Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-10-23
Buyer: Bergen kommune - Bergen Vann
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72500000
Estimated value: 10000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-11-24

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers are registered in a professional register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Regarding any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that:
Minimum qualification requirements
Regarding any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that: 
The tenderer has sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. The required financial capacity will be assessed in relation to the contract ́s value, benefits, risk and duration. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled. 

Documentation for Norwegian tenderers: 
The contracting authority will check the tenderer ́s financial situation itself from DFØ's eBevis, Proff Forvalt (https://forvalt.no/) and/or via information provided by Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com) and can obtain further information from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. 

Foreign companies: 
The contracting authority will check the tenderer ́s financial situation itself from Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com). If the tenderer is not registered in Creditsafe ́s registers, the company ́s last two auditor approved annual accounts shall be submitted upon request. If information in the above sources is not correct or supplementary information is needed to highlight the company's economic and financial situation, this can be provided.
Only for services: In the reference period, the tenderer has carried out the following important goods deliveries of the requested type, or the following important services of the requested type. The contracting authority can require up to three years experience and allow experience from the previous three years to be taken into consideration.
Minimum qualification requirements
Tenderers shall have good and relevant experience. The experience shall include deliveries of equivalent complexity as the delivery requested in this competition. Relevant projects will apply to the delivery of equivalent warning systems. Documentation requirement: Relevant experience shall be documented by stating a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) reference projects from the last three (3) years. The references are to be added directly to Mercell as a response to this point. The projects shall be carried out by the company. Projects will not be accepted by current company employees while the employees worked at another company.
See the tender documentation.
Deadlines are in accordance with the procurement regulations.
Bergen vann constructs and operates the water and sewage plant in Bergen municipality and is an agency with approx. 270 employees. We shall procure a notification system that sends SMS, email and any voice messages to relevant recipients. The primary need is map based notification of inhabitants and entities during operational episodes. The notification shall be sent to those who have registered for national addresses, or operate business activities within a given area. Operational events can be planned measures that result in a break in the delivery for technical work on the pipeline network, or in the event of pipeline breaks, leaks and other non-planned situations. For such events Bergen vann needs to be able to gather data for later reporting and statistics. This applies to both event and notification, duration and number of persons affected. The system shall also be used for notifying other municipal departments than Bergen water.