Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-09
Buyer: Oslo kommune, Vann og Avløpsetaten (W&S) (Oslo municipality, The Agency for Water and Sewerage Works)
Country: NO
Region: Oslo
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 30232700 | 31200000 | 31230000 | 32425000 | 35710000: Command and control systems
Submission deadline: 2016-08-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Operation (support), maintenance and programming for the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on some water treatment plants in Oslo.
The Agency for Water and Sewerage manages the operation of the systems that control, regulate and monitor the water treatment plants (ICS on the water treatment plants). The objective of the contract is to ensure these services in order to maintain continuous operations of water treatment facilities. See Annex 1 for prior requirement specifications.
The Agency for Water and Sewerage manages the operation of the systems that control, regulate and monitor the water treatment plants (ICS on the water treatment plants). The objective of the contract is to ensure these services in order to maintain continuous operations of water treatment facilities. See the prior requirement specifications for a more detailed description of the contract scope.
— Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
— Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months. The certificate can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration.
Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
— The company's last 2 annual financial statement including notes, the board's annual report and audit report, as well as new information of relevance to the company's fiscal numbers, and;
— The tenderer is required to have a quality assurance system that will ensure that the tenderer is suitable to fulfil the obligations for ethical requirements (see the above point 1.11). This means that the tenderer has quality assurance methods that enable monitoring of compliance with ILO core conventions (ILO Convention Nos 138 and 182 (prohibition of child labour), nos 29 and 105 (prohibition of forced labour / slavery), nos 100 and 111 (ban on discrimination) and numbers 87 and 98 (freedom of association and right to collective negotiations)).
— A description of the established quality assurance system that enables systematic monitoring of efforts to comply with ILO core conventions in the supply chain or production process.
A description of the supplier chains for this procurement. (The description shall, at a minimum, include the participants in the supplier's supply chain for this procurement all the way down to where the production of the main components take place. For example, this may be a supply chain chart that describes the participants in the supply chain and the country in which they are established).
Equivalent assignments are in this context referred to as: Operation, maintenance, engineering design and installation/construction of automation systems. The tenderer must have experience with automation systems from Rockwell and Allen Bradley.
— List of the most important services provided during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date and the name of the public or private recipients. If the services were for public contracting authorities, this should be documented by certificates issued or confirmed by the authority concerned. If the services were for private contracting authorities, certificates should be issued or confirmed by these. In the absence of this, a declaration from the tenderer will be accepted.
— A description of the service provider's technical personnel or technical units the service provider has at their disposition to fulfil the contract, regardless of whether they belong to the company or not, especially those responsible for the quality control. CVs shall not be attached as documentation for this qualification requirement.
After reviewing the requests for participation in the competition, the Contracting Authority will invite the 5 to 7 tenderers that best meet the qualification requirement ‘relevant experience from equivalent assignments’, to submit a tender offer.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers shall be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate; — Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade index or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. Requirement: — The tenderer tax and VAT payments shall be in order. Documentation requirement: — Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months. The certificate can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Requirement: — The service provider must have sufficient financial capacity to implement the assignment. Documentation requirement: — The company's last 2 annual financial statement including notes, the board's annual report and audit report, as well as new information of relevance to the company's fiscal numbers, and; — Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 3 months, based on the last known accounting figures. Requirement: — The tenderer is required to have a quality assurance system that will ensure that the tenderer is suitable to fulfil the obligations for ethical requirements (see the above point 1.11). This means that the tenderer has quality assurance methods that enable monitoring of compliance with ILO core conventions (ILO Convention Nos 138 and 182 (prohibition of child labour), nos 29 and 105 (prohibition of forced labour / slavery), nos 100 and 111 (ban on discrimination) and numbers 87 and 98 (freedom of association and right to collective negotiations)). Documentation requirement: — A description of the established quality assurance system that enables systematic monitoring of efforts to comply with ILO core conventions in the supply chain or production process. Traceability in the supplier chain: A description of the supplier chains for this procurement. (The description shall, at a minimum, include the participants in the supplier's supply chain for this procurement all the way down to where the production of the main components take place. For example, this may be a supply chain chart that describes the participants in the supply chain and the country in which they are established). Requirement: — The tenderer shall have experience from equivalent assignments related to processing plants. Equivalent assignments are in this context referred to as: Operation, maintenance, engineering design and installation/construction of automation systems. The tenderer must have experience with automation systems from Rockwell and Allen Bradley. The reference assignments should be related to Water and Sewage processing plants. Documentation requirement: — List of the most important services provided during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date and the name of the public or private recipients. If the services were for public contracting authorities, this should be documented by certificates issued or confirmed by the authority concerned. If the services were for private contracting authorities, certificates should be issued or confirmed by these. In the absence of this, a declaration from the tenderer will be accepted. Requirement: — Tenderers shall have good implementation ability. Documentation requirement: — A description of the service provider's technical personnel or technical units the service provider has at their disposition to fulfil the contract, regardless of whether they belong to the company or not, especially those responsible for the quality control. CVs shall not be attached as documentation for this qualification requirement. An organisation chart can be enclosed as a part of the account.
Requirement: — The tenderer tax and VAT payments shall be in order. Documentation requirement: — Tax and VAT certificate, not older than 6 months. The certificate can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Requirement: — The service provider must have sufficient financial capacity to implement the assignment. Documentation requirement: — The company's last 2 annual financial statement including notes, the board's annual report and audit report, as well as new information of relevance to the company's fiscal numbers, and; — Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 3 months, based on the last known accounting figures.
Requirement: — The tenderer is required to have a quality assurance system that will ensure that the tenderer is suitable to fulfil the obligations for ethical requirements (see the above point 1.11). This means that the tenderer has quality assurance methods that enable monitoring of compliance with ILO core conventions (ILO Convention Nos 138 and 182 (prohibition of child labour), nos 29 and 105 (prohibition of forced labour / slavery), nos 100 and 111 (ban on discrimination) and numbers 87 and 98 (freedom of association and right to collective negotiations)). Documentation requirement: — A description of the established quality assurance system that enables systematic monitoring of efforts to comply with ILO core conventions in the supply chain or production process. Traceability in the supplier chain: A description of the supplier chains for this procurement. (The description shall, at a minimum, include the participants in the supplier's supply chain for this procurement all the way down to where the production of the main components take place. For example, this may be a supply chain chart that describes the participants in the supply chain and the country in which they are established). Requirement: — The tenderer shall have experience from equivalent assignments related to processing plants. Equivalent assignments are in this context referred to as: Operation, maintenance, engineering design and installation/construction of automation systems. The tenderer must have experience with automation systems from Rockwell and Allen Bradley. The reference assignments should be related to Water and Sewage processing plants. Documentation requirement: — List of the most important services provided during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date and the name of the public or private recipients. If the services were for public contracting authorities, this should be documented by certificates issued or confirmed by the authority concerned. If the services were for private contracting authorities, certificates should be issued or confirmed by these. In the absence of this, a declaration from the tenderer will be accepted. Requirement: — Tenderers shall have good implementation ability. Documentation requirement: — A description of the service provider's technical personnel or technical units the service provider has at their disposition to fulfil the contract, regardless of whether they belong to the company or not, especially those responsible for the quality control. CVs shall not be attached as documentation for this qualification requirement. An organisation chart can be enclosed as a part of the account.