Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-07-10
Buyer: Vaksdal kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71200000 | 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311210
Estimated value: 30000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-09-01
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: Qualification requirement: Tenderers shall have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order. 

Documentation requirement: Tax certificate not older than six months from the tender deadline.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers shall be a legally established company. 

Documentation requirement: Company Registration Certificate.
Qualification requirement: The tenderer shall have the financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract. 

Documentation requirement: The tenderer's Annual Financial Statements including notes with the Board's and auditor's reports from 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers shall have experience from relevant deliveries (see the tender documentation point 7.3.5 for further details on what is seen as relevant deliveries). 

Documentation requirement: Annex 3 - The tenderer's reference descriptions.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers shall have a documented quality management system. 

Documentation requirement: A description of the tenderer's quality management system, of a maximum of 2 A4 pages, including a font size of 10 points or greater, in the Open Sans font. The top, bottom and side margins shall be at a minimum of 2.5 cm. If a tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent quality assurance certifications, it is sufficient to enclose a copy of a valid certificate.
Award criterium: Hourly rate for the offered resources. The price will be assessed on the basis of the total sum stated in the summation of hourly rates for the offered resources in the price form. 

Documentation requirement: Tenderers shall submit the following: Completed Annex 5 Annex 1 - Price Form. All prices shall be stated in NOK excluding VAT. See Annex 5 Annex 1 - Price Form for further information.
The award criteria will be assessed comprehensively on the basis of the following topics: 
A) Competence and experience offered to the core team 
B) Implementation of assignments
In accordance with the Procurement Regulations.
Vaksdal municipality intends to enter into a framework agreement with one tenderer to assist the municipality with engineering design services and consultancy services for several upcoming projects. The aim of the procurement is to cover the municipality ́s ongoing need for engineering design and consultancy competence. The framework agreement mainly includes engineering design and consultancy services for water and sewage, roads (including a bridge and quay) and landslides and avalanche protection. However, in some projects it may be necessary to ask other disciplines at the tenderer.