Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-08
Buyer: GKI Grenlandskommunenes Innkjøpsenhet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71400000
Submission deadline: 2021-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contest concerns a framework agreement for procurement of technical consultancy services in municipal engineering further described in point 2.1, Needs Description.
The contract value is estimated to be above the EEA threshold. The estimated value is not binding for the contracting authority. The need is uncertain. Historically, the contracting authority has made purchases of approx. NOK 20 million excluding VAT per year during the last 3 years. The volume will be dependent on i.a. the contracting authority's requirements, activities, budget and other framework factors.
It is possible to partial tenders for one or more disciplines. Partial tenders cannot be submitted in the individual disciplines, nor alternative tenders.
The volume stated in point 1.1.3 is distributed roughly 60 % on water and sewage — transport systems, 10 % on water and sewage processing plant, 20 % on roads and parks and 10 % on dams and watercourses. The scope varies from municipality to municipality and over years.
The procurement will be regulated by the attached framework agreement and associated measured against black work and social dumping (the Skiens model).
The contracting authority will sign a contract with up to six tenderers for discipline 1 and up to four tenderers for disciplines 2, 3 and 4, as long as a sufficient number of qualified tenderers submit tenders.
The contracting authority expects that the tenderer is familiar with the contract provisions and makes the necessary internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.
Documentation requirement: a certificate for paid VAT, tax and social security contribution is required. 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. The certificate must not be more than 6 months old.
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 requirement: 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 other support from other companies for compliance with the qualification requirement. If the tenderer is dependent on other companies to fulfil this qualification requirement, the necessary documentation must then be provided. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.