Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-10-17
Buyer: Trondheim kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO060
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 24000000 | 24962000 | 44911000 | 44921300
Submission deadline: 2025-11-03

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers are registered in a company register or a trade register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Minimum qualification requirements
Tenderers shall be legally registered in a company register or trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies shall enclose a Company Registration Certificate. Foreign companies shall present registration certificates in professional registers as determined by legislation in the countries in which the tenderer is established.
Regarding any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that:
Minimum qualification requirements
Description of requirement/documentation: Rating class A according to bisnode AAA rating system, or equivalent Minimum requirement: Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Tenderers shall have a rating of minimum class A (AN for newly established companies), in accordance with bisnode AAA rating system, or equivalent. 
Documentation requirement: Credit evaluation/rating based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by a credit rating institution and in accordance with the current laws and regulations. If the tenderer has a justifiable reason for not submitting the documentation that the contracting authority has required, he can document his economic and financial position by presenting, for example, a declaration from a financial institution about surety.
Only for public goods deliveries: In the reference period, the tenderer has carried out the following important deliveries of the requested type, or the following important services of the requested type. The contracting authority can require up to three years experience and allow experience from the previous three years to be taken into consideration.
Minimum qualification requirements
Tenderers shall have sufficient experience from assignments of a similar nature, size/scope and difficulty. Minimum requirement: Documentation requirement: Tenderers shall have sufficient experience from assignments of equivalent nature, size/extent and degree of difficulty. Documentation requirement: Tenderers must be able to present documentation of at least one equivalent and relevant assignment within the last three years. 
 It is the tenderer ́s responsibility to document relevance through the description.
The tenderer is considering to outsource the following part (as a percentage) of the contract to sub-suppliers. Note that if the tenderer has decided to outsource a part of the contract to sub-suppliers and will use the sub-suppliers ́ capacity to carry out this part, a special ESPD will be supplemented for such sub-suppliers, see part II, section C, above.
Minimum qualification requirements
Documentation requirement: An overview/matrix shall be submitted, which states how much of the contract the tenderer is considering out to sub-suppliers. ESPD shall also be delivered for sub-suppliers in Mercell. ESPD is integrated in Mercell.
Is the tenderer able to submit certificates issued by independent bodies as documentation that the tenderer fulfils the stated environmental management systems or standards?
Minimum qualification requirements
Environmental management system/standard:
Tenderers shall have a system and routines for reducing the most important environmental impact from their activities and shall use environmental management measures throughout the contract period. 

Therefore it is a requirement that the company has an environmental management system, such as Miljøfyrtårn, EMAS, ISO 14001 or equivalent. If the entire company is environmentally labelled with a type 1 environmental label, such as the Swan Ecolabel or equivalent, this is also approved. 

Other certificates issued by bodies in other EEA bodies can also be submitted, provided that the tenderer can document that these are equivalent. Documentation requirement: 
Tenderers confirm and provide:
Name of certification 
License number
The certificate shall be enclosed with the tender.

The contracting authority will accept other documentation of equivalent environmental management measures if the tenderer is unable to obtain such certificates by the deadline, and this is not due to the tenderer himself. It is a prerequisite that the tenderer documents that these measures are equivalent to the requested quality assurance standards or environmental management systems or standards.
10 day waiting period
Trondheim city operations in Trondheim municipality, hereafter called the contracting authority, invites tenderers to a competition for a framework agreement for the procurement of alkaline marble granules approved for use in water plant production of drinking water. The framework agreement is for the procurement of marble/limestone/filter lime. The product must be certified by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority for use in drinking water production in water treatment plants. The product shall be used for alkaline filtration of drinking water. The purpose of the filtration is the descision of particular material, increasing the water's alchemity and calcium content. The competition will be carried out via the municipality ́s tender implementation tool Mercell. All communication and tender submission will be handled via Mercell. This is a re-announcement of the competition with the same case ID number as being cancelled. The object of the contract is now changed to only the procurement of the actual item, i.e. collection and transport are not included this time. The aim is to find a reliable and long-term supplier.
The contracting authority can extend the contract for +1 year after 2 years, maximum up to a total of 8 years.