Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-15
Buyer: Helse Vest Innkjøp HF
Country: NO
Region: Hordaland
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 38000000 | 38434540 | 38437000 | 38437110
Submission deadline: 2016-02-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bergen Regional Health Authority, henceforth referred to as the Contracting Authority, intends to purchase a flexible automated robot for sample preparation for use at the Hormone laboratory, the section for chromatographic methods and mass spectrometry. The laboratory conduct approx. 400 000 requested analyses per annum. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LCMSMS) analyse of vitamin D, steroid hormones and 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), as well as new methods in the process of being developed, amount to approx. 133 000 of the current analyses conducted by the department.
— Documentation requirement: Certificate for tax and for VAT. Issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration.
— The certificates shall be issued on the Tax Directorate's form RF-1316 or another form that provides the same information.
— The certificates shall not show significant arrears. The certificate should not be more than six months from the tender deadline.
— Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
Credit evaluation/rating, not older than six months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The rating must be at least A or better, measured against the AAA Soliditet's scale — or equivalent score from another reputable rating company.
If the tenderer's credit rating is not sufficient, for example a newly started company with a credit rating of AN, can still compensate for this by supplying adequate unconditional guarantees from banks and/or parent company with adequate credit rating. Any such alternative documentation shall follow as a part of the tender.

Eligibility requirements: Norwegian tenderers are required to have fulfilled their tax and VAT payment obligations: — Documentation requirement: Certificate for tax and for VAT. Issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration. — The certificates shall be issued on the Tax Directorate's form RF-1316 or another form that provides the same information. — The certificates shall not show significant arrears. The certificate should not be more than six months from the tender deadline. — Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian ones. Tenderers are required to be a legally established company. — Norwegian companies: A company registration certificate shall be presented. — Foreign companies: Proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. The tenderer must have the financial capacity to carry out the assignment/contract. Credit evaluation/rating, not older than six months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The rating must be at least A or better, measured against the AAA Soliditet's scale — or equivalent score from another reputable rating company. If the tenderer's credit rating is not sufficient, for example a newly started company with a credit rating of AN, can still compensate for this by supplying adequate unconditional guarantees from banks and/or parent company with adequate credit rating. Any such alternative documentation shall follow as a part of the tender.
The tenderer must have the financial capacity to carry out the assignment/contract. Credit evaluation/rating, not older than six months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The rating must be at least A or better, measured against the AAA Soliditet's scale — or equivalent score from another reputable rating company. If the tenderer's credit rating is not sufficient, for example a newly started company with a credit rating of AN, can still compensate for this by supplying adequate unconditional guarantees from banks and/or parent company with adequate credit rating. Any such alternative documentation shall follow as a part of the tender.