Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-30
Buyer: Øvre Eiker kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 50400000 | 50420000 | 50421000
Submission deadline: 2020-11-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The call for tenders concerns a contract for control and service of medical equipment for the municipality's businesses. The contract includes control and service of medical equipment, medical technical aids, as well as mapping and description of the equipment.
The contract value is estimated to be above the EEA threshold. The estimated value is not binding for the contracting authority. The need is uncertain. The historical figure for procured services for an average of NOK 1 500 000 excluding VAT per annum. There is no overview of the scope for the municipalities of Gol, Flesberg, Lunner and Jevnaker, which means that the volume estimate is not included for these municipalities. The volume will be dependent on i.a. the contracting authority's requirements, activities, budget and other framework factors.
Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority has considered dividing the contract in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations §19-4 but has decided that this is not suitable for this contract.
The contract will be regulated by the attached contract with the accompanying standard contract terms.
The contract period is fixed for the first 2 years (21 December 2020-20 December 2022) and then is valid until it is terminated with 6 months' notice.
The individual joint procurement partner has the opportunity not to extend the agreement after the initial 2 years contract period. The options must be taken up in writing by the contracting authority at the latest one (1) month before the contract expires, or one (1) month before any extension year expires. The individual collaborating purchasing parties cannot trigger the option. Any reduction to the scope of the delivery will not be liable for compensation.
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. The certificate must not be 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 submission for this contract the tender submission deadline, for 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, enclose 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 other support from other companies for compliance with the qualification requirement. If the tenderer is dependent on other companies to fulfil this qualification requirement, the necessary documentation must then be provided. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.
The tenderer must have a valid approval for providing service and repair of medical technical equipment. (ESPD: Part IV B.58-4).