Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-16
Buyer: Lillesand kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71245000 | 71320000 | 71321300 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services
Submission deadline: 2019-09-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lillesand kommune v/Enhet for teknisk prosjekt [Lillesand Municipality c/o the technical projects unit] needs to procure a consultant for detailed engineering design of a Water and Sewage installation between Kjerlingland and Fjelldal. The route is approx. 2,400 m and a large quantity of water pipelines will be constructed, including a pumping station, force main and gravitational fall. This is considered to be an advanced project and there are high requirements for competence and experience.
As an option, the procured detailed engineering design consultant implements public competitions for the procurement of an executive contractor according to NS8406 and the procurement of three (3) pump stations pursuant to NS8409 p Both the pipeline installation and pumping station will be described according to NS3420.
The tenderer engaged to perform the detailed engineering design will also have the role of construction manager during the execution phase. The anticipated value of the procurement is approx. 3 500 000 NOK excluding VAT. The value is an estimate and is non binding for further information we refer to the procurement documents.
Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority has considered dividing up the assignment in accordance with PPR §19-4, but has decided that this is not suitable for this type of contract.
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 from the deadline for receipt of tenders.
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, enclose the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer's economic and financial standing: the financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: the contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.

Eligibility requirements: Tax and VAT certificates: Tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order (ESPD: Part II A.e). 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 from the deadline for receipt of tenders. This also applies to any sub-suppliers that are needed to fulfil the contract. This requirement only applies to Norwegian tenderers, cf. PPR §7-2. 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, enclose the certificate voluntarily if you want. Other economic and financial requirements: economic and financial standing. Requirements regarding the tenderer's economic and financial standing: the financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3). Documentation: the contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.