Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-30
Buyer: Entur AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 66000000 | 66100000 | 66110000 | 66115000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-06-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like to enter into a contract with a tenderer for the delivery of a Hosted payment solution. Entur's collaboration partners will have a right to join the contract. The following companies are Entur's collaboration partners on the date of the contest:
The aim of the contract is to make it possible for the contracting authority's customers to buy tickets in an easy and secure way via the internet on stationary or mobile devices, or through the contracting authority's sales channels. The procurement will cover Entur's need for a tenderer of technical interface for payment solutions for e-commerce and staffed sales. The solution must function with international payment cards such as American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. The contracting authority will have an option for other payment methods that the tenderer offers.
There are a number of different payment solutions on the market that Enter would like to offer customers and collaboration partners, At the same time new methods of paying are coming into play. Tenderers ought to handle a broad scope of different payment solutions, and be flexible in line with technological developments.
The contracting authority reserves the right to limit the number of tenderers who are invited to submit tenders. If there are a sufficient number of qualified tenderers that fulfil the qualification requirements, 3-5 of them will be invited to submit a tender. If the pints for fifth (5) is the same for two or more tenderers, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite all of the tenderers that have the same score.
The selection of which of the qualified tenderers will be invited to submit a tender will be based on which tenderers are seen as best qualified in accordance with the given qualification requirements for technical and professional qualifications in the tender documentation 4.3  'Tenderers must have good experience from equivalent deliveries.' Here the contracting authority will assess the reference projects' complexity and relevance including content, size, type of customer, etc.
The solution must function with international payment cards such as American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. The contracting authority will have an option for other payment methods that the tenderer offers.
For service contracts without a fixed total price with a duration of 48 months, the value of the procurement will be calculated on the basis of the monthly value multiplied by 48, cf. the utilities regulations, section 5-3 (12), letter b. The expected monthly value will be approx. NOK 100,000 - NOK 165,000. The contract's expected value over 48 months is therefore calculated to be approx. NOK 5,000,000 – NOK 8,000,000.
Requirement: 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.
Documentation:  A credit rating based on the most recent financial figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating agency with a licence to provide such service. Annual accounts for the last fiscal year. If a tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can document his economic and financial capacity by presenting other documents considered suitable by the contracting authority.
Documentation: A description of the most important deliveries or services carried out in the past three years, including information on the value and content, date of the delivery, and the name of the public or private recipients with contact information for any references. The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the reference customers. See the template in annex 3.
Documentation: A description of up to 2 A4 pages of the company's environmental management system, including how the company implements, manages, measures, and limits its impact on the environment in order to ensure a satisfactory environmental standard in the company. If a tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 14001, EMAS, the Eco-lighthouse scheme or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: 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.

Award value: 8000000