Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-30
Buyer: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224200: Systems quality assurance planning services | 72225000: Systems quality assurance services | 79710000: Security services | 90711100
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-05-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority would like to enter into a framework agreement with a tenderer for security and preparedness as well as risk management. This includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:
The estimated contract value for the entire framework agreement, including all options, over a 4 year period is NOK 4,000,000 excluding VAT. Call-offs under the framework agreement can be for maximum NOK 8,000,000 excluding VAT.
The framework agreement will include an option where two of the contracting authority's subsidiary companies; National Knowledge Centre on Violence and Traumatic Stress (NKVTS), business registration no. 986 304 096, and the National Development Centre for Children and Youths (NUBU), business registration no. 985 638 187, have a right, but not a duty, to join the contract as parallel contracting authorities. If NKVTS and NUBU take up the option to join the framework agreement, they will have full rights and terms.
The option has an estimated value of NOK 400,000 excluding FAT, which is included in the total estimated value of the entire framework agreement with all options as mentioned above. Maximum call-offs: NOK 2,000,000 excluding VAT.
The framework agreement will have a duration of 2 years, with an option for the contracting authority to extend for a further 1+1 year, to a total of up to 4 years.
Tenderers must be a legally registered company. The certificate must not be older than six (6) months from the tender deadline.
Foreign companies: Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Norwegian tenderers must have their affairs in order regarding the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT).
Description of up to three of the tenderer’s most relevant assignments in the last three years. The description must include a statement of the assignment value, date and recipient (the organisation's name, contact person, telephone and email). It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of the personnel that can be used for this assignment, even if the experience was acquired whilst the personnel was in the service of another employer.
Alternative: Certificate for the company's quality system/management system issued by independent bodies which certify that the tenderer fulfils certain quality assurance standards, for example ISO 9001:2015.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be a legally registered company. The certificate must not be older than six (6) months from the tender deadline. Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Foreign companies: Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian tenderers must have their affairs in order regarding the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT). Tax certificate The certificate must not be older than six (6) months from the tender deadline.

Award value: 8000000