Electronic invoicing: Allowed\n Electronic ordering will be used: no\n Electronic payment will be used: yes\n \n Information about review deadlines: Pursuant to the Danish Act on the Complaints Board for Public Procurement, etc. (lov\n om Klagenævnet for Udbud m.v.) (the Act is available (in Danish) at www.retsinformation.dk),\n the following deadlines apply to the lodging of complaints:
Complaints of\n not having been selected must be submitted to the Danish Complaints Board for Public\n Procurement before the expiry of 20 calendar days, see section 7(1) of the Act, from\n the day after submission of notification to the candidates concerned of the identity\n of the successful tenderer where the notification is accompanied by an explanation\n of the grounds for the decision in accordance with section 2(1), para (1) of the Act\n and section 171(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
In other situations,\n complaints of award procedures, see section 7(2) of the Act, must be lodged with the\n Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement before the expiry of:
1)\n 45 calendar days after the contracting entity has published a notice in the Official\n Journal of the European Union that the contracting entity has entered into a contract.\n The deadline is calculated from the day after the day when the notice was published.
2)\n 30 calendar days calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity\n has notified the candidates concerned that a contract based on a framework agreement\n with reopening of competition, or a dynamic purchasing system has been entered into\n if the notification has included an explanation of the relevant grounds for the decision.\n
3) 6 months after the contracting entity entered into a framework agreement\n calculated from the day after the day when the contracting entity notified the candidates\n and tenderers concerned, see section 2(2) of the Act and section 171(4) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.
4) 20 calendar days calculated from the day after\n the contracting entity has submitted notification of its decision, see section 185(2)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
Not later than at the time of lodging\n a complaint with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the complainant\n must notify the contracting entity in writing that a complaint has been lodged with\n the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement and whether the complaint was lodged\n during the standstill period, see section 6(4) of the Act. In cases where the complaint\n was not lodged within the standstill period, the complainant must furthermore indicate\n whether a suspensory effect of the complaint has been requested, see section 12(1)\n of the Act.
The e-mail address of the Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n is klfu@naevneneshus.dk.
The Complaints Board’s own complaints procedure\n is available at https://naevneneshus.dk/start din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/vejledning/.\n \n 5.1.15 TechniquesFramework agreement:Framework agreement, without reopening of competition\n Maximum number of participants: 2\n Additional buyer coverage: The joint procurement intends to establish a two-supplier framework agreement for\n the delivery of ESG data under the lead of Danmarks Nationalbank.
Danmarks\n Nationalbank will implement this EPCO joint procurement on its own behalf and for\n its own benefit, as well as for the benefit of the following institutions:
• The\n Eligible EPCO Members: members of EPCO which will be entitled to join the future framework\n agreement and benefit from its terms and conditions at all points during the contract\n validity, as detailed in Appendix I.
• The Potentially Participating EPCO Members\n (PEM(s)): From the list of institutions under Appendix I, some institutions that have\n already expressed a potential interest in the services are indicated in Appendix J.
The\n expression of interest by any Eligible EPCO Member to join the future framework agreement\n does not involve an obligation for any of those institutions to order the services\n within it. Only the effective ordering of services, by the conclusion of an order\n form between a participating Institution and the future contractor(s) will be binding\n on the individual Eligible EPCO Members.\n \n Information about the dynamic purchasing system:No dynamic purchase system\n \n \n \n 5.1.16 Further information, mediation and reviewReview organisation: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n Organisation receiving requests to participate: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Organisation processing tenders: Danmarks Nationalbank\n TED eSender: Mercell Holding ASA\n \n \n \n 8 Organisations8.1 ORG-0001Official name: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Registration number: 61092919\n Department: Danmarks Nationalbank\n Postal address: Langelinie Allé 47 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Contact point: DN - Christine Victoria Bitsch\n Email: cvb@nationalbanken.dk\n \n Buyer profile: https://eu.eu-supply.com/ctm/company/companyinformation/index/281426\n Roles of this organisation:\n Organisation receiving requests to participate\n Organisation processing tenders\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0002Official name: The Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement\n Registration number: 37795526\n Postal address: Nævnenes Hus, Toldboden 2 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)\n \n Email: klfu@naevneneshus.dk\n \n Internet address: https://klfu.naevneneshus.dk/\n Roles of this organisation:\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0003Official name: Mercell Holding ASA\n Registration number: 980921565\n Postal address: Askekroken 11 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)\n \n \n Email: publication@mercell.com\n \n \n Internet address: http://mercell.com/\n Roles of this organisation:\n \n \n \n 11 Notice information11.1 Notice informationNotice identifier/version: 063d5010-be3f-4d7f-8054-e5054dba36ad - 01\n \n Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime\n Notice dispatch date: 10-06-2025 14:45 +00:00\n Notice dispatch date (eSender): 10-06-2025 15:30 +00:00\n Languages in which this notice is officially available: English \n \n 11.2 Publication informationNotice publication number: 00378073-2025\n OJ S issue number: 111/2025\n Publication date: 12-06-2025\n \n \n \n","opsummeringDA":{"card":{"titel":"Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data","ordregiver":"Danmarks Nationalbank","ordregiverId":"61092919 ","ordregiverIdDatavasket":"61092919","publiceringsdato":"2025-06-12+02:00","cpvKode":"72300000","cpvTitel":"Datatjenester","formulartype":"Konkurrencevilkår","formulartypeKode":"competition","tidsfrister":["2025-07-11T10:00:00Z"],"alleOrdregivere":["Danmarks Nationalbank"],"anslaaetVaerdi":"7260000","anslaaetVaerdiValuta":"EUR","beskrivelse":"Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences in the future. 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