Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-03
Buyer: Vestby kommune (Vestby municipality)
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 40000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-07-15
Award criteria: Total costs, Quality, Development and innovation

Technical requirements: Total costs
Quality
Development and innovation
The procurement shall cover the municipality's need for medicines and multi-dose to institutions and home services. The delivery concerns a framework agreement for the purchase and delivery of all types of medicines and packaging and delivery of multi-dose. The delivery also concerns pharmacy specific goods, but not medical consumables (the municipality has a separate agreement for this).
Previous annual volumes for the municipalities (including expected volume for LMS) is close to 10 000 000 NOK excluding VAT. The total volume including the 2 option years is closer to 40 000 000 NOK.
The tenderer must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT).
Tax certificate not older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Tax certificate means:
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 these certificates, the tenderer should submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for Finance.
Foreign tenderers: Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.
Credit assessment/rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is at least ‘credit worthy’. The credit rating shall not be more than 6 months old and shall be based on the last known fiscal figures.
The contracting authority reserves the right to demand/obtain further information in order to verify that the tenderer fulfils the requirement.
The tenderer may choose to rely on other companies' capacity to fulfil the requirement for the tenderer's economic and financial position.
The tenderer must, in such an event, document the resources of the companies on which he will rely and prove that he will have the requisite resources from these companies at his disposal during the contract period, by for example presenting a commitment statement (Annex C), guarantee, cooperation agreement or similar. In addition equivalent documentation on the financial position of the companies that the tenderer will support themselves on must be enclosed.
This applies regardless of the legal nature of the connection between the companies, i.e. that the supporting companies can either be the tenderer's parent company, another company in the same group, a cooperation partner, etc.
Brief account of the tenderer's organisation, including delivery and service organisation for this contract.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT). Tax certificate not older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Tax certificate means: For Norwegian tenderers: A tax and VAT certificate issued by the Tax Collection Office. 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 these certificates, the tenderer should submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for Finance. The tenderer must be a legally established company. Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established. The service provider shall have sufficient financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract. Credit assessment/rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is at least ‘credit worthy’. The credit rating shall not be more than 6 months old and shall be based on the last known fiscal figures. The contracting authority reserves the right to demand/obtain further information in order to verify that the tenderer fulfils the requirement. The tenderer may choose to rely on other companies' capacity to fulfil the requirement for the tenderer's economic and financial position. The tenderer must, in such an event, document the resources of the companies on which he will rely and prove that he will have the requisite resources from these companies at his disposal during the contract period, by for example presenting a commitment statement (Annex C), guarantee, cooperation agreement or similar. In addition equivalent documentation on the financial position of the companies that the tenderer will support themselves on must be enclosed. This applies regardless of the legal nature of the connection between the companies, i.e. that the supporting companies can either be the tenderer's parent company, another company in the same group, a cooperation partner, etc. The tenderer shall have the capacity to complete the agreement. Brief account of the tenderer's organisation, including delivery and service organisation for this contract. The tenderer shall have good experience from equivalent agreements. Certificates from equivalent deliveries during the last 2 years. The certificates shall be signed or confirmed in writing by the Contracting Authority for the different deliveries, and as a minimum should include: — A brief description of the delivery; — Date of execution; — Scope of delivery in monetary amount; — Name and telephone number of the reference person at the contracting authority. If it is not possible to acquire signed or verified certificates, the tenderer shall provide a list of equivalent assignments during the last 2 years with descriptions in accordance with the points above. The Contracting Authority must be able to contact the listed contact persons. A good and well-functioning quality assurance system is required for the services that shall be provided. Brief account of the tenderer's quality assurance methods. If the procedures are described in the company's quality or environmental management system according to ISO 9001 or 14001, or equivalent third party verified systems it is sufficient to attach a valid certificate on this. The tenderer should have focus on the environment. Copy of environmental certification or equivalent documentation of another equivalent scheme. If a tenderer is not certified, a short account shall be provided that describes how the environment is taken care of in the company and during the production/sale of goods and/or services.
The service provider shall have sufficient financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract. Credit assessment/rating, carried out by a publicly approved credit rating institution, confirming that the tenderer is at least ‘credit worthy’. The credit rating shall not be more than 6 months old and shall be based on the last known fiscal figures. The contracting authority reserves the right to demand/obtain further information in order to verify that the tenderer fulfils the requirement. The tenderer may choose to rely on other companies' capacity to fulfil the requirement for the tenderer's economic and financial position. The tenderer must, in such an event, document the resources of the companies on which he will rely and prove that he will have the requisite resources from these companies at his disposal during the contract period, by for example presenting a commitment statement (Annex C), guarantee, cooperation agreement or similar. In addition equivalent documentation on the financial position of the companies that the tenderer will support themselves on must be enclosed. This applies regardless of the legal nature of the connection between the companies, i.e. that the supporting companies can either be the tenderer's parent company, another company in the same group, a cooperation partner, etc.
The tenderer shall have the capacity to complete the agreement. Brief account of the tenderer's organisation, including delivery and service organisation for this contract. The tenderer shall have good experience from equivalent agreements. Certificates from equivalent deliveries during the last 2 years. The certificates shall be signed or confirmed in writing by the Contracting Authority for the different deliveries, and as a minimum should include: — A brief description of the delivery; — Date of execution; — Scope of delivery in monetary amount; — Name and telephone number of the reference person at the contracting authority. If it is not possible to acquire signed or verified certificates, the tenderer shall provide a list of equivalent assignments during the last 2 years with descriptions in accordance with the points above. The Contracting Authority must be able to contact the listed contact persons. A good and well-functioning quality assurance system is required for the services that shall be provided. Brief account of the tenderer's quality assurance methods. If the procedures are described in the company's quality or environmental management system according to ISO 9001 or 14001, or equivalent third party verified systems it is sufficient to attach a valid certificate on this. The tenderer should have focus on the environment. Copy of environmental certification or equivalent documentation of another equivalent scheme. If a tenderer is not certified, a short account shall be provided that describes how the environment is taken care of in the company and during the production/sale of goods and/or services.