Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery

Description

​​​​​Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of Denmark and is a self-governing, independent institution. The independence of Danmarks Nationalbank is incorporated into the Danmarks Nationalbank Act from 1936, in that the bank's Board of Governors is solely responsible for determining monetary-policy interest rates. Danmarks Nationalbank's 3 main objectives are to contribute to ensuring stable prices, safe payments and a stable financial system. In its capacity as banker to the banks, Danmarks Nationalbank ensures that interbank payments can be settled in a secure manner, and in the production of banknotes and coins great importance is attached to design and security so that people continue to have confidence in the Danish currency. The subject of this procurement is the purchase and maintenance of 1 banknote sorting system. Banknotesorting system refers to a high speed (minimum 1 800 banknotes per minute) sorting machine equipped with an on-line shredder and it should be able to handle the following tasks: 1) authentication, sorting and destruction of unfit banknotes; 2) quality check of banknotes in circulation; and 3) quality control of new banknotes received from the Contracting Authority's supplier of banknotes. The Suplier shall deliver and install the machine at Nationalbankens premises in Copenhagen, and Nationalbanken expects to enter into a maintenance agreement as well.