Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-07-03
Buyer: Ålesund brannvesen KF
Country: NO
Region: NO0A3
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35110000: Fire-fighting and safety equipment | 35111000: Fire-fighting equipment | 35111500 | 45343000
Estimated value: 25000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-08-27
Award criteria: price, quality

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: This requirement only applies to Norwegian tenderers.

Demand: 

Tenderers must have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order in accordance with the legal provisions and the tenderer must not have significant arrears.

Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified.

Documentation requirement:

Tenderers shall document the requirement through the certificate "Information on tax and duties". The certificate shall be of the type "RF-1507" and not "RF-1316".

Tenderers can order such a certificate from the Norwegian Tax Administration on behalf of their activities.

Tenderers are asked to enclose the certificate in the tender. The tax certificate must not be older than six months calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders.

Read about the certificate here: https://www.skatteetaten.no/skjema/opplysninger-om-skatt-og-avgift/
Demand:

Tenderers must have the financial capacity to execute the contract.

The tenderer is required to be credit worthy, minimum A, in accordance with Dun &amp; Bradstreet ́s service riskguardian suite (https://riskguardian.bisnode.no), or have the financial capacity to execute the contract based on the contracting authority ́s discretion.

Documentation requirement:

The Contracting Authority will carry out their own assessment of the supplier's finances through RiskGuardian Suite. Tenderers can enclose other necessary information if they believe that RiskGuardian Suite does not provide a correct picture of the financial situation.

The RiskGuardian Suite service includes all Nordic countries. As a general rule, the Contracting Authority will not accept credit ratings from other company and accounting information systems than RiskGuardian Suite due to equal treatment of the tenderers. Foreign tenderers outside the Nordic countries will, however, use and accept credit appraisal through Dun &amp; Bradstreet ́s service Credit (https://credit.dnb.com/).

Tenderers that the contracting authority cannot find a RiskGuardian Suite (or Credit for suppliers outside the Nordic countries), e.g. newly established tenderers who have not built up a basis for a credit rating, must enclose a declaration/guarantee from a parent company/owner/bank or similar financing institutions, regarding the company's financial and economic position.
Demand: 

The tenderer, or employees at the tenderer are required to have experience from at least 1 similar assignment in the last three years. Similar assignments means the delivery of a practice facility to the fire service, with a value of minimum NOK 1,500,000 excluding VAT per assignment.

Documentation requirement:

Complete the annex "The Tenderer's experience" or other document with equivalent information.

If another document is used, the response shall be maximum two A4 pages. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages after page 2 will not be evaluated. Any links etc. in the reply will not be evaluated.
Demand:

Tenderers shall have a good and well functioning quality management system. 

Documentation requirement:

A copy of a valid system certificate issued by an accredited certification body, or a brief description of the tenderer ́s system that shows that the requirement is met (maximum two A4 pages, table of contents will not be accepted).
Weighting:

The award criteria is weighted 25%. 

Orientation:

Tenderers shall fill in the attached price form in their cost calculations and submit it as an annex to the tender in Excel format. All fields in the attached price form marked with yellow shall be completed. Missing the price fields can cause difficulties in assessing the tender and the tender can then be rejected.

All prices are in NOK, excluding VAT, including all direct or indirect expenses and duties that could be incurred in connection with the delivery. Order fees and invoice fees are to be seen as expenses. The prices shall include all costs for the customer who is included in this competition. Costs that the tenderer knows will be incurred, but that are not specifically stated in the tender, will be seen as included in the stated costs.

Evaluation:

When assessing the price, a hybrid model with break point 1 will be used. The attached template for the evaluation model is attached. 

The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Weighting: 

The award criteria is weighted 40%.

Orientation:

Tenderers are asked to describe their proposed solution in a uniform and understandable way. The solution description shall give the contracting authority a good basis for assessing how the system will cover the need.

Particular emphasis will be put on the following points:

Function description: 

Description of how the system fulfils the requirements stated in the requirement specification.
An account of the technical structure, capacity, flexibility and any special qualities.
Usability: 

A description of how the system is designed to be simple, intuitive and secure in use.
Adaptation options for different user groups (novice, instructors, experienced etc.)
Instruction and training materials included in the
HSE:

Description of how the system safeguards the security of the users.
Risk reducing measures and systems that prevent injury or unwanted events
Logging:

A description of how the system enables registration and documentation of exercises, activities and use.
Other:

Other qualities or merfilling minimum requirements that provide an improved solution.
The response shall be maximum 20 A4 pages. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages after page 20 will not be evaluated. Any links etc. in the reply will not be evaluated. 

Evaluation:

This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation.

Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution. 

The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Weighting: 

The award criteria is weighted 30%.

The award criteria consists of two (2) sub-criteria:

The Guarantee sub-criterion is weighted 60% of this award criteria. 
The sub-criterion Surface treatment of containers is weighted 40% of this award criteria. 
Orientation:

In order to give a lower climate footprint, the customer will have a system that has a good operating time and standard and asks tenderers to fill in information on the following:

Warranty:

- Tenderers shall state what is included and the length of the guarantee given for the product.

Surface treatment of containers:

- Tenderers are asked to describe what type of surface treatment the containers have undergone in order to ensure quality/lifetime and to minimise the environmental impact.

Tenderers are requested to fill in the attached Excel form 'Award Criteria Environment'.

Evaluation:

This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation.

Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution.

The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
Weighting:

The award criteria is weighted 5%.

Orientation:

Tenderers shall state a guaranteed delivery time for their tender. When determining guaranteed delivery weeks, the contract shall be signed 01.09.2025. This is a set date to provide identical and comparable prerequisites. As a result, it is not a binding date for the contracting authority.

Evaluation: 

This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. 

Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution.

The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.
In accordance with the tender documents.
The aim of the procurement is to cover the need for smoke diving installations that shall be used for training activities in accordance with the requirement specifications.