Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-29
Buyer: Kvinnherad kommune, technical services
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 39370000 | 41110000 | 44162500 | 45220000 | 45233120: Road construction works
Submission deadline: 2016-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Restricted tender documentation for the establishment of a framework agreement for consultancy services within roads, water and sewage.
The contracting authority would like to enter into framework agreements with companies that provide consultancy services related to roads, water and sewage. The tenderer can, for example, be responsible for the planning and necessary engineering design services, applications, permits etc. for assignments under the framework agreements. In addition to engineering design assignments, the framework agreement will apply for other consultancy services within the discipline, including project management and construction management.
2 year framework agreement + an option for the contracting authority for 1+1 year. The volume depends on the activity in the municipality and how the contracting authority decides to use the contracts. The contracting authority will have a right, but not a duty, to use the contracts.
— Foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
NB: If several companies go together to submit a tender as a group, certificates shall be enclosed for all the group participants.
— Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
— Credit rating, not older than 3 months (calculated from the tender deadline), based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall show a minimum of A according to the D&B scale (or an equivalent result on another certified agency's scale). The rating should be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution.
— The tenderer shall have experience from engineering design assignments in the discipline roads, water and sewage, as well as experience from project and construction management for the same discipline.
— The documentation must show that the tenderer has experience, cf. the qualification requirement (reference list with information on the assignment's content, contracting authority, length and value).
NB: If several companies go together to submit a tender as a group, documentation shall be submitted for all the group participants within the fields that the different participants shall serve.
(Emphasis is put on the fact that the requirement relates to the company per se and that concrete key persons' competence shall be assessed under the award criteria that will be in the tender documentation.).
The contracting authority will invite a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 participants to the competition. It is a prerequisite that a sufficient number of applicants are qualified. The selection amongst the qualified tenderers will be based on the tenderer's experience, cf. point 3.4. Experience in addition to the minimum requirements will, thus, decide which applicants are chosen for participation, if there are applications from a greater number of qualified applicants than what the contracting authority chooses to invite to the competition. Experience from engineering design services for roads, water and sewage will count significantly more than experience from project administration in the selection process.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation: — Tax certificate; —VAT certificate; — Foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. NB: If several companies go together to submit a tender as a group, certificates shall be enclosed for all the group participants. Requirement: Tenderers shall be a legally established company. Documentation: — Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate. — Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. Requirement: The tenderer must have the financial capacity to implement the assignment/contract. Documentation: — Credit rating, not older than 3 months (calculated from the tender deadline), based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall show a minimum of A according to the D&B scale (or an equivalent result on another certified agency's scale). The rating should be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. Requirement: — The tenderer shall have experience from engineering design assignments in the discipline roads, water and sewage, as well as experience from project and construction management for the same discipline. Documentation: — The documentation must show that the tenderer has experience, cf. the qualification requirement (reference list with information on the assignment's content, contracting authority, length and value). — See the annex to the qualification documentation. NB: If several companies go together to submit a tender as a group, documentation shall be submitted for all the group participants within the fields that the different participants shall serve. (Emphasis is put on the fact that the requirement relates to the company per se and that concrete key persons' competence shall be assessed under the award criteria that will be in the tender documentation.).
Requirement: The tenderer must have the financial capacity to implement the assignment/contract. Documentation: — Credit rating, not older than 3 months (calculated from the tender deadline), based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall show a minimum of A according to the D&B scale (or an equivalent result on another certified agency's scale). The rating should be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution.
Requirement: — The tenderer shall have experience from engineering design assignments in the discipline roads, water and sewage, as well as experience from project and construction management for the same discipline. Documentation: — The documentation must show that the tenderer has experience, cf. the qualification requirement (reference list with information on the assignment's content, contracting authority, length and value). — See the annex to the qualification documentation. NB: If several companies go together to submit a tender as a group, documentation shall be submitted for all the group participants within the fields that the different participants shall serve. (Emphasis is put on the fact that the requirement relates to the company per se and that concrete key persons' competence shall be assessed under the award criteria that will be in the tender documentation.).