Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-11
Buyer: GKI Grenlandskommunenes Innkjøpsenhet (GKI the Grenland municipalities' procurement unit)
Country: NO
Region: Telemark
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2016-06-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The competition is for a framework agreement for the procurement of technical consultancy services within municipal engineering.
* Detailed engineering design services for new foot/cycle paths/pavements, roads and car parks. Re-asphalting and improving existing asphalt after pipeline work.
* Detailed engineering design services for local traffic planning, obtaining plans for good traffic flow and management of traffic in accordance with the contracting authority.
* Detailed engineering design services for new water and sewage installations, such as pressure increasing stations, waste-water pump stations, pipeline ditches.
* Detailed engineering design services for the renovation of water and sewage pipelines with ‘NO DIG’ methods and traditional relaying of existing pipeline networks with excavation.
* Case handling connected to the projects, notification to neighbours, holding engineering design meetings, keeping minutes, as well as communication with relevant authorities.
* Carrying out the necessary marking work for engineering design services, such as levelling and surveying. Engaging video photography of the pipeline network. Localising private service pipes.
* Obtain tender descriptions in accordance with the NS — Norwegian Standard within the requested areas in this framework agreement. Tenders shall be prepared in accordance with the public procurement regulations.
* Sending tenders, receiving tenders and checking calculations. Selecting and choosing contractors together with the contracting authority, participate in contract negotiations.
* Applications shall be prepared for complete building permits with the necessary documents for new facilities.
* Prepare digital work drawings, plan and profile, various cross sections and details M = 1:20, plan for provisional water supply, signage plans and rigging plan.
The contracting authority reserves the right to enter into a joint and/or parallel framework agreements for all/or some of the municipalities, or separate framework agreements with each municipality.
If parallel framework agreements are chosen, a contract will be signed with a minimum of 4 service providers per municipality, provided that there are a sufficient number of suitable tenderers and tenders.
The amount gives an estimate of the extent of the framework agreement, but the mentioned amount is not binding as regards call-offs. It will be the municipalities' actual need that will always determine the amount of call-offs in the contract period.
The tax certificate can be obtained through Altinn, The Norwegian Tax Administration or the Municipal Treasurer's Office.

Eligibility requirements: Tax and VAT — certificate RF-1316, not older than 6 months, confirming that the tenderer has paid their taxes, social security contributions and VAT. The tax certificate can be obtained through Altinn, The Norwegian Tax Administration or the Municipal Treasurer's Office. Financial implementation ability. Tenderers will be required to have the financial ability to carry out the contract. Documentation requirement: The tenderer's complete Annual Financial Statements for the last 2 financial years (i.e. the profit and loss accounts, the balance, the board's annual report and the auditor's report). If the tenderer has a valid reason not to submit this documentation, the tenderer may demonstrate his economic and financial position with any document that is acceptable to GKI. Central certification, development class 3: Tenderers shall have qualifications within the Planning and Building Act for the requested disciplines. Documentation: Central certification development class 3 for the requested disciplines. Capacity. The tenderer shall give information about own capacity, as well as documentation of the average manpower and number of employees in the administrative management.
Financial implementation ability. Tenderers will be required to have the financial ability to carry out the contract. Documentation requirement: The tenderer's complete Annual Financial Statements for the last 2 financial years (i.e. the profit and loss accounts, the balance, the board's annual report and the auditor's report). If the tenderer has a valid reason not to submit this documentation, the tenderer may demonstrate his economic and financial position with any document that is acceptable to GKI.
Central certification, development class 3: Tenderers shall have qualifications within the Planning and Building Act for the requested disciplines. Documentation: Central certification development class 3 for the requested disciplines. Capacity. The tenderer shall give information about own capacity, as well as documentation of the average manpower and number of employees in the administrative management.