Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-01-16
Buyer: Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71317200 | 71317210 | 73220000 | 75241000
Estimated value: 290000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2024-03-04
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The supplier shall have orderly conditions with regard to tax and VAT payments.
The procurement is carried out in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17th of June 2016 and  the Defence and Security Procurement Regulations (FOSA) FOR 2013-10-04-1185 Part I and Part II, as well  as the provisions set out in this document. This procurement is carried out as a competitive procedure with negotiation. The competition is  conducted in two stages. Step 1 is a qualification phase open to all interested suppliers. In Step 2 (the  tender phase), only those suppliers who meet the selection criteria, and are invited by the contracting  authority, will be allowed to submit tenders. The negotiations can take place in several phases to reduce the number of tenders or solutions. Such  reductions will be based on the award criteria, cf. FOSA § 11-11 (1). Please note that the contracting  authority may reduce the number of tenders prior to the negotiations. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contracts without conducting negotiations.
NND and IFE-NUK have established a joint Program Safety Case & Safety Report, which has been  commissioned to prepare methodology for Safey Assessments and Safety Cases as well as establishment of new Safety Cases at NND and IFE-NUK. Methodology is being established and testing of the methodology in  pilots is ongoing. There is a need for a long-term agreement to ensure completion of methodology, make  sure that interfaces with adjacent processes are managed in a proper way, and to ensure quality and  consistency of the safety assessments and safety cases carried out by external parties and/or IFE/ NND. The  Classified Procurement procedure applies as parts of the assistance require access to classified information. The procurement includes, but is not limited to: - Further development of NND's management system and processes related to safety assessments and the Safety Case - Testing of methodology in pilots, hence, undertaking safety assessments according to the methodology and provide feedback and update. - Courses and training in Safety Cases - Safety Case Management and Development of Strategies - Management of Safety Case implementation - Internal control and 3rd party review Engineered substantiation are not covered by the agreement..
The contractor shall have sufficient economically and financial capacity to fulfil the assignment/contract. Credit rating issued by a recognised credit rating institution, no older than 3 months from the expiry of the deadline for submitting a tender, based on the last known accounting figures.  The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain further credit assessments itself. It may also be appropriate to obtain annual accounts including notes, directors' reports, and audit reports. If the supplier has justifiable grounds for not submitting a  credit rating, he may document his economically and financial position by means of any other document that he considers suitable for this. It is the supplier's responsibility to highlight how the relevant documentation shows that the qualification  requirement is met.
The supplier shall have satisfactory quality management system in its operations. The contractor shall submit documentation of ISO 9001 or equivalent certification. If the supplier is not certified, he can document the claim by providing an overview of the table of contents for his quality assurance systems.

Eligibility requirements: other