Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-10-15
Buyer: Nittedal kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 35710000: Command and control systems | 38800000 | 42000000 | 42960000 | 42961000
Submission deadline: 2025-11-14

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. 

Documentation requirement: 
Norwegian tenderers: 
•Registration. The contracting authority will obtain a company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre for Norwegian tenderers. The Norwegian tenderers shall therefore not enclose a company registration certificate.

Foreign tenderers:
• Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order.

Documentation: 
Tax certificate not older than six months calculated from the tender deadline. Tax certificate means: 

Norwegian tenderers: 
• Tax and VAT certificate issued by the tax office via Altinn.

Foreign tenderers:
• Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have an arrangement for the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue such certificates, the tenderer shall submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The declaration shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for Finance.
Requirement: The tenderer shall have the financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract. 

Documentation requirement: 
The tenderer's Annual Financial Statements including notes with the Board's and auditor's reports from 2023 and 2024.

The contracting authority reserves the right to carry out a credit assessment from Experian or equivalent companies.
The financial strength will be assessed in relation to turnover, operating degree, solidity and liquidity.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have the ability to fulfil the contract. 

Documentation requirement: 
A short, overall description of the company shall be given, including:
• An account of the company ́s core competence related to the scope of the delivery. 
• An overview of the company's organisation and ownership, as well as a description of the current business activities.
• Description of how the tenderer is organised for the execution of this contract.
• A description of how much of the contract the tenderer is considering putting away to sub-supplier(s)/collaboration partners.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have experience from relevant and comparable deliveries. 
Relevant and comparable experience means experience with operational control systems within Water and Sewage projects or other complex industrial projects.   
It is sufficient that the references together see to the requirements of relevance and comparability. 

Documentation requirement: 
Description of up to five of the tenderer's most relevant and comparable contracts in the last three years. 
Tenderers shall document fulfilment by filling in Part 1 Annex 2 - Reference Descriptions.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have a documented and implemented quality assurance system/management system. The quality assurance/management system shall cover all organisation units and processes included in the contracting authority ́s deliveries.
The quality assurance/management system shall fulfil the requirements in ISO 9001 or equivalent.

Documentation requirement: 
Copy of an ISO 9001 certificate or equivalent ance intermediate standard for quality management, issued by an accredited certification body.
If the tenderer ́s quality assurance/management system is not certified, the tenderer shall document that the system is equivalent to a recognised standard with:
• Report/evaluation of the tenderer's quality assurance/management system, prepared by an independent third party (e.g. an auditing company), with competence to assess that the system is equivalent to the requested standard, or
• A description of the quality assurance/management system as well as how the system was implemented and managed in the entity. The description shall be so detailed that the Contracting Authority can undertake an independent assessment of the tenderer's quality assurance/management system.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have a documented environmental management system. 

Documentation requirement: 
A description of the tenderer's environment system.
If a tenderer is certified by a public certification body (EMAS, Miljøfyrtårn, ISO 14001, or other recognised environmental management system/standard), it is sufficient to enclose a copy of a valid certificate.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have a documented HSE system. 

Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers must present a table of contents for their HSE system and it must be stated in this and any comprehensive description that the system will fulfil the requirements in the Internal Control Regulations.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have a documented and implemented management system for information security. 
The management system shall cover all organisation units and processes included in the delivery.

Documentation requirement: 
A copy of an ISO 27001 certificate or equivalent recognised standard for information security, issued by an accredited certification body.
If the tenderer's information security management system is not certified, the tenderer shall document that the management system is equivalent to a certified standard with:
Report/evaluation of the tenderer's management system for information security, prepared by an independent third party (e.g. an auditing company), with competence to assess that the management system is an equivalent requested standard.
or
A description of the management system for information security, as well as how the system was implemented and managed in the entity. The description shall be so detailed that the Contracting Authority can undertake an independent assessment of the tenderer's management system.
See the annexes in SSA-T and SSA-V for implementation of the contract.