The contracting entity has conducted a tender with the following description: I) Background and purpose The Danish Ministry og Foreign Affairs (“MFA)” comprises the Ministry located in Copenhagen and a global network of embassies, consulates-General and Trade Commissions. The MFA wishes to conclude an agreement with one supplier regarding the delivery, support and maintenance of both stationary and mobile biometric stations. The biometric stations shall support the process related to issue of primarily passports at the MFA’s embassies around the world. The agreement regulates the development, delivery, support, and maintenance of the biometric stations. II) Main Services: The agreement covers the following main services: A) Implementation Services B) Delivery of biometric stations C) Maintenance and support A: Implementation Services The Supplier shall commence the delivery of Implementation Services immediately upon signing the Agreement. These services shall ensure that the Supplier can deliver biometric stations that are compatible with the Customer’s IT environment and support the intended use of the Biometric Stations. The Implementation Services include: a. Delivery of one Stationary Biometric Station b. Delivery of one Mobile Biometric Station c. Development and delivery of an API for installation on the Operator’s PCs. The API shall control the Stationary Biometric Station via a user interface for the Operator. d. Integration with the Customer’s operations provider (Statens IT) e. Delivery of Documentation f. Training of the Customer’s technical personnel The Implementation Services shall be delivered with due involvement of the Customer’s staff. Regardless, the Supplier is responsible for the overall planning and management of the process. B: Delivery Biometric Stations The Supplier shall deliver Stationary Biometric Stations and Mobile Biometric Stations for capture of biometrics for primarily passports. Stationary Biometric Stations shall mean a stationary device that uses embedded components to capture of photo, fingerprint, and signature of a person in at least a seated position. The Stationary Biometric Station shall be mounted to wall or floor depending on the individual operating scenario where the station shall be put into operation. The Customer expects to buy 100 stationary biometric stations during the term of the Agreement. Mobile Biometric Stations shall mean a mobile device that uses embedded components to capture photo, fingerprint, and signature of a person in at least a seated position. The size and shape of the mobile station allows it to be taken with you when travelling by car, bus, train, boat, and plane, for example. The Customer expects to buy 70 mobile biometric stations during the term of the Agreement. The Biometric stations shall include all parts such as computer/tablet, light stand, background etc. to the extent necessary in order to capture biometrics of a quality which comply with the requirements stated in the Agreement. C: Maintenance and support The Supplier shall provide support and maintenance for delivered Biometric Stations, covering all parts of the stations, including both hardware and software. Maintenance includes all proactive actions necessary to ensure that the solution operates in compliance with the requirements. This encompasses ongoing technical maintenance, preventive measures, and updates. Support includes all reactive actions arising from incidents or other support inquiries. The support shall address all types of questions related to the Biometric Stations and must include the possibility to provide support via video calls. The Supplier shall expect to collaborate with the Customer's operational supplier and technicians related to support and maintenance. In case of incidents requiring the replacement of components, the Supplier shall deliver the necessary components to the Customer, who will handle the replacement using its own technical staff. *** In general, reference is made to the tender material for more information.

The following additional information were provided related to the procedure: 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. All communication in connection with the tender procedure, including questions and answers, must take place through the electronic tendering system. Reference is made to the tender specifications and appendix B for information concerning questions and answers. 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, [email protected], 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 candidate must also submit a letter of commitment in which the entity/entities on which the candidate relies has/have undertaken joint and several liability with the candidate if the candidate is awarded the contract. The form is enclosed as an attachment to the tender specifications. 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. It should be noted that the amount is an estimate of the expected contract price for the entire term of the contract, including the price of all options. The estimate is based on historical consumption combined with an estimate of future resource needs. 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 is calculated from the Acceptance Date. 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 stations in connection with a possible re-tender. The contracting entity expects to conduct 1 negotiation with each tenderer based on the initial offer. For further information on the process of the negotiations, reference is made to the tender specifications. The contracting entity will pay no remuneration for participating in this tender procedure.