Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-06
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34110000: Passenger cars | 34114400: Vans | 34115200 | 34136000 | 34136200
Estimated value: 2000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2019-04-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bærum municipality invites tenderers to an open tender contest for a framework agreement for hired cars.
The contract shall meet the Bærum municipality's requirements for hired cars. Passenger cars and 9 seats cars are required, in addition to the hire of purpose vehicles such as minibuses and goods and panelled vans. All service areas/service locations must be able to enter into the contract. The hired cars shall only be used for official journeys. They cannot be used for private purposes. The contract includes short-term and long-term hire.
As Bærum municipality, c/o the Transport department alread has an internal fleet of cars where all service locations/service areas can hire cars for use in connection with official journeys, the orderer must contact the Transport department prior to call-offs against the framework agreement. This means that the scope of this framework agreement is limited to hired cars that cannot be provided by Bærum municipality, c/o the Transport department due to availability, capacity, etc.
The contract period is 2 years with an option for extension of the contract one or more times, up to 2 years. The total contract period will be 4 years if the full option is taken up.
A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no.
Norwegian tenderers who are not subject to VAT must provide confirmation of this from the National Tax Board.
Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
Foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer is required to be financially solvent, which gives the contracting authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the period of the agreement.
A creditworthiness of A (creditworthy) is required to be eligible for this competition. Tenderers with a lower rating will be rejected.
Extended credit rating/report, not older than 3 months, from a publicly certified credit appraisal company, which includes a credit rating of the tenderer — typically given by a letter or short text, as well as an explanation of this. The report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. The date must be clear.
Companies without sufficient credit rating, newly started companies with a credit rating of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.
Equivalent contracts are in this context defined as contracts that include short-term and/or long-term hire for organisations, companies, associations or other businesses. This can be from both public or large private contracting authorities.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement 1 in the Tender Documentation — Tax Certificates. The tenderer's tax and VAT payments must be in order. Documentation requirement: Tax and VAT certificate. A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no. The certificates shall not be older than 6 months, from the tender deadline. Norwegian tenderers who are not subject to VAT must provide confirmation of this from the National Tax Board. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Requirement 2 in the Tender Documentation — Company Registration Certificate: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 2000000