Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-05-12
Buyer: Statens innkjøpssenter v/DFØ
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30231320 | 30237210 | 32000000 | 32232000 | 32300000
Estimated value: 650000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-06-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Directorate for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Public Procurement intends to would like to procure a joint government contract for AV equipment. A parallel framework agreement is planned with up to 4 tenderers.
The contract will cover products that naturally come under the audiovisual equipment category, as well as software and services that are associated with these products.
The Directorate for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) c/o Public Procurement intends to would like to procure a joint government contract for AV equipment. A parallel framework agreement is planned with up to 4 tenderers.
The procurement includes meeting room equipment, video conference equipment, monitors, projectors, cameras, document cameras, microphones, loudspeakers, sound installations, and room booking panels, as well as relevant accessories for these products. The procurement also covers associated software, as well as assembly, installation, configuration, and preparation of equipment procured under the contract.
The contract owner has an option to extend the Joint Contract for a further 1+1 year. The maximum duration of the joint contract including the options is 4 (four) years.
The procurement includes an option for the procurement of centralised services, consultancy, engineering design of locations, set-up of control panels, licensing, service, support, and maintenance contracts. The procurement also includes an option for the procurement of equipment for auditoriums and major course and conference premises, control panels, LED walls, equipment for AV production, interactive boards, smart/whiteboards, and personal equipment.
There is a total estimated value of approx. NOK 500 million excluding VAt for a total contract period of 4 years. The average estimated annual value is approx. NOK 125 million excluding excluding VAT.
The maximum value over the contract period including options is NOK 650 million excluding excluding VAT.
Attention is drawn to the fact that the estimates are not binding for the contract owner and contracting authorities.
Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Requirement: Tenderers must have relevant experience from comparable deliveries as described in the tender documentation. Comparable means a high number of delivery sites with a wide geographical spread.
Description of the supplier's three most relevant contracts during the last three years. The description must include information of the assignment's value, date and recipient. It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. If a tenderer cannot refer to minimum three relevant deliveries in the last three years, documentation of relevant deliveries older than 3 years will be taken into consideration, however not older than 5 years.
A statement must be given for the tenderer's average annual workforce and the number of employees in management in the last 3 years. If the tenderer uses the capacity of other businesses, it must be documented that that tenderer has authority over the necessary resources by presenting a commitment statement from these businesses, see Annex 10: Commitment Statement Template. Separate ESPD self-declaration must be submitted for such businesses, cf. the Contest Provisions point 5.1.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: 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 tenderers: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 650000000