Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-07-27
Buyer: Bodø kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72400000
Submission deadline: 2022-08-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bodø Municipality would like to enter into a contract for the delivery of WAN services. The contracting authorities are Bodø Municipality, Røst Municipality, Rødøy Municipality, Hamarøy Municipality, Salten Brann IKS, Salten Regional Council, Bodø 2024, Helse- og Miljøtilsyn Salten, Bodø Municipality Housing Foundation as well as all municipal businesses that are owned by Bodø Municipality. The formal contract counterparty will be Bodø Municipality.
When assessing the relevance of the references, emphasis will be placed on the scope of the contract, geographical spread of the WAN solution in Norway and the scope of services requested by the contracting authority.
Each tenderer's most relevant reference will be contacted. Annex 2 describes questions that will be asked during the reference check. Feedback will be included in the evaluation of this criterion.
2. The tenderer must have competence in sustainable ICT, and be able to deliver services with the lowest possible climate and environmental impact.
Bodø Municipality reserves the right to award the contract without holding negotiations, cf. § 23-7 (5). Bodø Municipality will assess the need for negotiations after the tenders have been reviewed. Any negotiations can be carried out in multiple phases, and Bodø Municipality reserves the right to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated, cf. § 23-11 (1).
Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate issued no more than six months before the tender deadline expires.
Foreign tenderers must prove that the company is registered in a professional register or business register, as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
In addition the previous year´s auditor approved accounts shall be enclosed as documentation, as well as recent information that is of relevance to the company´s accounting figures.
Documentation requirement: The tenderer must enclose a list of the most important relevant deliveries during the last 3 years, including information about the time period, scope (value) and customer reference with name, telephone number and email.
2) The tenderer must have an actively used quality assurance system for the services that will be provided.
Documentation requirement: Description of how quality assurance is placed in the system. In addition, the following from the tenderer’s quality manual must be attached: Introduction, Table of Contents.
Alternatively: If the provider is quality certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard or equivalent, such a certificate is accepted as documentation of fulfilment of the qualification requirement.
Documentation requirement: Description of the tenderer's procedures and systems for ensuring low environmental impact when carrying out the assignment. Alternatively: If the tenderer has environmental certification or ISO 14001:2004 (or a more recent version), EMAS, Miljøfyrtårn, or equivalent 3rd party verification systems, such a certificate will be accepted as documentation of fulfilment of the qualification requirement.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate issued no more than six months before the tender deadline expires. Foreign tenderers must prove that the company is registered in a professional register or business register, as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.