Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-21
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 90400000 | 90410000 | 90420000 | 90430000 | 90440000
Estimated value: 2800000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-12-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority would like to enter into a Contract with one tenderer for Flushing and Suctioning services. The Contract includes works for the municipal pipe network, as well as the emptying of private septic tanks/interceptors for sludge and other tanks administered by the Contracting Authority.
The Contracting Authority would like to enter into a contract with one tenderer for Flushing and Suctioning services. The Contract includes works for the municipal pipe network, as well as the emptying of private septic tanks/interceptors for sludge and other tanks administered by the Contracting Authority.
The Framework Agreement can be extended one or more times for up to 2 years. The total Contract period cannot exceed 4 years.
A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no.
— Norwegian tenderers who are not VAT obliged must provide confirmation of this from the Norwegian Tax Authorities,
— foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian Authorities.
— foreign companies: verification that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the company is established.
The tenderer is required to be financially solvent, which gives the Contracting Authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the period of the agreement.
A creditworthiness of A (creditworthy) is required to be eligible for this competition. Tenderers with a lower rating will be rejected:
— extended credit rating/report, not older than 3 months, from a publicly certified credit appraisal company, which includes a credit rating of the tenderer — typically given by a letter or short text, as well as an explanation of this. The report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. The date must be clear.
— companies without sufficient credit rating, newly established companies with a credit score of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.
— a description of the tenderer's technical personnel or technical units the tenderer has access to in order to fulfil the Contract, regardless of whether they belong to the company or not, and
— a statement of the tenderer's average workforce and the number of employees in the administrative management during the last 3 years.
Equivalent assignments are in this context Flushing and suctioning assignments with equivalent requirements for equipment and scope.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement 1 — Tax Certificates. The tenderer's tax and VAT payments must be in order: — tax and VAT certificate: A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no. The certificates shall not be older than 6 months, from the tender deadline: — Norwegian tenderers who are not VAT obliged must provide confirmation of this from the Norwegian Tax Authorities, — foreign tenderers must submit certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian Authorities. Requirement 2 — Company Registration Certificate. Tenderers must be a legally established company: — Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate, — foreign companies: verification that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the company is established.

Award value: 2800000