Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-03
Buyer: Bergen Kommune [Bergen municipality]
Country: NO
Region: Hordaland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71900000 | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85145000
Submission deadline: 2016-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The city council department for health and care services shall hold a new competition for the procurement of services for taking and analysing samples for clinical biochemistry, micro/molecular biological and pathological analyses.
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Requirement: The tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation: Tax Certificate, issued by Altinn, the Tax office or the Tax Collection Office. The certificate shall not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers are to provide certificates from corresponding authorities in the countries where they are registered for tax. If the authorities in the respective countries do not issue such authorisation, the tenderer must present a self-declaration regarding whether there are arrears on taxes and if so, the amount of these. The self declaration must be signed.
Requirements: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documentation: Company Registration Certificate, which has been issued no more than six months before the tender deadline. Confirmation of registration in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the supplier is established (applies to foreign companies).
Requirements: the company's solidity. The tenderer must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the contract. (NB: Experience has shown that this qualification requirement creates problems in some competitions. A thorough assessment therefore ought to be made of whether it is necessary to use the solidity requirement in this case. Is it a branch where many actors are struggling financially, is it a critical procurement etc. It will often be appropriate to check the financial conditions in the branch before deciding whether the requirement shall be set). Documentation: Tenderers can document their economic/financial standing in the following ways:
— Credit rating report form a company that has a licence from the Data Inspectorate to operate credit information activities in Norway, or from companies with equivalent certification in a member country in the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information.
— The last year's Annual Financial Statement including the board's annual report and the auditor's statement. Recently established companies that cannot present approved annual accounts can submit the accounts that have been completed.
The Contracting Authority will regard bank/parent company guarantees or relevant liability insurance as suitable if these documents cover the Contracting Authority's financial risk where the tenderer does not have the financial or economic capacity to fulfil the contract. The Contracting Authority's financial risk means economic loss caused by non fulfilment of the contract. Parent Companies providing guarantees must document that they themselves comply with the requirement for ‘the company's solidity’. The tenderer is free to provide other information that can be seen as relevant for the assessment of whether the company's solidity requirement is fulfilled. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain credit rating reports. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled.
Requirements: Implementation ability — personnel. The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the number of man labour years with competence in special/important professional fields in connection with the implementation of this contract.
Requirement: Implementation ability — equipment The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the technical equipment, including their capacities that the tenderer will have the use of for the implementation of this delivery.
Requirement: Experience from similar assignments. The tenderer is required to have good experience from similar assignments. Documentation: Tenderers must complete the reference form, on the 3 most important relevant deliveries in the last 3 years, including the scope, date and the client or recipient.
Requirement: Procedures for environmental management. The assignment requires tenderers who have procedures and systems that ensure that the execution of the delivery has a low environmental impact. Documentation: Description of the company's procedures and systems for ensuring low environmental impact when carrying out the delivery. If the company has environmental certification or ISO 14001:2004 (or a more recent version) or equivalent third party verified systems, such a certificate will be accepted as documentation for fulfilment of the qualification requirement.
Requirements for quality management. The assignment requires tenderers who have systems for quality management and effective flows of goods. Documentation (to be provided in the following ways): Description of the company's procedures regarding quality management, with emphasis on quality assurance, resource management, managements' responsibility, the manufacturing process and continual analysis and improvement. If the tenderer holds an ISO 9001:2008 certificate (or newer version), such a certificate will be accepted as documentation of compliance with the qualification requirement.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: The tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation: Tax Certificate, issued by Altinn, the Tax office or the Tax Collection Office. The certificate shall not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers are to provide certificates from corresponding authorities in the countries where they are registered for tax. If the authorities in the respective countries do not issue such authorisation, the tenderer must present a self-declaration regarding whether there are arrears on taxes and if so, the amount of these. The self declaration must be signed. Requirements: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documentation: Company Registration Certificate, which has been issued no more than six months before the tender deadline. Confirmation of registration in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the supplier is established (applies to foreign companies). Requirements: the company's solidity. The tenderer must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the contract. (NB: Experience has shown that this qualification requirement creates problems in some competitions. A thorough assessment therefore ought to be made of whether it is necessary to use the solidity requirement in this case. Is it a branch where many actors are struggling financially, is it a critical procurement etc. It will often be appropriate to check the financial conditions in the branch before deciding whether the requirement shall be set). Documentation: Tenderers can document their economic/financial standing in the following ways: — Credit rating report form a company that has a licence from the Data Inspectorate to operate credit information activities in Norway, or from companies with equivalent certification in a member country in the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information. — The last year's Annual Financial Statement including the board's annual report and the auditor's statement. Recently established companies that cannot present approved annual accounts can submit the accounts that have been completed. — Appropriate bank/parent company guarantees and/or relevant liability insurance. The Contracting Authority will regard bank/parent company guarantees or relevant liability insurance as suitable if these documents cover the Contracting Authority's financial risk where the tenderer does not have the financial or economic capacity to fulfil the contract. The Contracting Authority's financial risk means economic loss caused by non fulfilment of the contract. Parent Companies providing guarantees must document that they themselves comply with the requirement for ‘the company's solidity’. The tenderer is free to provide other information that can be seen as relevant for the assessment of whether the company's solidity requirement is fulfilled. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain credit rating reports. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled. Requirements: Implementation ability — personnel. The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the number of man labour years with competence in special/important professional fields in connection with the implementation of this contract. Requirement: Implementation ability — equipment The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the technical equipment, including their capacities that the tenderer will have the use of for the implementation of this delivery. Requirement: Experience from similar assignments. The tenderer is required to have good experience from similar assignments. Documentation: Tenderers must complete the reference form, on the 3 most important relevant deliveries in the last 3 years, including the scope, date and the client or recipient. Requirement: Procedures for environmental management. The assignment requires tenderers who have procedures and systems that ensure that the execution of the delivery has a low environmental impact. Documentation: Description of the company's procedures and systems for ensuring low environmental impact when carrying out the delivery. If the company has environmental certification or ISO 14001:2004 (or a more recent version) or equivalent third party verified systems, such a certificate will be accepted as documentation for fulfilment of the qualification requirement. Requirements for quality management. The assignment requires tenderers who have systems for quality management and effective flows of goods. Documentation (to be provided in the following ways): Description of the company's procedures regarding quality management, with emphasis on quality assurance, resource management, managements' responsibility, the manufacturing process and continual analysis and improvement. If the tenderer holds an ISO 9001:2008 certificate (or newer version), such a certificate will be accepted as documentation of compliance with the qualification requirement.
Requirements: the company's solidity. The tenderer must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the contract. (NB: Experience has shown that this qualification requirement creates problems in some competitions. A thorough assessment therefore ought to be made of whether it is necessary to use the solidity requirement in this case. Is it a branch where many actors are struggling financially, is it a critical procurement etc. It will often be appropriate to check the financial conditions in the branch before deciding whether the requirement shall be set). Documentation: Tenderers can document their economic/financial standing in the following ways: — Credit rating report form a company that has a licence from the Data Inspectorate to operate credit information activities in Norway, or from companies with equivalent certification in a member country in the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information. — The last year's Annual Financial Statement including the board's annual report and the auditor's statement. Recently established companies that cannot present approved annual accounts can submit the accounts that have been completed. — Appropriate bank/parent company guarantees and/or relevant liability insurance. The Contracting Authority will regard bank/parent company guarantees or relevant liability insurance as suitable if these documents cover the Contracting Authority's financial risk where the tenderer does not have the financial or economic capacity to fulfil the contract. The Contracting Authority's financial risk means economic loss caused by non fulfilment of the contract. Parent Companies providing guarantees must document that they themselves comply with the requirement for ‘the company's solidity’. The tenderer is free to provide other information that can be seen as relevant for the assessment of whether the company's solidity requirement is fulfilled. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain credit rating reports. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled.
Requirements: Implementation ability — personnel. The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the number of man labour years with competence in special/important professional fields in connection with the implementation of this contract. Requirement: Implementation ability — equipment The tenderer is required to show good ability to carry out the assignment in accordance with the needs of the Contracting Authority. The tenderer is therefore required to have sufficient capacity to be able to implement the assignment. Documentation: Overview of the technical equipment, including their capacities that the tenderer will have the use of for the implementation of this delivery. Requirement: Experience from similar assignments. The tenderer is required to have good experience from similar assignments. Documentation: Tenderers must complete the reference form, on the 3 most important relevant deliveries in the last 3 years, including the scope, date and the client or recipient. Requirement: Procedures for environmental management. The assignment requires tenderers who have procedures and systems that ensure that the execution of the delivery has a low environmental impact. Documentation: Description of the company's procedures and systems for ensuring low environmental impact when carrying out the delivery. If the company has environmental certification or ISO 14001:2004 (or a more recent version) or equivalent third party verified systems, such a certificate will be accepted as documentation for fulfilment of the qualification requirement. Requirements for quality management. The assignment requires tenderers who have systems for quality management and effective flows of goods. Documentation (to be provided in the following ways): Description of the company's procedures regarding quality management, with emphasis on quality assurance, resource management, managements' responsibility, the manufacturing process and continual analysis and improvement. If the tenderer holds an ISO 9001:2008 certificate (or newer version), such a certificate will be accepted as documentation of compliance with the qualification requirement.