Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-16
Buyer: Statens Vegvesen [The Norwegian Public Roads Administration]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45111250 | 71000000 | 71240000 | 71300000 | 71310000
Estimated value: 22000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2017-01-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement, consultancy services for Geotechnics, engineering geology and Soil drilling services (field surveys).
Framework agreement, consultancy services for Geotechnics, engineering geology and Soil drilling services (field surveys) The tenderer must have competence in the following areas:
The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the Framework agreement for a further 2 years, 1 year at a time. The maximum agreement period is 4 years, latest possible expiration is 28.2.2021.
— Tax and VAT certificates, not more than 6 months old from the tender deadline. Shall be enclosed with the tender.
— Tenderer shall be in possession of a quality assurance system in order to meet the obligations of the contract. These shall ensure good quality of the delivered assignment. Documentation requirement: Tenderer shall document their quality assurance system. If a Tenderer is certified (e.g. ISO certification), the certificate shall be enclosed. If a tenderer is not certified, a brief description shall be given of the Tenderer's system for quality assurance, max. 1-2 pages. The table of contents will not be seen as part of the description of the quality assurance system on these 1-2 pages.
The tenderer shall have the requisite financial foundation to comply with the contractual obligations. The company's Annual Reports for the last 2 years and the auditor's report (signed) shall be enclosed with the tender.
The tenderer shall have the requisite professional foundation necessary to comply with the contractual obligations. Reference projects shall be stated for 2 relevant assignments within each area: (geotechnics, engineering geology and Soil drilling services (field surveys)). The complexity and scope of the reference assignments shall substantiate that the Tenderer has the sufficient professional basis Annex 3 Reference list shall be used.
Tender conference: An information meeting will be held in which details of the framework agreement will be given and Tenderers will be able to ask questions. Templates will be gone through, which Tenderers shall use when submitting the tender. The minutes of the meeting will be kept and will be distributed to all registered Tenderers. Tenderers are encouraged to participate in the information meeting. An information meeting will be held 3.1.2017 (12:00-14:00). Address: Statens vegvesen, Langsæveien 4, Arendal. The information meeting can be held via video/skype, but the contracting authority recommends personal appearance as the quality of the sound and live recording cannot be guaranteed.

Eligibility requirements: — Tax and VAT certificates, not more than 6 months old from the tender deadline. Shall be enclosed with the tender. — Tenderer shall be in possession of a quality assurance system in order to meet the obligations of the contract. These shall ensure good quality of the delivered assignment. Documentation requirement: Tenderer shall document their quality assurance system. If a Tenderer is certified (e.g. ISO certification), the certificate shall be enclosed. If a tenderer is not certified, a brief description shall be given of the Tenderer's system for quality assurance, max. 1-2 pages. The table of contents will not be seen as part of the description of the quality assurance system on these 1-2 pages. The tenderer shall have the requisite financial foundation to comply with the contractual obligations. The company's Annual Reports for the last 2 years and the auditor's report (signed) shall be enclosed with the tender. The tenderer shall have the requisite professional foundation necessary to comply with the contractual obligations. Reference projects shall be stated for 2 relevant assignments within each area: (geotechnics, engineering geology and Soil drilling services (field surveys)). The complexity and scope of the reference assignments shall substantiate that the Tenderer has the sufficient professional basis Annex 3 Reference list shall be used.
The tenderer shall have the requisite financial foundation to comply with the contractual obligations. The company's Annual Reports for the last 2 years and the auditor's report (signed) shall be enclosed with the tender.
The tenderer shall have the requisite professional foundation necessary to comply with the contractual obligations. Reference projects shall be stated for 2 relevant assignments within each area: (geotechnics, engineering geology and Soil drilling services (field surveys)). The complexity and scope of the reference assignments shall substantiate that the Tenderer has the sufficient professional basis Annex 3 Reference list shall be used.