Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-23
Buyer: Gjøvik kommune
Country: NO
Region: Oppland
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141621 | 33141850 | 33191000
Estimated value: 32000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-05-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The municipalities of Østre Toten, Vestre Toten, Gjøvik, Nordre Land, Søndre Land, Lunner, Jevnaker and Gran.
The Contracting Authority for this competition is Procurements Joint Unit on behalf of the municipalities of the Gjøvik region and Hadeland. The objective of the procurement is to primarily to meet health and care services' need for medical consumables. Furthermore, other municipal organisations, for example municipal medical centres, health stations, schools, etc. can utilise the framework agreement to the degree their need for medical consumables can be covered through this agreement.
The Contracting Authority's need is primarily in the following product categories: incontinence, communicable disease prevention, wound treatment and personal hygiene, nutrition, various tests.
The Contracting Authority uses Mercell Sourcing Service. To express your interest and gain access to any documents, please click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser. (http://permalink.mercell.com/56603917.aspx). Then follow the instructions on the website.
The framework agreement is for 2 years with a unilateral option for the contracting authority to extend the agreement for a further 1 year + 1 year. Annual turnover excluding VAT is around 8 000 000 NOK-9 000 000 NOK.
Company Registration Certificate: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall present an updated Company Registration Certificate. Foreign tenderers shall present certificate(s) for statutory registration in the country of establishment.
Tax Certificate: The tenderer shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit tax certificates, no older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. Tenderers must account for any arrears. If the tenderer's offer relies on sub-contractors for contract fulfilment, a commitment statement shall be enclosed stating that the tenderer has the necessary right of use of the sub-contractor's capacity. If the sub-tenderer's performance is expected to exceed 100 000 NOK (excluding VAT) of turnover, certificates must also be enclosed for payment of tax and vat for the relevant sub-contractor(s).
The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial solidity to be able to fulfil the contractual obligations. Documentation requirement: Tenderers must submit Annual Financial Statement for the last 2 financial years, as well as the auditor's reports. Tenderer is requested to account for any necessary conditions (for example deficit and low equity to assets ratio, etc.). Credit rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is credit worthy. The credit rating shall not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders and it shall be based on the last known accounting figures. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove their economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.

Eligibility requirements: Company Registration Certificate: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall present an updated Company Registration Certificate. Foreign tenderers shall present certificate(s) for statutory registration in the country of establishment. Tax Certificate: The tenderer shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit tax certificates, no older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. Tenderers must account for any arrears. If the tenderer's offer relies on sub-contractors for contract fulfilment, a commitment statement shall be enclosed stating that the tenderer has the necessary right of use of the sub-contractor's capacity. If the sub-tenderer's performance is expected to exceed 100 000 NOK (excluding VAT) of turnover, certificates must also be enclosed for payment of tax and vat for the relevant sub-contractor(s). The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial solidity to be able to fulfil the contractual obligations. Documentation requirement: Tenderers must submit Annual Financial Statement for the last 2 financial years, as well as the auditor's reports. Tenderer is requested to account for any necessary conditions (for example deficit and low equity to assets ratio, etc.). Credit rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is credit worthy. The credit rating shall not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders and it shall be based on the last known accounting figures. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove their economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.
Tax Certificate: The tenderer shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit tax certificates, no older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. Tenderers must account for any arrears. If the tenderer's offer relies on sub-contractors for contract fulfilment, a commitment statement shall be enclosed stating that the tenderer has the necessary right of use of the sub-contractor's capacity. If the sub-tenderer's performance is expected to exceed 100 000 NOK (excluding VAT) of turnover, certificates must also be enclosed for payment of tax and vat for the relevant sub-contractor(s). The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial solidity to be able to fulfil the contractual obligations. Documentation requirement: Tenderers must submit Annual Financial Statement for the last 2 financial years, as well as the auditor's reports. Tenderer is requested to account for any necessary conditions (for example deficit and low equity to assets ratio, etc.). Credit rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is credit worthy. The credit rating shall not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders and it shall be based on the last known accounting figures. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove their economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.