Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-09-26
Buyer: Ålesund brannvesen KF
Country: NO
Region: NO0A3
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 18130000 | 18222000 | 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35810000: Individual equipment | 35811100
Estimated value: 3100000 NOK
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like to use this procurement to enter into a framework agreement with one tenderer.
The objective of the agreement is to meet the contracting authorities ́needs for uniforms and station clothing in accordance with THE NORWEGIAN Public Roads Administration ́s requirements.
requirement specifications.

Comments on the contract:
If a customer gets special needs due to, for example, size or fit, such as
the tenderer cannot cover their main assortment or other assortment, the customer can go
outside the agreement
The participating municipalities are: Fjord, Herøy, Sande, Stranda, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vestnes and Ålesund.
Orientation:
The tenderer shall fill in the attached requirement and price form in their cost calculations and submit it as an annex to the tender in Excel format. All fields in the attached requirement and price form marked with yellow shall be completed.

Missing the price fields can cause difficulties in assessing the tender and the tender can then be rejected. 

All prices are in NOK, excluding VAT, including all direct or indirect expenses and duties that can
expected to be incurred for the delivery. Order fees and invoice fees are to be seen as expenses.

The prices shall include all costs for the customer who is included in this competition. Costs that the tenderer knows will be incurred, but that are not specifically stated in the tender, will be seen as included in the stated costs.

Evaluation:
When assessing the price, a hybrid model with break point 2.5 will be used. The attached template for
evaluation model.

The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with
the award criteria's weighting percentage.
Orientation:
So that the contracting authority can get the best possible impression of the functionality, quality,
fit, design, comfort etc. the supplier shall deliver product samples from the entire core assortment, in
evaluation phase. 

The contracting authority will contact the supplier in the evaluation phase to arrange the delivery of the samples and delivery shall be available within 10 days at the contracting authority's premises.

The products shall as far as possible be delivered on suspension, and as a minimum marked with
supplier name, article name, model and "Post nos" from the price and evaluation form. On suspension
sorted products in accordance with "Item nos" from the requirement and price form.

Collection of product samples is agreed upon after the contracting authority has had the products reviewed. The samples shall be delivered and collected free of charge for the customer/contracting authority. If product samples are not delivered in accordance with the contract, tender offers can be rejected.

Emphasis will be put on the products quality, comfort/mobility, under this award criteria.
fit, functionality, design and overall impression.

Evaluation:
This award criteria is assessed based on the contracting authority ́s assessment of product samples, as well as submitted
product description of the products. A procurement assessment will be made during the evaluation.

A combined point score will be given between 1-10 per product, with 10 being the best. One or more
Tenderers can score 10 points. Other tenders will be given a relative score.

The score (0-10) for each product is multiplied by the estimated volume for the product in question.

The total point per product is then summed up to a total score for all of the products.
The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Orientation:
The contracting authority will emphasise whether the offered product in the core assortment is marked with the Swan Ecolabel. Equivalent brand schemes such as GOTS*, ØkoTex Made in Green, Blå Engel, Bra Miljøval or EU Ecolabel will also give a full score (10 points).

Other labelling schemes will give a lower score, if the environmental labels are assessed as less relevant or comprehensive. For example, Økotex 100, Økotex Step, organic labelled goods and Greenguard will give 25% credit (2.5 points) compared to the Swan Ecolabel.

Tenderers who offer other brands will have the legal responsibility to document that their
environmental labels can be seen as equal/equivalent with the marks specified above.

Tenderers are asked to fill in the valid licence no. and the name of environmental labels in green cells in the requirement and
price form for products that are environmentally labelled. If an environmentally labelled product does not have a licence no. must refer to the valid certificate/licence certificate and enclose the tender.

*GOTS (for products of minimum 70% natural fibre such as wool/cotton).

Evaluation:
This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s response in green cells in the requirement and price form and any accompanying annexes. Licence no./certificates will be inspected.

Scores achieved per product (0, 0.25 or 1) are multiplied by the estimated volume for the relevant product. The total point per product is then summed up to a total score for all of the products. 

Best solution (highest total score) will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution.


Winner: A Oksnes AS
Number of bids: 2