Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-05-21
Buyer: Norges Bank
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79212300
Estimated value: 174000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-06-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Central Bank of Norway would like to enter into a contract with a tenderer for external audits of the Central Bank of Norway.
It is the Central Bank of Norway's supervisory board that chooses the external auditor for the Central Bank of Norway. The procurement involves external audits of the Central Bank of Norway, including administration of the Government's Pension Fund Abroad (SPU), with an option for additional assignments within the limits of the Auditor's Act and the supervisory board. See the tender documentation and attachments for further details on the need.
— tenderers must be a legally established company. Documented by a Company Registration Certificate (Norwegian companies);
— tenderers must be a certified auditor company. Documented by certification from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway with the auditor certification number.
— tenderers must have the economic and financial capacity to carry out the assignment/contract throughout the entire contract period. Documented by the tenderer's annual financial statements including notes and the board's and auditor's reports from the last 2 years.
— tenderers must have sufficient capacity to carry out audits for the Central Bank of Norway. Documented by an overview of the following resources in the last 3 years: number of auditors and the number of certified public accountants;
— tenderers must have good experience from similar deliveries. Similar deliveries means deliveries of auditing services for financial institutions and capital management companies with international activity. Documented by an overview of the most important deliveries in the last 3 years. The Central Bank of Norway retains the right to contact the reference to verify the information;
— tenderers are therefore required to provide the following contact information for the reference (referee): name, position, email address and telephone number;
— tenderers must have a good and well-functioning quality system. Documented by a description and documentation of the quality assurance system. If a tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate;
— tenderers must have a management system for information security (ISMS) that is built on internationally recognised standards for information security, e.g., ISO/IEC ISO 27001:2013.
This also applies for any sub-suppliers that the tenderer will use to be qualified. Documented by a description of the tenderer's management system for information security. If a tenderer is certified to ISO 27001:2013 or equivalent standards, present a copy of valid certificates, together with an SOA (Statement of Applicability) and a description of scope.

Eligibility requirements: — tenderers must be a legally established company. Documented by a Company Registration Certificate (Norwegian companies); — tenderers must be a certified auditor company. Documented by certification from the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway with the auditor certification number.

Award value: 174000000