Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-07-19
Buyer: Ålesund kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34143000: Winter-maintenance vehicles | 44113900 | 90600000 | 90620000
Estimated value: 18000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-09-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of the procurement is to cover the need for winter maintenance on municipal roads, foot and cycle paths, car parks, and areas belonging to municipal buildings in Ålesund Municipality. The assignment primarily concerns snow ploughing and gritting, but other work such as snow and is clearing can also arise. The list is not exhaustive.
The procurement is for winter maintenance in 9 defined areas (routes) in Ålesund Municipality. Assignments will be awarded per route. Tenderers can submit a tender for one, several, or all routes. All the routes have one stand-by and each must be offered a vehicle and crew. C.f. the tender documentation's point 6.1.2.
The contract is divided into 9 routes: 7 individual routes, mainly for the municipal road system, and 2 combined routes. Route 70 with a parking area mainly applies to Ålesund kommunale eigedom. The evaluation and award of assignments will be made per each individual route, cf. the tender documentation point 6.1.2. Tenderers can submit a tender for one, several, or all routes. All the routes must have one stand-by and each must be offered a vehicle and crew. When giving tenders for several routes, the contracting authority will initially prioritise allocating routes with the fewest tenderers.
** Tax and VAT certificate: Norwegian tenderers: After submitting the tender, the tenderer must give consent for TendSign to obtain and for the contracting authority to receive information about the above via the TendSign system. After tenderers have submitted their tenders in TendSign, they will receive a request from Altinn for consent to share the tax information. The consent is valid on an organisation level and is valid for 3 (three) months. If a tenderer does not give consent, the tenderer must attach a tax and VAT certificate. The certificate must not be older than 6 (six) months from the tender deadline. Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified. (Tenderers can obtain the electronic tax and VAT certificate themselves and immediately receive it by email.)
Foreign tenderers: Tenderers who are not established in Norway can present equivalent documentation issued by the authorities in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate shall preferably be translated into Norwegian, but it will also be accepted in Swedish, Danish and English.
** Credit rating: The Contracting Authority will carry out an assessment of the tenderer´s finances, through the company and accounting information system Bisnode AS (www.soliditet.no/creditcontrol) with the service CreditPro. The contracting authority is not accepting credit ratings from other company and accounting information systems than Bisnode AS with the service CreditPro so that the Tenderers can be assessed on equal terms. Tenderers can attach other necessary information with their tender if the tenderer is of the opinion that Bisnode/CreditPro will not provide an accurate picture of the financial situation. Newly established companies: Newly established companies who have not worked up a basis for a credit assessment must enclose a declaration from a bank or similar financial institution on the company´s financial and economic standing. This also applies to foreign tenderers.
** Tax and VAT certificate: Tenderers must have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order in accordance with the legislation, and tenderers must not have significant arrears.
** Credit rating: Sufficient financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required. A minimum requirement is that the tenderer is credit-worthy with a score of B in accordance with Bisnode AS using the service CreditPro, or that the tenderer has the financial capacity to implement the contract, based on the contracting authority’s assessment in accordance with the attached documentation from tenderers. Newly established companies must have the financial capacity to fulfil the contract.

Eligibility requirements: Completed ESPD self-declaration form (TendSign).

Award value: 18000000