Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-04-24
Buyer: Sandnes kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO0A1
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32400000 | 32413100 | 32420000 | 32421000
Estimated value: 54000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-05-07
Award criteria: cost, quality

Technical requirements: Is the supplier in a situation where he has been forced debt arrangement? Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
Is the tenderer in a bankruptcy situation? Specify why, under the mentioned circumstances, one is able to carry out the contract, considering the current national provisions and measures for continuing the business activities? It is not necessary to provide this information if rejection of tenderers made mandatory in accordance with the current national law without the possibility for exceptions.
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 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)
Has the tenderer entered into agreement(s) with other tenderers with the intention of turning the competition?

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Tenderers must achieve a minimum rating of "credit worthy", i.e. tenderers must be in risk class 5 or higher on Experians scale. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: As documentation, the contracting authority will obtain the credit rating Commercial Delphi Score from Experian. Tenderers must achieve a minimum rating of "Credit worthy", i.e. the assessment shall be equivalent to risk class 5 or higher on Experians scale. Foreign tenderers: As documentation, tenderers can submit a credit rating from a credit rating company with a licence to carry out a credit information company. The credit rating shall show the current financial situation of the company and be based on the last available accounting figures. For all tenderers: If there is a justifiable reason not to provide a credit rating, the tenderer can submit any other document demonstrating that the economic and financial capacity requirements are met. However, the documentation must be approved by the contracting authority.
Requirement: Tenderers must not have significant tax and VAT arrears, or an approved repayment plan must be in existence. Documentation requirement: Norwegian companies: Tax and VAT certificate, not older than six months. The certificate can be ordered and downloaded from Altinn. If this is not possible, it can be ordered from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration. Foreign companies: - Certificate issued by the relevant authority in the tenderer ́s home country that confirms that the tenderer has fulfilled his tax and duty obligations in accordance with the legal provisions in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be more than six months old.
Requirement: Tenderers shall be registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement: - Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate. - Foreign companies: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have experience from two relevant contracts for the delivery of network equipment and accompanying consultancy services to the Norwegian contracting authority. The deliveries must be of comparable scope and complexity. Contracts with a minimum extent of NOK 200,000 excluding VAT. NOK 10,000,000 or higher will be seen to be comparable. All the assignments must be carried out during the last three years. Documentation requirement: Tenderers are requested to enclose a list of the most important relevant assignments in the last three years. The list shall consist of up to three assignments. The description must include a statement of the assignment ́s content, value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer ́s responsibility to document relevance through the description.
The contracting authority will give each tenderer a score between 0-10. For the cost award criteria, the lowest offered total price will give the highest number of points, and the remaining tenders will be given points relatively based on the lowest sum. The points per supplier will then be multiplied by the award criteria weighting, which results in the final score per supplier for the award criteria.
When evaluating the award criteria quality, the contracting authority uses an evaluation model where all the tenders are given a score on a scale from 0-10 for each of the assessment requirements. A judgemental assessment will be made of the best response, which is based on the offered solution proposal against the content of each requirement. The points per provider will then be summed up and converted to a score between 0-10 points, with the highest total score awarded 10 points and the remaining score based on the distance from the best total sum. The tenderer ́s points will then be multiplied by the criterion ́s stated relative weight, which makes up the tenderer ́s score under this award criteria.
The Contracting Authority needs a framework agreement for the purchase of network equipment, firewall, fixing equipment, accompanying cables, as well as consultants for error recovery and configuration. The agreement also includes the procurement of licences for the accompanying equipment if the contracting authority needs to procure it during the contract period, both EA licences for those using this, and individual licences and service agreements. The contracting authority ́s participants in the procurement have different ways of handling licences for network equipment. Some of the participants have an EA-agreement with Cisco and therefore do not procure a licence with the equipment. Other participants purchase both equipment and licences simultaneously. The competition is being held as network equipment is priced without a licence, and some selected accompanying licences and service agreements will be priced separately. The contracting authority can, during the contract period, wish to procure a network as a service for individual locations. This shall not be included in this agreement. See the tender documentation for further details.

Winner: Randaberg kommune