Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-02
Buyer: BIR AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71520000: Construction supervision services | 71521000: Construction-site supervision services
Estimated value: 100000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority plans to enter into parallel framework agreements with three different tenderers per lots. The framework agreement must include construction management assignments and consulting assignments for building contracts, construction works, as well as the development of infrastructure in the ground (e.g. an underground waste collection system). The SØK (the Responsible Applicant) role is related to sub-assignments such as consultancy and the Safety, Health and Work environment role is mainly connected to sub-assignments for the construction manager. The construction manager assignments and consultancy assignments will include several contract types.
The contracting authority plans to enter into parallel framework agreements with three different tenderers.
The framework agreement must include construction management assignments for building contracts, construction works, as well as the development of infrastructure in the ground (e.g. an underground waste collection system). The Safety, Health and Work environment role is mainly connected to sub-assignments for the construction manager. The construction manager assignments shall include several contract types.
The contracting authority plans to invite minimum 4 and maximum 6 tenderers to present tenders. The number of tenderers can deviate, if, after the pre-qualification process, there is fewer qualified Tenderers who have applied for participation than the contracting authority plans to invite. The contracting authority will select qualified Tenderers based on the following selection criterium: Relevant experience. See the tender documentation, chapter 6 for further description.
The contracting authority plans to enter into parallel framework agreements with three different tenderers.
The framework agreement shall include consulting engineers for building contracts, construction work, as well as the development of infrastructure in the ground (e.g. an underground waste collection system). The SØK (the Responsible Applicant) role is mainly connected to sub-assignments for consulting engineers. The consulting engineering assignments include different contract practice.
The contracting authority plans to invite minimum 4 and maximum 6 tenderers to present tenders. The number of tenderers can deviate, if, after the pre-qualification process, there is fewer qualified Tenderers who have applied for participation than the contracting authority plans to invite. The contracting authority will select qualified Tenderers based on the following selection criterium: Relevant experience. See the tender documentation, chapter 6 for further description.
Tax and VAT: The certificate must not be more than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Foreign tenderers must present certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian ones.
The tenderer must be a legally established company: Norwegian tenderer: Company registration certificate.
Foreign tenderers: Registration certificate in a professional register as determined by the legislation in the country where  the tenderer is established.
•  A credit rating based on the most recent financial figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating agency with a licence to provide credit information services.
• The contracting authority reserves the right to carry out a credit assessment. Financial strength is evaluated in relation to turnover, operating profit margin, solidity and liquidity.
• If a 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. This must be described in the mentioned field in the ESPD form.
Tenderers who have significant remarks / specifications from the auditor regarding  their credit assessment may be rejected from the tender contest. Significant remarks / specifications are in this context defined as violation of Norwegian law, etc.
The tenderer must have sufficient relevant experience to carry out the assignments in the framework agreement.

Eligibility requirements: Tax and VAT: The certificate must not be more than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Foreign tenderers must present certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian ones. The tenderer must be a legally established company: Norwegian tenderer: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: Registration certificate in a professional register as determined by the legislation in the country where  the tenderer is established.

Award value: 100000000