Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-23
Buyer: AtB AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 34121000: Buses | 34121100: Public-service buses | 60100000 | 60112000 | 60120000
Submission deadline: 2020-11-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: AtB hereby invites tenderers to a negotiated procedure for the procurement of flexible transport in Trøndelag, which will operate from August 2021.
Tenderers are invited to submit tenders in this contest for one route area consisting of Steinkjer and Verdal.
AtB hereby invites tenderers to a negotiated procedure for the procurement of flexible transport in Trøndelag, which will operate from August 2021.
Tenderers are invited to submit tenders in this contest for one route area consisting of Steinkjer and Verdal. The assignment must be carried out by one minibus per regional town (Steinkjer and Verdal), which will run in the defined zone for the entire opening hours of the tender, so that customers can book journeys when they want within the opening hours. See more about the assignment in the tender documentation.
The contract will be valid from when it is signed until August 2023. The contracting authority will have a unilateral right to extend the contract for up to 2 years.
The contracting authority will have a unilateral right to extend the contract for up to 2 years, see point 1.4 of the contract.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
— foreign tenderers: verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Norwegian companies: Tax certificate. The certificate must not be older than 6 months calculated from the tender deadline. Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified.
Foreign tenderers must submit certificates issued by competent authorities, confirming that the tenderer has met their obligations in regard to the payment of taxes and duties in accordance with the legal provisions in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate(s) shall not be older than 6 months, calculated from the tender deadline.
Requirement 2: tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract.
The annual accounts for the last 2 years, including the notes and the boards and auditor's reports (2018 and 2019), and a credit rating based on the last known accounting figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating company with a license to conduct this service.
If a tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove his economic and financial capacity with any other document that the contracting authority deems suitable, cf. the public procurement regulations §16-4 (2).
The contracting authority reserves the right to carry out a credit rating of tenderers via a credit rating company.
Requirement 1: tenderers must have a good management system that has been implemented and is in operation.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation: — Norwegian companies: company registration certificate. — foreign tenderers: verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.