Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-07-12
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44113910 | 45233141: Road-maintenance work | 90610000 | 90611000 | 90620000
Submission deadline: 2019-08-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract includes winter maintenance services for some of Bærum municipality property’s premises. The winter maintenance comprises snow ploughing, gritting, sweeping and filling of grit boxes.
The contract applies for the seasons 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 with an option for 1 + 1 year extension. Snow ploughing and gritting is carried out in the period 14 October to 15 April. Sweeping is carried out in the period 15 April to 10 May.
The tenderer must have their tax and VAT payments in order in the country where they are established.
A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no.
— Norwegian tenderers who are not subject to VAT must provide confirmation of this from the National Tax authorities,
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
— foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.
The tenderer is required to be financially solvent, which gives the Contracting Authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the period of the agreement.
— extended credit rating/report, not older than 3 months, from a publicly certified credit appraisal company, which includes a credit rating of the tenderer — typically given by a letter or short text, as well as an explanation of this. The report must be based on the last known fiscal figures. The date must be clear.
If the tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.
— a description of the tenderer's technical personnel or technical units the tenderer has to fulfil the contract, regardless of whether they belong to the company or not, and
— a list of the most important deliveries or services performed during the past 3 years, including information about the value, date, and name of the public or private recipients with contact information.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement 1, tax certificates. The tenderer must have their tax and VAT payments in order in the country where they are established. Documentation requirements: Tax and VAT certificates: A certificate for tax and VAT issued by either the local tax office or the tax collection office where the tenderer's head office is located. The certificate can be obtained from Altinn.no. The certificates shall not be older than 6 months, from the tender deadline. — Norwegian tenderers who are not subject to VAT must provide confirmation of this from the National Tax authorities, — Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian ones. Requirement 2: registered in a trade register or company register: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: — Norwegian companies: company registration certificate, — foreign companies: proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.