Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-03-01
Buyer: Øvre Eiker kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33680000 | 33690000 | 85149000
Submission deadline: 2021-04-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: New Call for Tenders 2, Medicines, Multi-doses and Pharmaceutical Services and Accessories, Framework Agreement
The contest concerns a framework agreement for delivery of medicines, multi-doses and pharmaceutical services and accessories, framework agreement participants (joint procurement partner) named in point 1.1.1.
The value of the procurement is estimated to be over the EEA threshold. The volume is estimated based on statistics and accounting figures for the procurement of equivalent products for the same buyer group for the last 6 months of 2019 and the first 6 months of 2020.
The procurement has been published previously and cancelled. The following points have been changed from the previous notice: Updated price sheet, doubles have been removed. Changed the last section, point 2.1.4. Removed question b under point 2.2.4. Added a new question 2.2.3c. Changed question 2.2.3b. Clarifed question 2.2.2d. Contract: Changed point 3.8.1, sections1 and 2 in the contract.
Øvre Eiker — Lier — Kongsberg — Modum — Krødsherad — Gol — Hemsedal — Hol — Hole — Ringerike — Ål — Tinn — Notodden — Hjartdal — Flesberg — Sigdal — Nore og Uvdal — Rollag — Flå — Nesbyen Municipalities.
The volume is estimated based on statistics and accounting figures for the procurement of equivalent products for the same buyer group for the last 6 months of 2019 and the first 6 months of 2020. The volume must be considered an estimate and non binding for the contracting authority. The volume will be dependent on i.a. the contracting authority's requirements, activities, budget and other framework factors.
Tenders may be submitted for one or more zones. Sub-tenders and alternative tenders cannot be submitted within each lot/group.
Zone 1: Øvre Eiker Municipality, Lier Municipality, Ringerike Municipality, Modum Municipality and Hole Municipality. The approx. annual turnover value for medicines is NOK 3.2 million excluding VAT. The approx. annual turnover for multi-doses is NOK 2.1 million excluding VAT.
Zone 2: Flå Municipality, Nesbyen Municipality, Ål Municipality, Gol Municipality, Krødsherad Municipality, Hemsedal Municipality and Hol Municipality. The approx. annual turnover value for medicines is NOK 1 million excluding VAT. The approx. annual turnover value for multi-doses is NOK 541 000 excluding VAT.
Zone 3: Kongsberg Municipality, Tinn Municipality, Hjartdal Municipality, Flesberg Municipality, Sigdal Municipality, Nore og Uvdal Municipality, Rollag Municipality and Notodden Municipality .The approx. annual turnover value for medicines is NOK 2.49 million excluding VAT. The approx. annual turnover value for multi-doses is NOK 1.4 million excluding VAT.
The contract has a duration of two (2) years with an option for the contracting authority to further extend for up to 2 years, 1 year at a time. The option is a right for the contracting authority, not an obligation. The tenderer has no equivalent right. The options are triggered automatically, as long as the contracting authority has not given notice to the tenderer that the contract will not be extended. The individual collaborating purchasing parties cannot trigger the option. 'Notice' must be in writing from the contracting authority at the latest one (1) month before the contract expires, or one (1) month before any extension year expires.
The contracting authority expects that the tenderer studies the contractual terms and makes the required internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.
The contracting authority uses activity-based financing to cover the costs of managing the procurement cooperation's framework agreement portfolio. As a result, the tenderer must pay 1.5 % of the turnover (excluding VAT) of the framework agreement to the contracting authority in accordance with the framework agreement's point regarding joint procurement proceeds.
The framework agreement proceeds applies to all call-offs that are made against the framework agreement. Also when the call-off involves deliveries after the framework agreement period.
The Freedom of Information Act always give you the right to access, but section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act states that the procurement protocol and tenders can be exempted from public access until the contracting authority has notified who has been awarded the contract.