136/2026

1.1.

Beschaffer

Offizielle Bezeichnung: Danmarks Nationalbank

E-Mail: cvb@nationalbanken.dk

Rechtsform des Erwerbers: Einrichtung des öffentlichen Rechts

Tätigkeit des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten

2.1.

Verfahren

Titel: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data

Beschreibung: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental, Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key. The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks. The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank, as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO). The scope of this joint procurement includes the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part of the tender documentation): • Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc. • Social data, including diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc. • Governance data, including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data, etc. • Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs data, UN SDG data, etc. • Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives data. • Provision of transparent methodology and sources. • Enablement of multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors and Excel add-ins. • Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members. Furthermore, the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines. The framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).

Kennung des Verfahrens: 11272c31-c0ee-4dea-b20a-ccb971d38efb

Vorherige Bekanntmachung: 063d5010-be3f-4d7f-8054-e5054dba36ad-01

Interne Kennung: 219177

Verfahrensart: Verhandlungsverfahren mit vorheriger Veröffentlichung eines Aufrufs zum Wettbewerb/Verhandlungsverfahren

Das Verfahren wird beschleunigt: nein

Zentrale Elemente des Verfahrens: 1) Call for applications: Any economic operator interested in the present tender will have the opportunity to present its application by submitting an ESPD in accordance with the requirements stated in this contract notice. After the evaluation of the applications according to the criteria established in the contract notice, the four candidates having documented the most relevant deliveries will be invited to present a tender. 2) Invitation to tender: All tenderers having submitted an initial tender will be invited to a negotiation meeting in accordance with the description in appendix C of the tender documents. The tenderers will receive feedback on the tender during the meeting. 3) Negotiation phase: The contracting entity might request the submission of additional tenders during the negotiation phase. The contracting entity reserves the right to award the framework agreement on the basis of the first initial tender or any subsequent initial tenders. The contracting entity will not pay a participation fee to the tenderers. For further information on the process of the negotiations, reference is made to the tender specifications, Appendix C.

2.1.1.

Zweck

Art des Auftrags: Dienstleistungen

Haupteinstufung (cpv): 72300000 Datendienste

Zusätzliche Einstufung (cpv): 48000000 Softwarepaket und Informationssysteme, 72314000 Datenerhebung und -zusammentragung, 72319000 Datenbereitstellung, 72321000 Mehrwert-Datenbankdienste

2.1.2.

Erfüllungsort

Beliebiger Ort

Zusätzliche Informationen: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.

2.1.3.

Wert

Geschätzter Wert ohne MwSt.: 7 260 000,00 EUR

Höchstwert der Rahmenvereinbarung: 15 610 000,00 EUR

2.1.4.

Allgemeine Informationen

Zusätzliche Informationen: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded version will apply. An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025, 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system. All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed. Interested operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com, or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14. As its application, the candidate must submit an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each of the entities on which it relies. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and tenderers established in the country holding the official list. The contracting entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated number of compliant requests for participation. The estimated value of the framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT. The difference between the estimated value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly, the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value, both upwards and downwards. It should be noted that each candidate may only submit one application for prequalification. The contracting entity may use the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender documents. Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc. (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership of the economic operators and any subcontractors. It should be noted that the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement. In addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.

Rechtsgrundlage:

Richtlinie 2014/24/EU

Directive 2014/24/EU - The tender procedure is covered by the Danish Public Procurement Act (Act No. 1564 of 15 December 2015 as amended), which implements the Public Procurement Directive (Directive 2014/24/EU).

5.1.

Los: LOT-0000

Titel: Framework Agreement on the delivery of ESG data

Beschreibung: Climate change is impacting society already today and will have further consequences in the future. It is the objective of the European System of Central Banks to ensure stable prices, safe payments and financial stability within the European Union. To address any material impact on these objectives, that could arise from Environmental, Social and Governance factors, having quality data on ESG related variables is key. The scope of this EPCO Joint Procurement is the establishment of a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of Environmental, Social and Governance data to allow Danmarks Nationalbank, as well as the Eligible EPCO Members entitled to participate in it, to accomplish their daily business activities, regulatory and statutory tasks. The public procurement procedure will be carried out by Danmarks Nationalbank, as contracting entity and lead central bank, with the support of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO). The scope of this joint procurement includes the following scope of data (for further information see “Requirements” files part of the tender documentation): • Environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity data, water data, resources and circular economy, etc. • Social data, including diversity data, remuneration data, workers rights data, etc. • Governance data, including anti-competition data, company policies, board data, controversies data, etc. • Supranational data sets on EU Taxonomy, DNSH Principles data, SFDR PAIs data, UN SDG data, etc. • Generic data, including ESG Scores or ESG Derivatives data. • Provision of transparent methodology and sources. • Enablement of multiple parallel access point such as SFTPs, APIs, web platform, third party redistributors and Excel add-ins. • Appropriate usage rights for central banking activities and statutory tasks, as well as tasks for the Eligible EPCO Members. Furthermore, the central banks of the European Union manage large foreign exchange reserves and need a screening tool to easily screen its portfolios for compliance with ESG guidelines. The framework agreement will be non-exclusive, which means that the Eligible EPCO Members will have the option – but not the obligation – to order data from the future contractor(s).

Interne Kennung: 219177

5.1.1.

Zweck

Art des Auftrags: Dienstleistungen

Haupteinstufung (cpv): 72300000 Datendienste

Zusätzliche Einstufung (cpv): 48000000 Softwarepaket und Informationssysteme, 72314000 Datenerhebung und -zusammentragung, 72319000 Datenbereitstellung, 72321000 Mehrwert-Datenbankdienste

5.1.2.

Erfüllungsort

Beliebiger Ort

Zusätzliche Informationen: The requested data must be delivered to the places where the institutions eligible in this procurement perform their statutory tasks.

5.1.3.

Geschätzte Dauer

Laufzeit: 48 Monate

5.1.5.

Wert

Geschätzter Wert ohne MwSt.: 7 260 000,00 EUR

Höchstwert der Rahmenvereinbarung: 15 610 000,00 EUR

5.1.6.

Allgemeine Informationen

Auftragsvergabeprojekt nicht aus EU-Mitteln finanziert

Die Beschaffung fällt unter das Übereinkommen über das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen: ja

Zusätzliche Informationen: Participation in the tender procedure may only take place by electronic means via the electronic tendering system used by the contracting entity. For access to the procurement documents, the candidate must be registered or register as a user. If the application contains several versions of the same document, the latest uploaded version will apply. An information meeting will be held Tuesday 24, 2025, 12:00-13:00 CET via MS Teams. Please note that all interested candidates may attend the information meeting. For practical reasons, operators interested in participating in the meeting are asked to sign up via the electronic tendering system not later than 3 days before the meeting with indication of name of business, names and e-mails of participants. The contracting entity will draw up brief minutes of the information meeting which will be published via the electronic tendering system. All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. Questions must be submitted not later than July 1st 2025. Questions asked after this date will be answered if they are received in time for the contracting entity to provide the information required and communicate the answers not later than six days before expiry of the application deadline. Questions received later than six days before expiry of the deadline cannot expect to be answered unless the deadline is also postponed. Interested operators are requested to keep updated via the electronic tendering system. If the candidate encounters problems with the system, please contact support by e-mail, dksupport@eu-supply.com, or telephone (+45) 70 20 80 14. As its application, the candidate must submit an ESPD as preliminary documentation of the circumstances set out in section 148(1), paras (1)-(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (udbudsloven) It is not necessary for the candidate to sign the ESPD document. For groups of operators (e.g. a consortium), a separate ESPD must be submitted for each participating operator. Where the candidate is a group of operators, the ESPD document of each participant in the group must be signed by the participant in question. The candidate heading the group and submitting the application is not required to sign its ESPD document. If the candidate relies on the capacities of other entities, an ESPD must be submitted for and signed by each of the entities on which it relies. Before the award decision is made, the tenderer to whom the contracting entity intends to award the contract must provide documentation of the information submitted in the ESPD pursuant to sections 151-152, cf. section 153 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. As an alternative to the documentation mentioned in sections 153-155, 157 and 158 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, the applicant and tenderer may submit to the contracting entity a certificate of registration in an official list of approved economic operators, see section 156 of the Danish Public Procurement Act, issued by the competent authority. The contracting entity only accepts certificates of registration in an official list from applicants and tenderers established in the country holding the official list. The contracting entity will select the number of candidates by applying the selection criteria stated in this contract notice, unless the contracting entity receives no more than the stated number of compliant requests for participation. The estimated value of the framework agreement is 7.260.000 euro exclusive of VAT. The maximum value of the framework agreement is 15.610.000 exclusive of VAT. The difference between the estimated value and the maximum value is due to the uncertainty of the final value of the individual framework agreements (lots). The estimated value thus reflects the contracting entity’s estimate of the expected purchase under the framework agreement, whereas the maximum value reflects the highest value of all contracts to be performed within the term of the framework agreement. This takes into account, partly, the contracting entity’s expectations based on the most likely purchase under the framework agreement, partly, the expected uncertainty of such estimate. In relation to the estimated value, particular attention is drawn to the fact that the tenderers are not guaranteed any minimum purchase under the framework agreement, and the estimate therefore implies no commitment on the part of the contracting entity to make a minimum purchase under the framework agreement. Decisive for the estimated value of the framework agreement will be both the number of ordering participating EPCO members from the Eligible EPCO Members list and volume of data procured. It is specifically pointed out to the tenderer that the tenderer is bound by the prices offered, irrespective of the turnover specifically achieved under the framework agreement. This means that the tenderer is also bound by the prices offered if the specific turnover deviates from the estimated value, both upwards and downwards. It should be noted that each candidate may only submit one application for prequalification. The contracting entity may use the procedure of section 159(5) of the Danish Public Procurement Act in the event that applications or tenders do not comply with the formal requirements of the tender documents. Attention is drawn to Article 5k in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, as amended, which applies to the tender procedure. The provision contains a prohibition against award of contracts to Russian companies and Russian-controlled companies etc. (reference is made to Article 5k, section 1, for the precise definition of the operators that are subject to the prohibition). The contracting entity reserves the right to require at any time during the tender process that the economic operators prove that they are not subject to the prohibition, for example by requiring a declaration to this effect and/or documentation regarding the place of establishment and ownership of the economic operators and any subcontractors. It should be noted that the indicated term of the agreement will commence on signature of the framework agreement. In addition to the indicated duration of contract, an expiry phase that is flexible in time will be required when the contract is at an end in order to ensure an undisturbed continuation of the delivery of ESG data in connection with a possible retender.

5.1.10.

Zuschlagskriterien

Kriterium:

Art: Preis

Bezeichnung: Price