Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-10
Buyer: Rana Kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85147000
Estimated value: 3200000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-06-06
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Rana Municipality has approx. 2050 employees, distributed between approx. 1726 man-labour years. The Municipality is one of the region's largest employers. Rana Municipality is situated in Nordland County and with its 4,463 km2 is Norway's 4th largest municipality in the area. The town of Mo i Rana is the centre of Rana Municipality. The municipality has 26,000 inhabitants, which makes it the third largest municipality north of Trondheim in Norway.
Rana Municipality hereby invites tenderers to a tender contest for a four-year framework agreement for occupational health services (2022 - 2026).
The estimated value of the agreement is between NOK 600,000 and 800,000 excluding VAT per annum, to a total of NOK 2.4- 3.2 million. excluding VAT. The contract will be valid for 4 years from date of signing.
- Ensure that laws and regulations are complied with, including that requirements given in the working environment legislation and the internal control regulations are complied with. The services must be of such quality that the described need is fully covered, without the need for follow-up work on behalf of the contracting authority.
The service provider shall provide the services in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and circulars that are relevant to the contract. This applies i.a the following laws and regulations:
- The Act of 17 June 2016 relating to working environment, working hours and employment protection [the Working Environment Act], etc. § 3-3
Regulations relating to systematic health, environmental and safety activities in enterprises [Internal control regulations]. FOR-1996-12-06-1127
- Regulations concerning the performance of work, use of work equipment and related technical requirements FOR-2011-12-06-1357
Where quality is not defined in any other way, the quality must be at a normally good level for such services. In cases where the contracting authority believes that the quality is unsatisfactory, the tenderer and the contracting authority must agree on the quality of the service. The contracting authority refers to 2.3.1 non-invoicing hours.
See Part 1 of the tender documentation with an invitation to ask questions if the quality requirements are perceived as unclear. Upon requests from the tenderers, an information meeting will be held as described in Part 1 of the tender documentation. At the tender meeting, there will be an opportunity to ask questions about quality requirements. Such questions are requested to be sent in advance so that the contracting authority can investigate and provide the best possible answer.
Certificates of registration in a professional register, trade register or company register shall be submitted, as prescribed in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian tenderers who are limited companies shall submit a company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
Tenderers shall have satisfactory economy to execute the contract. The ability to fulfil the contract will be assessed in relation to turnover, balance sum, solidity and liquidity.
Documentation requirement: The tenderer´s annual accounts including the board´s report and the auditor´s report for the last submitted accounting year.
If the annual accounts do not contain last year's figures, the tenderer must submit annual accounts for the last two financial years.
If the tenderer is unable to provide the above mentioned documentation, or wants to document that this gives a misleading picture of the financial situation, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position by providing other documentation that the contracting authority deems suitable. The tenderer must then provide specific reasons why the requested documentation may not be available or gives a misleading picture.

Eligibility requirements: Certificates of registration in a professional register, trade register or company register shall be submitted, as prescribed in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian tenderers who are limited companies shall submit a company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre.

Award value: 3200000