Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-14
Buyer: Sandnes kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 32500000 | 33000000 | 33195000 | 48000000 | 48800000
Estimated value: 6000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-08-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority needs to procure a new medical signalling system for Austrått residential and activity centre, Lunde residential and activity centre, and EFF Lunde (also referred to as ‘Lunde 2’, situated at the same location as Lunde residential and activity centre). The contract shall also cover the purchase of supplementary equipment and additional equipment during the medical signalling system’s fatigue life, as well as a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the system.
The contracting authority must be able to procure replacement equipment and supplementary equipment during the medical signalling system's fatigue life, as well as having a maintenance agreement for the system in the same period. An extension for 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 years is therefore planned.
The contracting authority has not determined any lower or upper limit for the number of participants in the call for tenders.
The contract includes an option for implementation and purchase of equipment for Lunde residential and activity centre, and an option for implementation and purchase of equipment for EFF Lunde.
Tenderers must not have considerable tax and VAT arrears, unless an approved repayment schedule is presented.
Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months. The certificates can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration.
A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's home country certifying that the tenderer has fulfilled his obligations regarding taxes and fees in accordance with the laws of the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Tenderers must as a minimum achieve a rating of 'Credit worthy’, i.e. the tenderer must be in risk classification 5 or better on the Experian credit rating scale.
As documentation the contracting authority will obtain the credit evaluation Commercial Delphi Score from Experian (The contracting authority subscribes to services from Experian).
Tenderers are expected to have familiarised himself with registered information about the company and by submission of the tender accepts that the information will be obtained and form the basis of the assessment of the tenderer's economic situation.
Tenderers can attach a credit rating from a certified credit rating company showing that the tenderer fulfils the requirement. The credit assessment must be based on the last available accounting figures.
If a tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove his economic and financial position with any other document that the contracting authority deems suitable.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement 1: Tax certificate. Tenderers must not have considerable tax and VAT arrears, unless an approved repayment schedule is presented. Documentation requirement 1: Tax Certificate. Norwegian tenderers: Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months. The certificates can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. Foreign tenderers A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's home country certifying that the tenderer has fulfilled his obligations regarding taxes and fees in accordance with the laws of the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old. Requirement 2: the tenderer's organisational and legal position: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established. Requirement 2:The tenderer's organisational and legal position: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 6000000