Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-10-03
Buyer: Tønsberg Renseanlegg Iks
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71300000 | 71310000 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Submission deadline: 2023-11-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Consultancy services for a concept review for a new joint nitrogen treatment plant for 5 municipalities.
The contest is for the delivery of consultancy services for a concept review for a new joint nitrogen plant for 5 municipalities.
The municipalities in Vestfold have received notification from the County Governor that nitrogen treatment will be required. The County Governor expects that the municipalities start planning work in order to meet such future requirements.
Holmestrand, Horten, Tønsberg, Færder, and Sandefjord Municipalities have decided to start a concept review (this assignment) in order to better assess the most relevant alternatives for a possible collaboration.
The project must result in a recommended system (concept) for each municipality with a sufficient degree of detail so that the municipalities can make a binding decision on the concept and cost limit.
The value of the procurement is estimated to be: NOK  10,000,000 - NOK 15,000,000 excluding VAT over the EEA threshold value. The value is an estimate and is not binding for the contracting authority.
Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority considered dividing the assignment but has decided that it is not suitable for this type of procurement.
Contract provisions: The contractual relationship is governed by NS 8402:2010. The tender documentation annex is part of the contract documentation. Tenderers must familiarise themselves with all the contract terms.
Documentation requirement: Requirement for certificate of paid VAT, tax and social security contribution. A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's country, confirming that the tenderer has met the obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has its headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no, RF-1507, previously RF-1244) in accordance with the legislation in the country where the tenderer is registered. The certificate must not be more than six months old.
The contracting authority is not allowed to request the certificate if he has already received it, in accordance with the regulations § 17-1(4). If you have submitted a tax certificate and it is still valid at the tender submission deadline for this contest, you are not obliged to submit a certificate now. If this is the case, state when and to whom the certificate was previously submitted. You can, however, attach the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer´s economic and financial standing: The financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: The contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.
Any need for support from other companies in order to fulfil this qualification requirement: If a tenderer is dependent on other companies to fulfil this qualification requirement, an account thereof must be given below. In such cases the contracting authority will assess the finances of the supporting company in the same way. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.
Tenderers must document a completed concept review, preliminary project, or detailed engineering design services for a sewage treatment plant in Norway of minimum 30,000 PE in the last 5 years.
A completed concept review, preliminary project, or detailed engineering design services for a sewage treatment plant of minimum 30,000 PE in the last 5 years.