Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-20
Buyer: Norges Bank
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79310000 | 79311200 | 79311210 | 79311400
Estimated value: 5400000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-05-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: One way to measure inflation expectations is to ask various groups in society about their expectations regarding future developments in inflation. This is a method that is widely used internationally. Norges Bank would like to conduct quarterly surveys among households, business leaders, financial market participants, academia and working life organisations.
— documentation: a certificate for paid tax and VAT issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration, (must not be older than 6 months). These requirements also apply for sub-providers. Tenderers must be a legally established company,
— documentation: a company registration certificate (Norwegian tenderers). The company registration certificate must show the board's composition at the time of the tender offer. Registration certificates from professional registers as determined by the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established (other tenderers).
— documentation: the company's most recent annual report, with annual financial statements and the accompanying auditor's report, as well as recent information of relevance to the company's fiscal figures,
— credit rating from a certified credit rating institution (shall not be more than six months from the deadline for receipt of tenders).
— documentation of professional resources to interpret the results from surveys of this character into the actual socio-economic situation, as well as communicate this in press releases and by media contact.
Tenderers must have considerable experience in assisting contracting authorities with equivalent assignments,
— documentation: an overview of the most important deliveries with equivalent competence areas in the last 3 years, with the following information:
Tenderers must have their own system for information security, a system for data collection, audits and publication.
Document and/or on a general level describe the company's own system for information security, a system for data collection, audits and publication.
A reference list of assignments/deliveries/own publications in the last 3 years that are relevant for this contest, including a name, email address and telephone number.
— documentation: a description and documentation of the company's general quality assurance system as a basis for implementation of the contract.
If a tenderer would like to rely on the capacity of other companies, the tenderer must document to the contracting authority that it will have the necessary resources available, by presenting a binding statement from these other companies Norges Bank will only accept one link of sub-suppliers.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. — documentation: a certificate for paid tax and VAT issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration, (must not be older than 6 months). These requirements also apply for sub-providers. Tenderers must be a legally established company, — documentation: a company registration certificate (Norwegian tenderers). The company registration certificate must show the board's composition at the time of the tender offer. Registration certificates from professional registers as determined by the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established (other tenderers).

Award value: 5400000