Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-14
Buyer: Grimstad kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34110000: Passenger cars | 34111200
Estimated value: 15000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-04-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework Agreement for the procurement of new electric cars for municipal activities, in accordance with the terms in the competition documents. The Framework Agreement will be awarded to 1 tenderer. The contract period is 4 years.
Grimstad Municipality, hereafter called the Contracting Authority, hereby invites tenderers to an open tender competition for the procurement of:
Framework Agreement for the procurement of new electric cars for municipal activities, in accordance with the terms in the competition documents. The Framework Agreement will be awarded to 1 tenderer. Orders (call-offs) will be made on the Framework Agreement for the procurement of the vehicles that the Contracting Authority needs in the contract period.
The Framework Agreement is for the procurement of up to 15 electric cars, with an option for a further 15 electric cars. It is up to the Contracting Authority to decide the number of electric cars that will be procured and the tenderer cannot advance a claim against the Contracting Authority if the Contracting Authority does not procure all 15 electric cars. More electric cars could be procured, there can also be supplements with other electric cars if needed, limited at the announced contract value.
A test drive will be carried out of the contract object in order to choose the tenderer in this competition.
Option 1: The Contracting Authority shall have an exclusive right, but not a duty, to procure up to 15 cars, equivalent to type A, at the same price and on the same contract terms as in the signed Framework Agreement.
Option 2: The Contracting Authority shall have an exclusive right, but not a duty, to procure other electric car models if the Contracting Authority has a concrete need to supplement with other electric cars in the contract period.
The award of contract will be on the basis of which tender has the best relationship between price and quality, based on the following criteria and weighting:
Documentation Requirement: The Tenderer shall enclose a certificate of registration in the branch register or company register as determined by the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established, e.g. the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
Tax Certificates: Tenderers shall not have significant unsettled obligations regarding the payment of taxes and duties.
Documentation requirement: Tenderers shall present a VAT and tax certificate. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders.
Subrequirement 1: Minimum turnover. Tenderers must, in the latest 3 financial years, have a minimum annual turnover of 24 000 000 NOK excluding VAT per annum.
Documentation requirement to fulfil subrequirement 1: Tenderers must enclose a self-declaration that confirms that the annual minimum turnover requirement has been met in the last 3 years.
Subrequirement 2: Tenderers must be credit worthy and achieve a minimum level of “Decision Score 3” in the Contracting Authority's credit analysis tool www.bisnode.no
Decision Score calculates the probability of irrecoverable losses such as; commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, forced liquidation, insolvency and any complusory composition in a company 12 months into the future.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Company Registration Certificate: The Tenderer shall be a legally registered company. Documentation Requirement: The Tenderer shall enclose a certificate of registration in the branch register or company register as determined by the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established, e.g. the Brønnøysund Register Centre.

Award value: 15000000