Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-05-18
Buyer: Ålesund kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233141: Road-maintenance work | 90600000 | 90620000
Submission deadline: 2021-06-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of the procurement is to cover the need for winter operation of municipal roads, foot and bicycle paths, parking spaces, as well as turning areas and areas connected to municipal buildings in Ålesund kommune (Ålesund Municipality).
The procurement is for winter maintenance in seven defined areas (routes) in Ålesund Municipality. The assignment mainly includes snow clearing and gritting.
The procurement is for winter maintenance in seven defined areas (routes) in Ålesund Municipality. Assignments will be awarded per individual area. It is possible for tenderers to submit tenders for one or more of the routes. All of the routes have a stand-by and must each offer respective vehicle and crew.
The assignment primarily concerns snow ploughing and gritting, but other work such as snow and is clearing can also arise. The list is not exhaustive. The procurement is divided into seven routes: six separate routes mainly on the municipal road network, and one route (route 58) with car parks, mainly for Ålesund Municipal Property.
The contract duration is 2 years from contract commencement (snow ploughing season 21/22 and 22/23), and the contracting authority will have the option to extend the contract for 1 year (the snow ploughing season 23/24).
Norwegian tenderers: after tender submission, the tenderer must give consent for TendSign to obtain and for the contracting authority to receive information about the above via Tendsign. After tenderers have submitted their tender in TendSign, they will receive a request from Altinn for consent to share the tax information. The consent is valid on an organisation level and is valid for three (3) months. If a tenderer does not give consent, the tenderer must attach a tax and VAT certificate. The certificate must not be older than 6 (six) months from the tender deadline. Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified. (Tenderers can obtain the electronic tax and VAT certificate themselves and immediately receive it by email.) Foreign tenderers: Tenderers who are not established in Norway can present equivalent documentation issued by the authorities in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate shall preferably be translated into Norwegian, but it will also be accepted in Swedish, Danish and English.
The contracting authority will carry out an assessment of the tenderer´s finances through the company and accounting information system Bisnode AS (www.soliditet.no/creditcontrol) with the service CreditPro. The contracting authority is not accepting credit ratings from other company and accounting information systems than Bisnode AS with the service CreditPro so that the Tenderers can be assessed on equal terms. Tenderers can attach other necessary information with their tender if the tenderer is of the opinion that Bisnode/CreditPro will not provide an accurate picture of the financial situation.
Newly established companies: newly established companies who have not worked up a basis for a credit assessment must enclose a declaration from a bank or similar financial institution on the company´s financial and economic standing. This also applies to foreign tenderers.
Tenderers must have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order in accordance with the legal provisions.
The financial capacity to carry out the agreement is required. A minimum requirement is that the tenderer is credit-worthy with a score of B in accordance with Bisnode AS using the service CreditPro, or that the tenderer has the financial capacity to implement the contract, based on the contracting authority’s assessment in accordance with the attached documentation from tenderers. Newly established companies must have the financial capacity to implement the agreement.

Eligibility requirements: Signed and completed ESPD self-declaration form.