Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-23
Buyer: Oslo kommune c/o Utviklings- og kompetanseetaten [Oslo municipality, c/o the Agency for Improvement and Development]
Country: NO
Region: Oslo og Akershus
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 73220000
Estimated value: 3000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-03-14
Award criteria: Price, Quality

Technical requirements: Price
Quality
Framework agreement for consultancy services for external quality assurance for major investment projects.
The estimate is based on 15-20 assignments per annum with individual values of between approx.  200 000 NOK and 1 000 000 NOK excluding VAT. This does not include assignments connected to quality assurance of project implementation or assistance with the development of project methodology, which will come in addition.
The aim of the procurement is primarily to have access to consultants who can undertake external quality assurance of projects in accordance with the investment process (QA1 of the concept choice review and QA2 of the management document and preliminary project).
In addition to the above assignments, the municipality needs assistance with external quality assurance of other parts of projects. This can be quality assurance in the implementation phase, or connected to specific parts of the projects' documents and deliveries, as well as a separate role as external quality assurer for the contracting authority's follow-up of the project.
Financially the framework agreement for QA1 and QA2 is estimated to have a total extent of 3 — 20 000 000 NOK per annum. The estimate is based on 15-20 assignments per annum with individual values of between approx.  200 000 NOK and 1 000 000 excluding VAT. This does not include assignments connected to quality assurance of project implementation or assistance with the development of project methodology, which will come in addition.
Foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a trade index or a register of business enterprises as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.
— The contracting authority will, on its own initiative, obtain a credit rating of all the tenderers, based on the last known accounting figures.
— Very good experience is required from similar assignments for at least 3 of 5 categories as stated in the contract annex 1 point 1.
— List of and a short description of the most important deliveries or services performed during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date, and the name of the public or private recipients.
—An overview with a diagram of the resources that the tenderer can use for fulfilment of the contract, whether they belong to the company or to sub-suppliers.

Eligibility requirements: Requirements: — Tenderers shall be a legally established company. Documentation: Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate Foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a trade index or a register of business enterprises as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established. Requirements: — The tenderer must have the financial capacity to implement the assignment/contract. Documentation: — The contracting authority will, on its own initiative, obtain a credit rating of all the tenderers, based on the last known accounting figures. Requirements: — Very good experience is required from similar assignments for at least 3 of 5 categories as stated in the contract annex 1 point 1. Documentation: — List of and a short description of the most important deliveries or services performed during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date, and the name of the public or private recipients. Requirements: — A very good ability to deliver is required. Documentation: —An overview with a diagram of the resources that the tenderer can use for fulfilment of the contract, whether they belong to the company or to sub-suppliers. See the illustrative table in annex 4.
Requirements: — The tenderer must have the financial capacity to implement the assignment/contract. Documentation: — The contracting authority will, on its own initiative, obtain a credit rating of all the tenderers, based on the last known accounting figures.
Requirements: — Very good experience is required from similar assignments for at least 3 of 5 categories as stated in the contract annex 1 point 1. Documentation: — List of and a short description of the most important deliveries or services performed during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date, and the name of the public or private recipients. Requirements: — A very good ability to deliver is required. Documentation: —An overview with a diagram of the resources that the tenderer can use for fulfilment of the contract, whether they belong to the company or to sub-suppliers. See the illustrative table in annex 4.