This procurement is for a database-based nautical chart production system for production of electronic navigational chart (ENC) and paper charts for all the Danish Maritime Agency’s geographic areas. The procurement includes customization, implementation, migration from current systems, service and support.

The purpose of this procurement is for the Danish Maritime Agency (Geodatastyrelsen) to acquire an IT-solution that supports the production of nautical charts and electronic navigational charts (ENC). Besides acquiring the access to the application, the tenderer must also deliver:

— services for project management,

— design and configuration of the application as well as relevant developments,

— training,

— implementation,

— data migration from existing data sources in different formats,

— support and maintenance,

— related consultancy services.

The contract period is 72 months from acceptance date of the implemented, configuration and developed application, and the recurring services can be prolonged in 2 times 12 months. The maximum contract period is then 8 years from the acceptance date.

The Danish Maritime Agency is producing maritime charts and ENC for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland. The application must support variation in the processes for producing those charts and ENC’s. The application must function in close integration with different data source systems and other systems e.g. a workflow system outside the application and the Danish Maritime Agency will have focus on that the system is well functioning, easy to use and is reliable and secure in production mode.

The contract will be conducted in 3 phases. Firstly, the design and planning phase. Secondly, the implementation phase, and thirdly, the production phase.

The application will be operated by a 3rd party (Statens IT) on behalf of the Danish Maritime Agency, but the tenderer must deliver maintenance for the application. The tenderer must also deliver support services for both the users and the 3rd party operator. The tenderer must deliver project assistance for the operator for preparing, testing and implementation of the application in the operating environment. The tenderer has the overall responsibility for fulfilling the project but the Danish Maritime Agency will participate in the project to a degree which make them able to use, run, change, support and maintain the application after the acceptance date. The Danish Maritime Agency must be able to buy additional training continuously after the acceptance date.

Please see the tender material for further information and descriptions of the application and other services to be delivered.