Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-05-10
Buyer: Forsvarsbygg
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09310000 | 71314200: Energy management services
Submission deadline: 2023-06-14
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The assignment includes management of the contracting authority's power portfolio in the contract period.
The contracting authority is not a Clearing customer in the Nord Pool system. The tenderer must therefore operate under their own name in the Nord Pool system, and thereby act as the power supplier for the contracting authority. Tenderers must therefore have a turnover concession.
The assignment means that the tenderer will have the overall supervision of the portfolio, including conducting all electricity trade in connection with the portfolio. The tenderer must conduct all physical and financial trade on behalf of the contracting authority in the contract period.
In addition the assignment includes handling grid hire invoices from the grid provider, which must be reinvoiced on the same terms as electricity.
In addition to the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency, the following departments are users of the contract:
The contract will be valid from 01.01.2024. The contract will be valid for 2 (two) years and will then be renewed automatically for one (1) year at a time, unless 6 (six) months notice is given by the contracting authority before the renewal date.
Documentation requirement: Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below.
Documentation requirement: Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline (only for Norwegian tenderers).
Tenderers must have sound finances, which means that the tenderer must be credit worthy without a requirement for security.
Documentation requirement: Credit assessment of the tenderer, not older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. The result of the credit rating must be given as a graded value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale. The credit rating must contain an assessment of the tenderer’s payment history/reliability.
NOTE: If a tenderer, in order to comply with the requirement, presents guarantees from other companies (e.g. the parent company), an equivalent credit rating must be submitted for that company. Furthermore, a legally binding confirmation must be enclosed from this company stating that they have joint and several liability under the contract.
Newly established companies that cannot provide a relevant credit rating can attach alternative documentation including, amongst other things, the accounts/balance, key figures, payment history, and payment remarks.
Qualification requirement: The tenderer (as a company) must have good competence within deliveries of an equivalent nature to this contract.
Documentation requirement: An overview of the most important relevant deliveries that the tenderer has carried out in the last three years, together with information on the contract value, dates of execution and name of the recipient. The managed volume within the portfolio management delivery area must also be clear in the overview.
Documentation requirement: A description of the tenderer's average annual workforce (including the number of portfolio managers), and the number of employees in management in the last three years, as well as a description of how much of the contract that tenderer intends to outsource to sub-suppliers.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirement: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below. Qualification requirement: Tenderers must have their tax and duty payments in order Documentation requirement: Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline (only for Norwegian tenderers).