Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-24
Buyer: Bergen Kommune — Innkjøp konsern
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33734000 | 33734100 | 33734200 | 85160000: Optician services
Estimated value: 5115000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-02-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The framework agreement will cover Bergen Municipality's need for computer glasses and eye tests in accordance with the employer's obligations, cf. the regulations on organisation, management and participation, Section 14-4.
The aim of this framework agreement is to cover Bergen Municipality and collaborating partners' need for computer glasses and eye tests in accordance with the employer's obligations, cf. the regulations on organisation, management and participation, Section 14-4.
The procurement will cover the employees' ongoing need for eye tests for an assessment of the need for, and the procurement of computer glasses/workplace glasses for use when working at a monitor at work.
Bergen Municipality has currently approx. 277 400 inhabitants and the municipal organisation structure contains approx. 840 entities, including, amongst others, schools, nurseries, nursing homes, cultural institutions and administration locations. Also included are municipal and inter-municipal companies that are partly or fully owned entities and considered part of the Bergen kommune group.
The process at the contracting authority occurs as described in the form 'Requisition Form Bergen Municipality' — see annex 1. The form will be corrected for the contract with the new tenderer after the contract has been signed.
The contract period will be 2 years from the contract date, with a unilateral option for a further 1 year + 1 year.
Bjørnafjorden Municipality has an option to join the contract. The starting point for taking up this option is based on the chosen tenderer having an office/sales location in the same municipality, or within a reasonable driving distance between the sales location and Bjørnafjorden Municipality. The option will be taken up before the contract is signed if applicable.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will inspect the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.
With regard to any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that: The tenderer has sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. The required financial capacity will be assessed in relation to the contract's value, services, risk and length. Documentation for Norwegian tenderers: The contracting authority will check tenderers' financial situation from DIFI's eBevis, Proff Forvalt (https://forvalt.no/) and/or via information given by Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com), and can obtain further information from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Note that the tender documentation includes guidelines for how tenderers can supplement available information if they wish to do so. Documentation for foreign tenderers: tenderers must, upon request, submit a credit rating report from a company that has a licence from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority to operate a credit information company in Norway, possibly from a company with the equivalent certification in a member country of the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information.
Only for public goods deliveries: the tenderer has, in the reference period, carried out the following important goods deliveries of the requested type, or the following important services of the requested type. The contracting authority can require up to 3 years experience and can take experience from the period before the last three years into consideration.
Experience from similar assignments. Tenderers are required to have good experience from similar assignments. Documentation: Tenderers must attach an overview of the 3 most important relevant deliveries in the last 3 years, including their scope, value, time frame and the contracting authority or recipient.
The following education and professional qualifications are held by the tenderer and/or (depending on the requirements given in the notice or in the procurement documents) by the senior executives.
Tenderers must have adequate competence and professional qualifications for managing and quality assuring the assignment. Tenderers must be an authorised optician in accordance with the Health Personnel Act dated 2 July 1999 and employees with further education within workplace optometry. Documentation is to be submitted with the tender.

Eligibility requirements: Registered in a trade register or company register. Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex. Minimum requirements for qualification Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will inspect the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.

Award value: 5115000