Tender for the puchase of a banknote processing system

Danmarks Nationalbank is the central bank of Denmark and is an independent, self-governing institution established by law. One of the Customer's main objectives is promoting safe settlement of cash. This is done by issuing banknotes and coins and ensuring that payments can be settled between banks. The Customer has an exclusive right to issue Danish banknotes as legal tender within the territory of Denmark. The monetary unit in Denmark is the Danish krone. The current denominations of banknotes are 50 kroner, 100 kroner, 200 kroner, 500 kroner and 1,000 kroner. In a strategic move announced during a press conference on November 30. 2023, Danmarks Nationalbank revealed its initiatives to ensure the continued relevance of cash in Denmark, and it was decided that the 1000-krone banknote from the current series and a number of older banknotes will no longer be legal tender after 31 May 2025. The purpose of this tender is to establish a relation with a supplier that can supply and offer maintenance of a (1) banknote processing system. The overall tasks of the new banknote processing system are: 1. Authentication, sorting and destruction of unfit banknotes. 2. Quality check of banknotes in circulation. The banknote processing system shall be able to carry out the above-mentioned tasks in relation to some of the most recent Danish banknote series currently in circulation as further described in the Appendices. All interested tenderers are invited to at site visit held in Denmark on 30. Maj 2024, at 11.00 CET. More information in the tender documents.