1.
Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Legal type of the buyer
:
Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority
:
Economic affairs
2.
Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title
:
Tender for Assistance with administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers
Description
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Multilateral Cooperation has entered into a contract regarding assistance with administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers directly employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The purpose of the Assignment is to ensure efficient and timely administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers. The Assignment includes HR management of DANIDA bilateral advisers. The Consultant shall handle all practical issues that may arise in connection with posting of seconded DANIDA bilateral advisers, such as, but not limited to: • issuing contracts, • negotiating salary calculation with new bilateral advisers according to Danida staff rules. The salary has to be approved by MFA or embassy. • secure correct tax information to tax authorities, • obtain tax exemption for the bilateral advisers, • handle insurance issues, • obtain from the bilateral adviser his/her health screening made by a medical doctor • arrange flight tickets, • arrange moving of goods to his/her duty station, and • in case of an extension of a bilateral adviser then take necessary steps in this regard. Furthermore, the Consultant is required to: • obtain information about the expenses the embassies have incurred on behalf of bilateral advisers every second month, e.g. house rent and kindergarten/school. This information must be reported to the Danish taxation authorities as taxable income, • ensure that pension contributions are paid from the salary to the bilateral advisers’ pension fund. In this connection, inform, but not advise, the bilateral advisers that a § 53 A scheme can be applied, • ensure payment to Forenede Gruppeliv of life insurance, and • ensure that the bilateral advisers are regularly informed that they must use their entitled vacation.
Procedure identifier
:
527e48fe-cbc6-4c0b-9478-a35ae557e2bd
Previous notice
:
ee45c9d6-a5ef-43c1-92e9-e3f591d4d8e6-01
Internal identifier
:
24/51699
Type of procedure
:
Open
The procedure is accelerated
:
no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
79631000
Personnel and payroll services
Additional classification
(
cpv
):
63516000
Travel management services,
75211200
Foreign economic-aid-related services,
79211110
Payroll management services,
79420000
Management-related services,
79613000
Employee relocation services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information
:
The Consultant may be called for ad hoc meetings at the MFA in Copenhagen, with short notice.
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT
:
12 000 000,00
DKK
2.1.4.
General information
Call for competition is terminated
Legal basis
:
Directive 2014/24/EU
5.
Lot
5.1.
Lot
:
LOT-0000
Title
:
Tender for Assistance with administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers
Description
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Multilateral Cooperation has entered into a contract regarding assistance with administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers directly employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The purpose of the Assignment is to ensure efficient and timely administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers. The Assignment includes HR management of DANIDA bilateral advisers. The Consultant shall handle all practical issues that may arise in connection with posting of seconded DANIDA bilateral advisers, such as, but not limited to: • issuing contracts, • negotiating salary calculation with new bilateral advisers according to Danida staff rules. The salary has to be approved by MFA or embassy. • secure correct tax information to tax authorities, • obtain tax exemption for the bilateral advisers, • handle insurance issues, • obtain from the bilateral adviser his/her health screening made by a medical doctor • arrange flight tickets, • arrange moving of goods to his/her duty station, and • in case of an extension of a bilateral adviser then take necessary steps in this regard. Furthermore, the Consultant is required to: • obtain information about the expenses the embassies have incurred on behalf of bilateral advisers every second month, e.g. house rent and kindergarten/school. This information must be reported to the Danish taxation authorities as taxable income, • ensure that pension contributions are paid from the salary to the bilateral advisers’ pension fund. In this connection, inform, but not advise, the bilateral advisers that a § 53 A scheme can be applied, • ensure payment to Forenede Gruppeliv of life insurance, and • ensure that the bilateral advisers are regularly informed that they must use their entitled vacation.
Internal identifier
:
24/51699
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
79631000
Personnel and payroll services
Additional classification
(
cpv
):
63516000
Travel management services,
75211200
Foreign economic-aid-related services,
79211110
Payroll management services,
79420000
Management-related services,
79613000
Employee relocation services
Options
:
Description of the options
:
The Client has determined a fixed budget of DKK 300,000 net of VAT for fees and reimbursable expenses in relation to investigation related to the labour market, assistance of recruitment or similar activities which are all additional to the main activities described in the Section A. Any activity to be carried out, financed by the above lump sum, needs prior approval by the Client before it can be initiated. The Client may at any point during the Contract period request these additional services in the form of optional tasks. If the Client requests performance of optional tasks the Client and the Consultant will discuss the scope of the additional services, including the financial and staff implications, and jointly determine the approach to be taken.
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information
:
The Consultant may be called for ad hoc meetings at the MFA in Copenhagen, with short notice.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date
:
04/06/2025
Duration end date
:
03/06/2031
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals
:
1
Other information about renewals
:
The Agreement has an option for an extension for 24 months. The decision to extend the Agreement for a further 24 months will be decided minimum 90 days before expiry of the contract.
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT
:
12 000 000,00
DKK
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
:
yes
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type:
Price
Description
:
Price
Category of award weight criterion:
Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number
:
35,00
Criterion:
Type:
Quality
Description
:
Quality
Category of award weight criterion:
Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number
:
65,00
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement
:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system
:
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction
:
no
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Information about review deadlines
:
Actions regarding the procedure (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within: 45 calendar days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the EU. Complaint guidelines (in English) can be found at: https://naevneneshus.dk/media/9802/complaint-guidelines.pdf
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Organisation executing the payment
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Organisation signing the contract
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TED eSender
:
Mercell Holding ASA
6.
Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice
:
11 230 000,00
DKK
6.1.
Result lot ldentifier
:
LOT-0000
Winner selection status
:
At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner
:
Official name
:
NIRAS A/S
Tender
:
Tender identifier
:
NIRAS
Identifier of lot or group of lots
:
LOT-0000
Value of the tender
:
11 230 000,00
DKK
The tender was ranked
:
no
Concession value:
The tender is a variant
:
no
Subcontracting
:
No
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract
:
3386
Title
:
Tender for Assistance with administration of DANIDA bilateral advisers
Date on which the winner was chosen
:
20/05/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract
:
04/06/2025
Organisation signing the contract
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
6.1.4.
Statistical information
:
Summary of the review requests the buyer received
Number of complainants
:
0
Received tenders or requests to participate
:
Type of received submissions
:
Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received
:
2
Range of tenders
:
Value of the lowest admissible tender
:
11 230 000,00
DKK
Value of the highest admissible tender
:
11 230 000,00
DKK
8.
Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name
:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Registration number
:
43271911
Department
:
MULTILATERAL COOPERATION
Postal address
:
Asiatisk Plads 2
Town
:
Copenhagen
Postcode
:
1448
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Byen København
(
DK011
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Lars Finn Poulsen
Telephone
:
+45 3392 0263
Roles of this organisation
:
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract
Organisation executing the payment
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Registration number
:
37795526
Postal address
:
Toldboden 2
Town
:
Viborg
Postcode
:
8800
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Vestjylland
(
DK041
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Klagenævnet for Udbud
Telephone
:
+45 72405600
Roles of this organisation
:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Registration number
:
10294819
Postal address
:
Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town
:
Valby
Postcode
:
2500
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Byen København
(
DK011
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Telephone
:
+45 41715000
Roles of this organisation
:
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name
:
NIRAS A/S
Size of the economic operator
:
Large
Registration number
:
37295728
Postal address
:
Sortemosevej 19
Town
:
Allerød
Postcode
:
3450
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Nordsjælland
(
DK013
)
Country
:
Denmark
Contact point
:
Michael Juel
Telephone
:
35374200
Roles of this organisation
:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots
:
LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name
:
Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number
:
980921565
Postal address
:
Askekroken 11
Town
:
Oslo
Postcode
:
0277
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Oslo
(
NO081
)
Country
:
Norway
Contact point
:
eSender
Telephone
:
+47 21018800
Fax
:
+47 21018801
Roles of this organisation
:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version
:
c3cb1a91-159d-47ea-a9ed-6b3edcd0b1a2
-
01
Form type
:
Result
Notice type
:
Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype
:
29
Notice dispatch date
:
30/06/2025
19:17:05 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Notice dispatch date (eSender)
:
30/06/2025
19:18:42 (UTC) Western European Time, GMT
Languages in which this notice is officially available
:
English
Notice publication number
:
425927-2025
OJ S issue number
:
124/2025
Publication date
:
02/07/2025