Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-04-07
Buyer: Statens innkjøpssenter v/DFØ
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34111000: Estate cars and saloon cars | 34111200 | 34113000: Four-wheel-drive vehicles | 34114400: Vans
Estimated value: 350000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-05-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyring (DFØ) [the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management] c/o Statens innkjøpssenter [the Government Procurement Centre], will carry out a procurement of government joint contracts for vehicles. The purpose of the procurement is to enter into joint contracts to cover the Contracting Authority's need for the hire of vehicles. The contract volume is expected to be between NOK 45 – 60 million, and a combined NOK 240 million of four years. The total maximum value of the contracts including options is NOK 350 million. The joint contract is divided into two (2) categories; one for passenger vehicles and one for goods vans and utility vehicles. Joint contracts will be signed for a total of seven (7) passenger vehicles. For the goods vans and utility vehicles category, the contract owner intends to sign one national contract. After the contest is announced, the contract owner will hold an informative meeting about the procurement on 19 April 2023, and interested tenderers are encouraged to attend. For more information regarding registering for the informative meeting and participation in the procurement, see the attached procurement documentation.
Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyring (DFØ) [the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management] c/o Statens innkjøpssenter [the Government Procurement Centre], will carry out a procurement of government joint contracts for vehicles. The purpose of the procurement is to enter into joint contracts to cover the Contracting Authority's need for the hire of vehicles. All tenderers that offer vehicles for hire can participate in the procurement. The contract volume is expected to be between NOK 45 – 60 million, and a combined NOK 240 million of four years. The total maximum value of the contracts including options is NOK 350 million. The joint contract is divided into two (2) categories; one for passenger vehicles and one for goods vans and utility vehicles. Joint contracts will be signed for a total of seven (7) passenger vehicles. The lots are divided by county, where some counties are combined due to low estimated volume. For the goods vans and utility vehicles category, the contract owner intends to sign one national contract. After the contest is announced, the contract owner will hold an informative meeting about the procurement on 19 April 2023, and interested tenderers are encouraged to attend. For more information regarding registering for the informative meeting and participation in the procurement, see the attached procurement documentation.
The contract owner has an option to extend the Joint Contract for a further 1+1 year. The maximum duration of the joint contract including the options is 4 (four) years.
The joint contract is divided into two (2) categories; one for passenger vehicles and one for goods vans and utility vehicles. Joint contracts will be signed for a total of seven (7) passenger vehicles. The lots are divided by county, where some counties are combined due to low estimated volume. For the goods vans and utility vehicles category, the contract owner intends to sign one national 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 company is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers must have procedures for environmental management measures that contribute to minimising environmental impact.
Tenderers must deliver a description of their relevant environmental management measures that can contribute to reducing environmental impact from the hire of vehicles.
This can also be documented with a certificate from a third party-certified environmental label or environmental management system that fulfils the requirement. Tenderers must then refer to where in the certification criteria the requirement is set and provide at minimum an overall description of the system, measures and objectives relevant to this contract.
In the passenger vehicle category, the contracting authority intends to enter into agreements with up to three (3) tenderers for each lot (7 lots in total). For the goods vans and utility vehicles category, the contract owner intends to enter into one national agreement with up to three (3) tenderers. One lot is considered to be one contract area. A contract will be signed for each lot independent
The contract owner reserves the right to enter into contracts with fewer than 3 (1 or 2) tenderers per lot if tender offers are received from fewer than 3 tenderers per lot or if the difference in evaluation sums between tenders from two tenderers is greater than 20%.

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 requirement: -Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate - Foreign tenderers: Verification that the company is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 350000000