Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-12-17
Buyer: Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat (NVE)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71314000: Energy and related services | 71314100: Electrical services | 71314200: Energy management services | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2022-01-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of consultancy services with technical expertise to assist The Electricity Regulatory Authority in Uganda (ERA) with a revision and restructuring of Uganda's Grid Code(s)
The contract is for the procurement of consultancy services with technical expertise to assist The Electricity Regulatory Authority in Uganda (ERA) with a revision an restructuring of Uganda's Grid Code(s).
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) will, on behalf of The Electricity Regulatory Authority in Uganda (ERA), be the contracting authority for a project with consultancy services where Uganda's Grid Code(s) are restructured and revised and later implemented in the energy sector in Uganda.
The value of the contract period of approx. 6 months is estimated to be between NOK 500,000 and NOK 1,000,000 excluding VAT. The total estimated value for the two option years will be between NOK 2,000,000 and NOK 3,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract is for the procurement of consultancy services with technical expertise to assist The Electricity Regulatory Authority in Uganda (ERA) with a revision an restructuring of Uganda's Grid Code(s).
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) will, on behalf of The Electricity Regulatory Authority in Uganda (ERA), be the contracting authority for a project with consultancy services where Uganda's Grid Code(s) are restructured and revised and later implemented in the energy sector in Uganda.
The work will be part of a cooperation programme between ERA and NVE that is financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented by the embassy in Kampala. This technical assistance programme concerns a component for Grid Codes that will include rules for system operation, quality, connection, measurements, and settlements, etc.
The value of the contract period of approx. 6 months is estimated to be between NOK 500,000 and NOK 1,000,000 excluding VAT. The total estimated value for the two option years will be between NOK 2,000,000 and NOK 3,000,000 excluding VAT.
Description of 3 to 5 of the tenderer’s most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. The description must include a statement of the assignment value, dates and recipients (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description.
Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of the personnel that can be used for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while the personnel was in the service of another employer.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign companies: Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Norwegian tenderers must have their affairs in order with regard to the payment of tax and value added tax (VAT).
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to comply with the assignment contract.
Credit rating based on the most recent accounting figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating company with a license to conduct this service.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate Foreign companies: Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.