Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-11
Buyer: NSB AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 73220000 | 79411100 | 79420000
Submission deadline: 2018-08-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The objective of the procurement is to enter into parallel framework agreements for consultancy services related to strategy and business development. The framework agreements are expected to comply with the contracting authority's requirements for this type of consultancy services. The estimated contract value/volume is 50 million NOK per annum. However, this may vary considerably from year to year.
The objective of the procurement is to enter into parallel framework agreements for consultancy services related to strategy and business development. The framework agreements are expected to comply with the contracting authority's requirements for this type of consultancy services. The estimated contract value/volume is 50 NOK million per annum. However, this may vary considerably from year to year. A contract will be entered into for 3 years with the option for 1+1 year extension.
The procurement is announced on the NSB group´s procurement portal; https://anskaffelser.nsb.no/Default.aspx. All documents are available on the portal. In order to be able to see the information under the section “spørsmål og svar" (questions and answers) in the Procurement portal, the tenderer must register and change the status to "har til hensikt å tilby" ("intends to submit tender").
Tenderers must be a legally established company or group of such companies. Documented by a company registration certificate or equivalent from the tenderer's home country.
The tenderer must have good solvency and also a financial capacity that is sufficient to execute the contract.
Documentation must be connected to the entity via the Business Register Number, which shall be the potential contracting party for the tender, as well as any other resources that shall significantly assist in any delivery.
Consultancy services for strategy and business development respectively, dependent on any sub-tender, must be a part of the tenderer's service portfolio.
— An overview of the tenderer's available services/portfolio. Supplemented with sales/turnover figures for the relevant special disciplines.
The tenderer shall also submit a 1 page presentation of the company and important customers in the transport sector, and/or a link to relevant publicity on its net site.
If the tenderer must rely on other companies/sub-providers for complying with the qualification requirements, the tenderer shall submit a declaration of commitment verifying that the tenderer has other companies HR at disposal in case of contract award.
The procurement is announced on the NSB group´s procurement portal; https://anskaffelser.nsb.no/Default.aspx. All documents are available on the portal. In order to be able to see the information under the section “spørsmål og svar" (questions and answers) in the Procurement portal, the tenderer must register and change the status to "har til hensikt å tilby" ("intends to submit tender").

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must have submitted their assignments and paid their taxes and duties. Norwegian companies must document: 1) Tax certificate for Norwegian tenderers. 2) VAT certificate. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old from the deadline for submitting the application. Tenderers must be a legally established company or group of such companies. Documented by a company registration certificate or equivalent from the tenderer's home country.