Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-06-21
Buyer: Forsvaret v/Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon [the Norwegian Armed Forces c/o the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation]
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34913000 | 35400000: Military vehicles and associated parts | 35421000: Parts and accessories for tanks | 35422000: Parts and accessories for armoured vehicles
Estimated value:  NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-07-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The tender contest is implemented by the Norwegian Armed Forces, c/o the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation.
The aim of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement for spare parts for the following Patria/Pasi vehicles: XA-185, XA-186 and XA-203.
The contracting authority reserves the unilateral right to extend the framework agreement one or more times up to further 5 years. The framework agreement will be valid for a total of 7 years.
Requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member country where the tenderer is established. Documentation: Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. Foreign tenderers: Confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
1) Requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the delivery, including satisfactory operating profit margin, degree of liquidity and equity.
1) Documentation: The tenderer's accounts (including notes with the director's report and the auditor's statement) from the last 2 years. If the annual accounts for the previous year are not completed by the tender deadline, the provisional annual accounts for the previous year are also to be attached.
2) Documentation: Tenderers must ensure that they fulfil their tax and VAT obligations. Tax certificates that are not older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Tax certificate means: For Norwegian tenderers: A certificate issued by the tax collector or Norwegian Tax Administration for: — VAT — Tax — Payroll tax. For foreign tenderers: Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their country, and document correct fulfilment of their obligations as regards the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue such certificates, the tenderer must submit a declaration that verifies that all taxes/duties have been paid. The declaration must be approved and signed by the tenderer's financial director/finance manager.
2) Requirement: Tenderers must meet all the statutory requirements in Norwegian legislation on health, safety and the environment (HSE).
3) Requirement: Tenderers must declare that they are willing to accept a valid allied quality assurance publication (AQAP) 2110 edition D Version 1 — NATO Quality assurance requirements for design, development, and production as a contractual requirement.
5) Requirement: Tendreers must have established, implemented, and maintained a quality management system (QMS) that fulfils the requirements in ISO9001:2015 or equivalent.
1) Documentation: An overview of the tenderer's 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. The overview must include a statement of: The assignment's value, dates, the recipient (name, telephone number and email address), a brief description of the assignment. It is the tenderer’s responsibility to document relevance through the description.
2) Documentation: Completed and signed HSE self-declaration in accordance with FOSA [Defence and Security Procurement Regulations] Annex 2. You can use the attached template as an alternative, see annex 4 - HSE self-declaration.
3) Documentation: Tenderers must state that they are willing to accept AQAP 2110 edition D verson 1 as the contract standard.
4) Documentation: Description of the education and experience of personnel that the tenderer has available for the contract. CV are not requested at this stage.
5) Documentation: Tenderers must attach a copy of an ISO 9001:2015 certificate issued by an accredited third party certification organ with a scope that is relevant for the requested products and services. If a tenderer does not have ISO 9001:2015 third party certification, he can attach a compliance matrix that shows the relationship between ISO9001:2015 and the candidate's QMS. The compliance matrix must contain references to QMS documented information (e.g. process descriptions and/or procedures).

Eligibility requirements: 1) Requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the delivery, including satisfactory operating profit margin, degree of liquidity and equity. 2) Reqiurement: Tenderers must ensure that they fulfil their tax and VAT obligations. 1) Documentation: The tenderer's accounts (including notes with the director's report and the auditor's statement) from the last 2 years. If the annual accounts for the previous year are not completed by the tender deadline, the provisional annual accounts for the previous year are also to be attached. 2) Documentation: Tenderers must ensure that they fulfil their tax and VAT obligations. Tax certificates that are not older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Tax certificate means: For Norwegian tenderers: A certificate issued by the tax collector or Norwegian Tax Administration for: — VAT — Tax — Payroll tax. For foreign tenderers: Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their country, and document correct fulfilment of their obligations as regards the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue such certificates, the tenderer must submit a declaration that verifies that all taxes/duties have been paid. The declaration must be approved and signed by the tenderer's financial director/finance manager.
1) Requirement: Tenderers must have good experience from similar deliveries. 2) Requirement: Tenderers must meet all the statutory requirements in Norwegian legislation on health, safety and the environment (HSE). 3) Requirement: Tenderers must declare that they are willing to accept a valid allied quality assurance publication (AQAP) 2110 edition D Version 1 — NATO Quality assurance requirements for design, development, and production as a contractual requirement. 4) Requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient competence to fulfil the delivery. 5) Requirement: Tendreers must have established, implemented, and maintained a quality management system (QMS) that fulfils the requirements in ISO9001:2015 or equivalent. 1) Documentation: An overview of the tenderer's 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. The overview must include a statement of: The assignment's value, dates, the recipient (name, telephone number and email address), a brief description of the assignment. It is the tenderer’s responsibility to document relevance through the description. 2) Documentation: Completed and signed HSE self-declaration in accordance with FOSA [Defence and Security Procurement Regulations] Annex 2. You can use the attached template as an alternative, see annex 4 - HSE self-declaration. 3) Documentation: Tenderers must state that they are willing to accept AQAP 2110 edition D verson 1 as the contract standard. 4) Documentation: Description of the education and experience of personnel that the tenderer has available for the contract. CV are not requested at this stage. 5) Documentation: Tenderers must attach a copy of an ISO 9001:2015 certificate issued by an accredited third party certification organ with a scope that is relevant for the requested products and services. If a tenderer does not have ISO 9001:2015 third party certification, he can attach a compliance matrix that shows the relationship between ISO9001:2015 and the candidate's QMS. The compliance matrix must contain references to QMS documented information (e.g. process descriptions and/or procedures).