Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-02-08
Buyer: Øvre Eiker kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33680000 | 33690000 | 85149000
Submission deadline: 2021-03-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: New Call for Tenders, Medicines, multi-Doses and Pharmaceutical Services and Accessories, Framework Agreement
The contest concerns a framework agreement for delivery of medicines, multi-doses and pharmaceutical services and accessories, framework agreement participants (joint procurement partner) named in point 1.1.1.
The value of the procurement is estimated to be over the EEA threshold. The volume is estimated based on statistics and accounting figures for the procurement of equivalent products for the same buyer group for the last 6 months of 2019 and the first 6 months of 2020. The volume must be considered an estimate and non binding for the contracting authority. The volume will be dependent on i.a. the contracting authority's requirements, activities, budget and other framework factors.
The contracting authority shall enter into a contract with 1 – one tenderer for each zone. See the tender documentation for further information.
— Øvre Eiker - Lier- Kongsberg - Modum - Krødsherad - Gol - Hemsedal - Hol - Hole - Ringerike - Ål - Tinn -Notodden - Hjartdal - Flesberg - Sigdal - Nore og Uvdal - Rollag- Flå - Nesbyen municipalities.
Tenders may be submitted for one or more zones. Sub-tenders and alternative tenders cannot be submitted within each lot/group.
Zone 1: Øvre Eiker municipality, Lier municipality, Ringerike municipality, Modum municipality and Hole municipality. The approx. annual sales value for medicines is NOK 3 200 000 excluding VAT. The approx. annual sales value for multi-doses is NOK  2.1.00.000 excluding VAT.
Zone 2: Flå municipality, Nesbyen municipality, Ål municipality, Gol municipality, Krødsherad municipality, Hemsedal municipality and Hol municipality. The approx. annual sales value for medicines is NOK 1 000 000 excluding VAT. The approx. annual sales value for multi-doses is NOK 541 000 excluding VAT.
Zone 3: Kongsberg municipality, Tinn municipality, Hjartdal municipality, Flesberg municipality, Sigdal municipality, Nore og Uvdal municipality, Rollag municipality and Notodden municipality.The approx. annual sales value for medicines is NOK 1 400 000 excluding VAT. The approx. annual sales value for multi-doses is NOK 2 490 000 excluding VAT.
The contract has a duration of two (2) years with an option for the contracting authority to further extend for up to 2 years, 1 year at a time. The option is a right for the contracting authority, not an obligation. The tenderer has no equivalent right. The options are triggered automatically, as long as the contracting authority has not given notice to the tenderer that the contract will not be extended. The individual collaborating purchasing parties cannot trigger the option. 'Notice' must be in writing from the contracting authority at the latest one (1) month before the contract expires, or one (1) month before any extension year expires.
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.
The contracting authority uses activity-based financing to cover the costs of managing the procurement cooperation's framework agreement portfolio. As a result, the tenderer must pay 1.5 % of the turnover (excluding VAT) of the framework agreement to the contracting authority in accordance with the framework agreement's point regarding joint procurement proceeds.
The framework agreement proceeds applies to all call-offs that are made against the framework agreement. Also when the call-off involves deliveries after the framework agreement period.
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 their obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has their headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no, 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, attach the certificate voluntarily if you want.