Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-04
Buyer: Helsedirektoratet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 66518000
Submission deadline: 2017-10-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In brief, the contract involves the agent negotiating discounted health service prices on behalf of national insurance members entitled to benefits, who have received health services from American service providers and make a direct settlement with the service provider in accordance with a decision from Helfo, so that the member does not have to pay upfront and then apply to Helfo for a refund.
a. The last approved annual accounts with the annual report including the auditor's report and any recent relevant information.
b. Solidity assessment from a company with a licence to run a credit information company. The evaluation must not be older than 3 months at the time of the application deadline, it must be based on the last approved fiscal figures and should report on the credit worthiness and degree of bankruptcy risk (bankruptcy prediction).
c. If a legal applicant relies on another company's capacity to fulfil the economic and financial position requirements, this company shall also fulfil the qualification requirements and submit documentation in accordance with points a and b above, in addition to a signed commitment statement, cf. annex 2, which explicitly states that the company joint and severally guarantees for the execution of the contract.
a. An overview of the tenderer's organisation relevant for the execution of the contract, including an overview of the number of resources that the tenderer can use for fulfilment of the contract, their education and relevant experience.
b. If a tenderer will use other companies' capacity to fulfil the requirement, a signed commitment statement from the actual sub-supplier(s) must be submitted, cf. annex 2, with a statement of what competence/experience the sub-supplier(s) will commit for the contract.
c. There shall be a specification of which resources (the number of employees as well as a statement of relevant competence) belong to the tenderer and which belong to other companies.
Documentation of the most important deliveries in the last three years, that are relevant and comparable to the current procurement. The documentation for each delivery must state:
d. Information on whether, and to what degree, the delivery was carried out in cooperation with, or by, cooperating companies. If the delivery was carried out under the management of cooperating companies, a signed commitment statement must be enclosed, cf. annex 2.
A copy of a quality assurance certificate (ISO9001/equivalent) and information security certificate (ISO27001/equivalent) issued by an accredited certification body. Alternatively, a description can be given of the tenderer's systems for quality assurance and information security, as well as how they are implemented and managed in the company.
Tenderers shall have established satisfactory systems for quality assurance and information security.

Eligibility requirements: The company should have no arrears relating to the payment of taxes and duties to the government. Tenderers must be a legally registered company.