Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-07
Buyer: Statskog SF Hovedkontoret
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 77200000
Submission deadline: 2022-04-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Negotiated procedure for a framework agreement with one tenderer for the procurement of forestry services in Trøndelag and Nordland in the period 2023-2026.
- Road construction and road maintenance on roads that need to be used in the contract period The assignment is limited to permanent tractor roads, winter vehicle roads, winter maintenance, and repairs to permanent roads after operations.
The assignment also includes obtaining forest plants for the first 2.5 years of the next contract period, i.e., for 2027, 2028, and for the spring planting in 2029.
Tenderers must be registered in a trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Foreign tenderers must submit documentation of registration in a trade register. (Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate, not older than 6 months at the tender deadline.)
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate, not older than 6 months at the tender deadline. (Foreign tenderers must submit documentation of registration in a trade register.)
Norwegian tenderers must present a tax and VAT certificate from the Norwegian Tax Authority. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.
Tenderers must have sufficient economical and financial capacity. This must be documented by the following: The company's annual accounts in the last three years including the board's annual report, profit and loss accounting, balance, notes, and the auditor's report. If a tenderer has any valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by Statskog, the tenderer may prove its economic and financial position with any other document that is acceptable to Statskog. If a tenderer has such valid reasons, he may contact Statskog in writing in order to clarify which other documentation is acceptable.
The tenderer is considering to leave the following part (percentage) of the contract to sub-suppliers. Note that if a tenderer has decided to leave a part of the contract to sub-suppliers and rely on sub-suppliers' capacity to carry out this part, a separate ESPD is required for such sub-suppliers, see part II, section C above.
Tenderers must give an overview of the largest and most important assignments carried out in the last three years including the assignments' dates, recipients, and values. If a tenderer believes he has a valid reason as to why he cannot present such an overview as requested by Statskog, he can contact Statskog in writing in order to clarify whether this is a reason that Statskog can accept.
Tenderers must provide information on who will be responsible for the assignment and the competence and experience of those who will carry out the assignment, including sub-suppliers. Tenderers must document competence within the Norwegian PEFC Forestry Standard through a course certificate, attestations, or declarations. This concerns all department managers/forestry managers, machine operators, and work managers within reforestation. Completed PEFC courses cannot be older than five years. The Norwegian PEFC Forestry Standard will be revised in 2022. Tenderers must have a plan so that the department managers/forestry managers, machine operators, and work managers within reforestation attend a new PEFC course within one year of the new standard being approved. Information on this must be given in the account. Tenderers must be certified in accordance with ISO 14001 with the Norwegian PEFC Forestry Standard as the environmental requirement by the tender deadline. Tenderers must be certified in accordance with ISO 9001 by the tender deadline.
Tenderers must provide an overview of the machines, tools and technical equipment that they can use, as documentation that the assignment can be executed in a satisfactory way. Tenderers must describe whether the machines and equipment are equipped with the 'Best available technology' (BAT) where relevant, based on the risk of pollution and other serious environmental errors, cf. the Norwegian PEFC Forestry Standard. Information on this must be given in the account. Tenderers must have the use of felling machines with modern systems for data based marking for cross-cutting. Information on this must be given in the account.

Eligibility requirements: Registration in a professional register. Tenderers must be registered in a trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex. Minimum requirements for qualification Foreign tenderers must submit documentation of registration in a trade register. (Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate, not older than 6 months at the tender deadline.) Registered in a trade register or company register. Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex. Minimum requirements for qualification Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate, not older than 6 months at the tender deadline. (Foreign tenderers must submit documentation of registration in a trade register.) Tax and VAT certificates Norwegian tenderers must present a tax and VAT certificate from the Norwegian Tax Authority. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.