Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-13
Buyer: Forsvaret v/Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 79000000 | 79410000
Estimated value: 100000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-09-14
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Defence Sector in the Discipline of Strategic Advisory Services
The Defence sector has a growing need for consultancy services in the discipline of strategic advisory services, including amongst other things monitoring and implementation of restructuring activities with a focus on modernisation, progress, profits, streamlining and risk. The list is not exhaustive.
The procurement will be announced as an open tender competition. Parallel framework agreements will be entered into with a maximum of six suppliers, assuming that there are a sufficient number of suitable tender offers, of which one supplier will be awarded a framework agreement as supplier-A.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign tenderers: confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register or trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers must have the required economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Credit rating 'A' or similar will be sufficient to fulfil the requirement.
Documentation requirement: Credit rating from a certified credit rating agency, based on the last accounting data The rating must not be older than 3  months.
Tenderers must have good experience from equivalent assignments. Comparable deliveries means delivery of consultancy services with the discipline/service deliveries that are provided in Appendix 1, requirement specification. It is sufficient that the tenderer's deliveries combined document good experience from comparable deliveries.
Documentation requirement: the tenderer must fill out Part 1 Appendix 5 Reference Form of up to five of the tenderer's most relevant assignments during the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. All columns in Appendix 5 must be answered, including the name of the client/a description of business ‘Name of project/assignment and brief description (year/duration, objective and other relevant factors)’, ‘The assignment value in NOK ‘Role (which assignment the tenderer's personnel had in the delivery) ‘Contract information for the recipient (name, telephone and email). It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the references. The delivery recipients listed in Appendix 5 must pre-orientate about such possible contracts. Tenderers must have sufficient capacity to complete the delivery. Sufficient capacity means the tenderer's access to all requested resource levels (junior and senior consultant, consultant, advisor, senior advisor/partners provided in Appendix 5). The tenderer can select to offer resources with higher competence and experience than required for the individual resource level. The tenderer can choose to offer the same resources on multiple resource levels.
Documentation requirement: the tenderer must present a completed Annex 1a Resource Matrix about personnel that the tenderer has at their disposal to implement the delivery. A minimum of ten and maximum of 30 resources must be listed. It is the tenderer's responsibility to document fulfilment through submitted documentation. Tenderers shall possess sufficient competence to complete the delivery. Competence meaning knowledge and proficiency (including formal and real competence). Sufficient competence means that the tenderer demonstrates that combined he can offer resources that cover all of the competence requirements listed in Annex 1, requirement specification.
Documentation requirement: the tenderer must deliver a completed Annex 1b CV for offered personnel with a description of education and professional qualifications of the personnel that the tenderer has at their disposal for the implementation of the delivery. One CV must be submitted per resource listed in Annex 1a, Resource Matrix. A CV must be a maximum of one A4 page. The format of the CV set-up must not be changed. Guidance text can be removed to save space, but heading must not be removed. It is the tenderer's responsibility to document fulfilment through submitted documentation. The tenderer must be certified in accordance with Eco Lighthouse, ISO 14001, EMAS or other equivalent third party certified systems.
Documentation requirement: the tenderer must deliver a copy of valid certificates. The contracting authority will also accept equivalent certificates issued by certification bodies in other EEA states. Other documentation for equivalent environmental management measures will be accepted to the degree that the tenderer has not had the opportunity to get the mentioned certificate by the deadlines stated in this tender documentation. This is provided that this is not the fault of the tenderer. The tenderer must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance system suitable for the delivery.
Documentation requirement: the tenderer must deliver a brief description of the tenderer's routines and methods for quality assurance. The description must be a maximum of one A4 page. If the tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent quality assurance certifications, and this is described in the certification, it will be sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirements: Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register or trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 100000000