Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-24
Buyer: The Norwegian Armed Forces c/o the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 63120000 | 63521000
Estimated value: 56000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-06-22
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for operation of the store for base materiel at Eggemoen (PART I - Qualification Phase).
The tenderer that is awarded the framework agreement will be responsible for the daily operation of the store in accordance with the received assignments from the Norwegian Armed Forces, including the department FLO Forsyning RLL Øst. The framework agreement consists of the operation of the Norwegian Armed Forces' stocks of base materiel from all nations that are part of NORDEFCO TA. All the services must be carried out at the Norwegian Armed Forces' location at Eggemoen, where the operations store is localised.
Stock operation consists of, amongst other things, receipt control, preparing base sets, materiel accounts, stock overview, formulation of condition reports, and accounting. See Annex B-1 (Requirements - Service) for a complete description of the assignments included in the stock operation.
Materiel in stock is stand-by materiel for the Norwegian Armed Forces, but also at the same time for the participants of the NORDEFCO collaboration, where Norway is responsible for providing base sets for the establishment and operation of deployments to locations outside the permanent base infrastructure.
In addition the framework agreement has an option for further operation of the Reuse Stock for furniture and fixtures as part of the stock operation. The Reuse Stock contributes within the quarter materiel service with the storage and redistribution of quarter materiel that is defined as excess.
The framework agreement period is 2 years. The contracting authority will have an option to extend the framework agreement one or more times for a further 5 years. The contract's maximum period, including options, is 7 years.
The value below includes the contract's total duration including options. The duration of the contract is two years with the option for an extension one or more times for a further 5 years. The total contract period, including options, is 7 years.
Option for managing quarter materiel - including the receipt of sent quarter materiel, storage, presentation, delivery, and dispatch to recipients.
Personnel must be authorised at level SECRET. The clearing process will be started as soon as the framework agreement has been awarded.
REQUIREMENT: Registration in a company register is required. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. - Foreign companies: Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
REQUIREMENT 1: Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract, including satisfactory operating profit margin, degree of liquidity and equity. It is sufficient to fulfil the requirement if the tenderer has achieved credit rating ‘credit worthy’ or equivalent. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT:  Credit rating from a certified credit rating agency, based on the the most recent fiscal figures. The rating must not be older than 3 months.
REQUIREMENT 2: Tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: Tax certificate not older than 6 months from the application deadline. - Norwegian tenderers: Certificate issued by the tax collector or Norwegian Tax Administration for VAT, tax, and payroll tax. - 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 must submit a declaration which states that all taxes and fees have been paid. The declaration must be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance.
REQUIREMENT 1: Tenderers must provide personnel that fulfil the requirements for Norwegian security clearance at level SECRET. The equivalent applies if a tenderer will use sub-suppliers to carry out the delivery. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: Confirmation that the tenderer is familiar with the requirements for security clearance in accordance with point 3.2.2 in the document 'FOSA Part II Prequalification - Framework Agreement', and that the offered personnel fulfil all the requirements for security clearance at level SECRET.
Requirement 2: Tenderers must have good experience from similar deliveries. Documentation requirement: An overview of the tenderer´s 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. The overview must include an indication of the assignment value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address), and a brief description of the delivery. It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description.
REQUIREMENT 3: The tenderer must have sufficient competence to implement the delivery. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: A description of the education and professional qualifications of the personnel that the tenderer has at his disposal for fulfilment of the contract. The following competence is included in the qualification requirement: Competence in the operation of customs stock B, necessary professional knowledge on the establishment of a base system at home and abroad, as well as secure, stable operation of the stock for the base materiel in all phases, including peace, crisis, and war. CVs are not requested. Tenderers must attach relevant certificates of apprenticeship within logistics. Other relevant certificates of apprenticeship can also be attached to the request for qualification.

Eligibility requirements: REQUIREMENT 1: Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract, including satisfactory operating profit margin, degree of liquidity and equity. It is sufficient to fulfil the requirement if the tenderer has achieved credit rating ‘credit worthy’ or equivalent. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT:  Credit rating from a certified credit rating agency, based on the the most recent fiscal figures. The rating must not be older than 3 months. REQUIREMENT 2: Tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: Tax certificate not older than 6 months from the application deadline. - Norwegian tenderers: Certificate issued by the tax collector or Norwegian Tax Administration for VAT, tax, and payroll tax. - 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 must submit a declaration which states that all taxes and fees have been paid. The declaration must be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance.
The same as for the main supplier if the main supplier is financially dependent on the sub-supplier.
REQUIREMENT 1: Tenderers must provide personnel that fulfil the requirements for Norwegian security clearance at level SECRET. The equivalent applies if a tenderer will use sub-suppliers to carry out the delivery. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: Confirmation that the tenderer is familiar with the requirements for security clearance in accordance with point 3.2.2 in the document 'FOSA Part II Prequalification - Framework Agreement', and that the offered personnel fulfil all the requirements for security clearance at level SECRET. Requirement 2: Tenderers must have good experience from similar deliveries. Documentation requirement: An overview of the tenderer´s 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. The overview must include an indication of the assignment value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address), and a brief description of the delivery. It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. REQUIREMENT 3: The tenderer must have sufficient competence to implement the delivery. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: A description of the education and professional qualifications of the personnel that the tenderer has at his disposal for fulfilment of the contract. The following competence is included in the qualification requirement: Competence in the operation of customs stock B, necessary professional knowledge on the establishment of a base system at home and abroad, as well as secure, stable operation of the stock for the base materiel in all phases, including peace, crisis, and war. CVs are not requested. Tenderers must attach relevant certificates of apprenticeship within logistics. Other relevant certificates of apprenticeship can also be attached to the request for qualification. REQUIREMENT 4: Tenderers must have sufficient capacity to fulfil the delivery. The contracting authority estimates that approx. 5-6 full-time resources will be sufficient for the assignment. Tenderers must, through their descriptions, give an account of whether the offered personnel will meet the described need. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT: A description must be given of the tenderer's technical personnel or technical entities at the tendererr's disposal to fulfil the contract.

Award value: 56000000