Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-07
Buyer: Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 79421000 | 90600000 | 90712000
Submission deadline: 2019-03-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NFD will enter into a contract for consultancy services in the form of project management related to NFD's follow up of environmental measures in Svea and Lunckefjell. The project manager will have primary responsibility for the follow up of the clean-up project from NFD's side and for reporting about the clean-up project internally in the ministry and also contribute to preparing documentation about the project, to the government and Norwegian Parliament. The assignments will include i.a. follow-up of the project progress and the company's handling of the project along the way according to set goals and limits for the project. The project manager will also be responsible for assisting the ministry on a coordinating committee for the clean-up project, and will be a member of said committee. It is roughly estimated that the clean-up project may have a duration of 4 to 6 years. The assignment is estimated to have a combined annual scope of 40 % — 60 % of a full-time position (1 750 hours). The ministry needs assistance for follow-up of the project for 3 years, with an option to extend.
NFD, c/o the Ownership Department [Eierskapsavdelingen] manages the state ownership in SNSK, a category 4 company where the objective of the state's ownership is sector policy. SNSK is the responsible Builder for the implementation of environmental measures in Svea and Lunckefjell on Svalbard after the cessation of the coal operations in the area. The clean-up project will be financed by NFD. The ministry will enter into a contract for consultancy services in the form of Project Management related to NFD's follow-up of environmental measures in Svea and Lunckefjell. The Project Manager will have primary responsibility for the follow up of the clean-up project from NFD's side and for reporting about the clean-up project internally in the ministry and also contribute to preparing documentation about the project, to the government and Norwegian Parliament. The assignments will include i.a. follow-up of the project progress and the company's handling of the project along the way according to set goals and limits for the project. A large degree of shift work must be expected.
The project manager will also be responsible for assisting the ministry on a coordination committee for the clean-up project, and will be a member of this. The coordination committee is established for the clean-up project and is responsible for giving advice to NFD in relation to any major changes in the scope of the project, budget and schedule and other condition and system changes that can effect the project's effectiveness. The committee is led by the Director General in the Ownership Department. SNSK's board members are also members. Monthly meetings are planned for the Coordination Committee. The work location for the project manager will primarily be at the ministry in Oslo. The clean-up project is roughly estimated to have a duration of 4 to 6 years. It is uncertain how long the ministry will need the project manager. Based on this information, the ministry needs assistance to follow-up of the project for 3 years. NFD also wants an option to extend the contract for 1 year at a time up until the limit of the duration of the clean-up project.
The ministry needs assistance to follow-up the project for 3 years. NFD also wants an option to extend the contract for 1 year at a time up until the limit of the duration of the clean-up project.
A certificate, not older than 6 months, which verifies that the tenderer has fulfilled the obligations of payment of taxes, social security contributions and VAT.
Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
— foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the service provider is established.
Requirement: tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the delivery, in which, amongst other things, being creditworthy without any requirement for collateral will be adequate.
Documentation: a credit rating with key figures from a certified credit rating company or other documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met.
A description of the tenderer's 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years, together with information about the contract value, date of delivery or execution and the name of the recipient. Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that the description is of such a nature that it documents fulfilment of the requirement.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: paid taxes and duties. Documentation: A certificate, not older than 6 months, which verifies that the tenderer has fulfilled the obligations of payment of taxes, social security contributions and VAT. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Requirement: Legally established company. Documentation: — norwegian companies: company registration certificate, — foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the service provider is established.