Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-04-30
Buyer: Åsens Kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30231320 | 32570000 | 32581000 | 33195000 | 33196000
Submission deadline: 2021-06-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Pre-qualification: Welfare Technology Platform, Patient Signalling System and VFT for Åsnes kommune (Åsnes Municipality)
The aim of the procurement is to obtain a joint welfare technology platform that support service deliveries both at Åsnes Nursing Home and for those living at home.
The procurement will lead to a contract for establishing a welfare technology platform, purchase of equipment that constitutes patient signalling systems and welfare technology at Åsnes Nursing Home, as well as leasing safety alarms and welfare technology solutions/units for sheltered accommodation flats and home-based care. The solution chosen for the nursing home is required to be able to be expanded to also be used by sheltered accommodation flats and private homes from 2022.
Criteria 1 (100 %): Experience from comparable assignments. Under this criteria, an assessment will be made as to what degree the described reference assignments are relevant for this procurement. Documentation used as a basis is completed in Appendix 6 — Response form experience.
Establishment of administration system (platform) and signalling system for Åsnes Nursing Home: Options (functionalities, other integrations and equipment offered due to requirements set in Appendix 2 — requirement specification), including functionality that opens or closes specific doors for residents, customer support 24/7/365, etc.
Framework agreement for lease of safety alarms and welfare technology solutions for Åsnes Municipality: Lease of complete digital safety alarm and professional health reception (staffed response centre), lease of complete digital safety alarm and unstaffed response centre.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement for Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Documentation requirement for foreign companies: 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 sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Documentation requirement: Credit rating equivalent to A (credit worthy) or better, measured on the Bisnode Norge AS AAA rating system or equivalent score from other reputable rating companies. The rating must be based on the last known accounting figures and it must be carried out by a credit information agency with permissions thereof. Newly started companies with a credit rating of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to submit a credit rating as documentation that the qualification requirement is satisfied. In such cases, this can be compensated by providing alternative documentation together with the tender.
Tenderers must have experience from comparable assignments. Documentation requirement: A description of up to three of the tenderer’s most relevant assignments during the last three years, Appendix 6 Response Form experience must be completed. The description must include a statement of the assignment´s value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer's responsibility to document relevance through the description.
Tenderers must have implemented an environmental management system. Documentation requirement: A description of the tenderer's environmental measures. If the tenderer has certification in accordance with ISO 14001, EMAS or Eco-Lighthouse, or other environmental management standards based on relevant European or international standards, these can be presented as documentation.
Tenderers must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance system. Documentation Requirement: Report on the tenderer's quality assurance system and procedures documenting that the requirement is met. If this is described in the company’s quality assurance system in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent third party verified system, it is sufficient to submit a valid certificate.
Tenderers must have a management system for information security. Documentation requirement: Report on the tenderer's management system for information security and procedures documenting that the requirement is met. If this is described in the company’s quality system in accordance with ISO 27001 or equivalent third party verified system, it is sufficient to present a valid certificate.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement for Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Documentation requirement for foreign companies: Verification that the company is registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established.