Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-03-31
Buyer: Ruter AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 39132000 | 48300000 | 48310000 | 48311000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 20000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-05-02

Technical requirements: Is the supplier in a situation where he has been forced debt arrangement? Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
Is the tenderer in a bankruptcy situation? Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003, p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Has the tenderer entered into agreement(s) with other tenderers with the intention of turning the competition?

Eligibility requirements: 'Satisfactory' means that the tenderer must have a credit rating equivalent to "credit worthy" or higher. As documentation, the contracting authority will obtain a credit rating from Experian. If an assessment cannot be obtained from Experian, the contracting authority will ask the tenderer to carry out a credit rating from another recognised company (e.g. Dun & Bradstreet (previously Bisnode)).
A Company Registration Certificate shall be submitted. Foreign companies must prove that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers shall account for the company ́s overall organisation and the number of employees with core competence with connection to the delivery. If sub-suppliers are to be used, it shall be stated how much of the contract the tenderer plans to outsource to sub-suppliers. Tenderers shall state 3-5 reference projects from equivalent assignments from the last eight years. Equivalent assignments mean the delivery of a document handling system for contracting authorities (public or private) with comparable needs and complexity, with a particular focus on user friendliness. Information shall be provided about the contract ́s value, date of delivery, name of the contracting authority and description of the assignment ́s content. Tenderers are themselves responsible for ensuring that the description is of such a nature that it documents that the requirement is met. Contact information for the reference person must also be provided. The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the person in question. An account of the reference projects shall not exceed 1 A-4 page per project, i.e. a maximum of 5 A4 pages in total.
Certificate for the company's quality assurance system issued by independent bodies which certify that the tenderer fulfils certain quality standards, for example ISO 9001:2015. Alternatively, tenderers can describe their quality assurance system (up to two A4 pages) Certificate for the tenderer's management system for information security issued by an independent body that confirms fulfilment of ISO 27001 or equivalent. Other documentation which shows that the tenderer has sufficient quality assurance measures can be accepted. Such documentation must, as a minimum, describe how the system is relevant for the contract.
See the tender documentation.
The contracting authority needs a document management system with the accompanying archiving possibility that can be developed in accordance with Ruter's need. Further information on the procurement is in the tender documentation. The contract also applies for Tet Digital AS.