Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-06
Buyer: Anskaffelser i Akershus, Buskerud og Østfold KO
Country: NO
Region: NO085
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22113000 | 48000000 | 48100000 | 48160000 | 72000000
Submission deadline: 2025-07-07
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: 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 of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
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 legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
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)
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 legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Registration
Tax Certificate
Economic and financial capacity.
Technical and professional qualifications.
Quality assurance standard.
Environmental management system
According to the Public Procurement Regulations § 7-9, the contracting authority is initially obliged to weight climate and environmental considerations with a minimum of thirty percent.

The obligation to set requirements or criteria for climate and environment does not apply if the procurement has a climate footprint and an environmental impact that is immaterial and this is justified in the procurement documents, cf. the Public Procurement Regulations § 7-9 fifth paragraph.

According to DFØ ́s guidelines on climate and environmental considerations in public procurements, chapter 7, procurement of text and content services is one of 14 CPV codes that are considered to have a climate footprint and an environmental impact that is immaterial in accordance with nature.

"DFØ has reviewed all procurements that were carried out in 2022 registered on the 14 CPV codes that are considered to have low climate intensity. Based on this review, the types of procurements that go on and that have a typically low climate intensity have been identified. Furthermore, qualitative assessments have been made connected to other forms of environmental impact, taken from the concept list in chapter 2. The result of these assessments is the list below.

Archive and documentation services
User controlled personal assistance (BPA)
Legal services and lawyer services
Consultancy and analysis services
Media monitoring and analysis.
Emergency and Security Services
Text and content services
Telephony services and mobile telephony
Services in connection with training and education.
Labour market training (AMO) and alternative training arena
Digital and technological courses
Vehicles and transport related courses
Courses for specific target groups (e.g. refugees, youth) Safety and HSE training.
Management development and project management.
Security and HSE training
Language and integration courses
Vocational and vocational training
The contracting authority utilises the exclusion provisions in the procurement regulations §7-9 fifth paragraph on the basis that SaaS procurements in themselves have an immaterial climate footprint and environmental impact as it mainly involves the use of existing infrastructure.

It can be argued that there will be no insignificant energy consumption connected to the service to be procured, but this is difficult to measure. Measures that can be put in place to reduce the climate footprint are to use renewable energy, as well as a focus on optimising energy efficiency. The challenge here lies in linking energy consumption specifically to the services that the Contracting Authority procures. In addition DFØ has carried out a dialogue with the relevant market, and the answer is that the market for these types of services is not mature in order to document requirements as a share of renewable energy for example.

The contracting authority is obliged to follow-up all award criteria in the competition and sees that it can be challenging for tenderers to specifically link the energy use to the contracting authority ́s service.

Based on the above, it is considered that this procurement has, in its nature, an immaterial climate footprint and environmental impact, and thus fulfils the terms for exemptions in accordance with the procurement regulations § 7-9 fifth paragraph.
Anska shall, on behalf of the County Library, as well as the libraries in the sixth form colleges and public libraries, procure a framework agreement for the procurement and procurement system for e-books and e-audiobooks.