Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-10
Buyer: FORSVARSMATERIELL
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 50240000 | 50241000 | 50241100 | 50640000
Estimated value: 890000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-08-05

Technical requirements: Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order.
This means that tenderers shall not have more than insignificant due non-paid taxes and VAT, or should be able to provide a satisfactory account of why there are arrears.
Prequalification for a framework agreement for the maintenance of Mineryders and Corvettes. The framework agreement shall contribute to strengthening the Norwegian Armed Forces operative ability and stand-by through increased capacity for maintenance and upgrade services and the accompanying engineering support by giving the Norwegian Armed Forces access to such services in peace, crisis, conflict and war. The contracting authority shall enter into a framework agreement for the delivery of maritime engineering maintenance services, repairs, upgrades, modifications and engineering support for the listed vessels below. The objective of the procurement is to maintain technical availability for the stated vessels. The framework agreement under this procurement functions as a supplement to the Norwegian Armed Forces' internal capacity with separate crews and workshops as well as the existing framework agreements. The vessels included in the framework agreement under this procurement are as follows: Korvetter Skjold class: KNM StormKNM GlimtKNM SkjoldKNM RquestionKNM SkuddKNM SteilMineryder: OKSØY CLASSKNM MåløyKNM HinnøyalTA CLASSKNM OtraKNM Rauma
Tenderers shall be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer's ownership relationship must not represent a security risk for the Norwegian Armed Forces. 

National threat assessments will form the basis of the assessment. 

This requirement applies to the Tenderer and any sub-suppliers who contribute to a significant fulfilment of deliveries to this framework agreement.
Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the assignment, including satisfactory performance degree, degree of liquidity and equity. 

Tenderers shall document a minimum turnover of NOK 50 million for each of the last 3 years.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers shall be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
The tenderer's ownership relationship must not represent a security risk for the Norwegian Armed Forces. 

National threat assessments will form the basis of the assessment. 

This requirement applies to the Tenderer and any sub-suppliers who contribute to a significant fulfilment of deliveries to this framework agreement.
Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the assignment, including satisfactory performance degree, degree of liquidity and equity. 

Tenderers shall document a minimum turnover of NOK 50 million for each of the last 3 years.
The tenderer shall have good experience from equivalent deliveries.

Equivalent deliveries means that the experience must apply to equivalent types of assignments, scope and complexity that this framework agreement shall include including: 
• Ship maintenance
• Composite hull
o Document satisfactory competence in composite works in sandwich constructions.
o The tenderer's established procedures for the execution of plastic works shall be presented. 
• Progress system 
o Document satisfactory competence in the gas turbine engine and gears.
•Upgrades
• Project management 
• Coordination of own work and sub-suppliers.
The tenderer shall have sufficient manpower to carry out deliveries over the framework agreement. 

Tenderers must as a minimum have access to: 
• 5 skilled workers electro, of which a minimum of 3 are norwegian citizenship.
• 10 skilled workers mechanically, of which a minimum of five are norwegian citizenship.
• 6 units. Skilled work with competence in Gas turbines, of which minimum three with Norwegian
• 5 skilled workers' hull and structure (including pipes), of which a minimum of 3 are norwegian citizenship.
• 10 skilled workers in ISO disciplines, of which a minimum of 5 are norwegian citizenships.
• 2 engineers within ship engineering systems, of which a minimum of 1 was Norwegian citizenship.
• 2 technical drafters, of which a minimum of 1 is Norwegian citizenship.
• 1 security leader with Norwegian citizenship
• Norwegian language work management
Tenderers must have access to a dock or drop and infrastructure in Norway that are suitable for the execution of the contract. 

The requirement will be seen as fulfilled where the Contracting Authority ́s requirements in Annex 5 are fulfilled, or where the tenderer substantiates that the requirements in Annex 5 will be fulfilled before the first vessel docks.
Tenderers shall have established, implemented and maintained a quality management system that fulfils the requirements in ISO 9001:2015, or equivalently recognised international standard.
Tenderers shall have a documented and valid environmental management system with routines and structure that shows how the tenderer safeguards relevant environmental considerations connected to the services that are provided. The system must be connected to executive unit(s), and shall as a minimum contain:

1. an environmental policy
2. Overview of the most significant environmental impacts (environmental aspects) from the company.
3. proof that the company sets environmental requirements for sub-suppliers
4. A description of the organisation and responsibility distribution of the environmental work. 
5. Description of the company ́s stand-by for handling stand-by situations at risk for unfavourable environmental impacts.
6. Description of the resources necessary to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve the management system for the environment.
Requirement for a bank guarantee or parent company guarantee. 
Will be further described in the tender phase.
See the qualification documentation.