Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-01-21
Buyer: Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI)
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30234000 | 32400000 | 32420000 | 32422000 | 48820000: Servers
Submission deadline: 2022-02-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract value is estimated to be above the EEA threshold. The need is uncertain. The volume can be both higher and lower, and will depend on, amongst other things, the contracting authority's needs, activities, budgetary situation and other framework factors.
Licenses for hardware are an option on the framework agreement. This is triggered per order when there is a need for licences related to hardware in the individual purchasing party.
Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority has considered dividing up the assignment in accordance with PPR, section 19-4 but has decided that this is not suitable for this type of contract.
The assignment will be regulated by the attached framework agreement with the accompanying standard agreement terms.
The contracting authority shall enter into an agreement with 3 or more tenderers, if a sufficient number of qualified tenderers submit tenders.
The framework agreement has a duration of more than 4 years due to the need for investment consideration on the part of the contracting authority, which indicates that the replacement frequency is more often than every 4th year, cf. PPR, section 26-1 (4).
The contracting authority expects that the tenderer studies the contractual terms and makes the required internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.
Documentation requirement: Requirement for certificate of paid VAT, tax and social security contribution. A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's country, confirming that the tenderer has met the obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has its headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no, RF-1507,previously RF-1244) in accordance with the legislation in the country where the tenderer is registered. The certificate must be no more than 6 months old.
The contracting authority is not allowed to request the certificate if he has already received it, in accordance with the regulations §17-1(4) If you have submitted a tax certificate to the contracting authority and it is still valid at the time of the tender deadline for this contract this contest, you are not obliged to submit a certificate now. If this is the case, state when and to whom the certificate was previously submitted. You can, however, attach the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer´s economic and financial standing: The financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: The Contracting Authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.
Any need for support from other companies in order to fulfil this qualification requirement: If the tenderer is dependent on other providers in order to fulfil this qualification requirement, the required documentation thereof must be presented. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.