Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-12
Buyer: Sweco Norge AS (Hovedenhet)
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71900000
Estimated value: 4400000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2020-04-06
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Operations Assistance in Aust-Agder (DAiAA) is a collaboration between the municipalities in the old Aust-Agder County, (before the merger with Vest-Ager County on 1 January 2020). DAiAA offers, amongst other things, operations guidelines, competence spreading, accredited sampling at sewage plants, preparation and maintenance of internal control, as well as assistance with the procurement of individual services for the municipalities that are connected to the water and sewage installations. A contest for analysis services is being organised on behalf of the 15 member municipalities in DAiAA.
The analysis services include analyses of samples from the intake and discharge at sewage plants, from both minor plants that come under chapter 13 of the pollution regulations and from major sewage plants that come under chapter 14 of the pollution regulations, which are obliged to take accredited samples. Analyses of various samples from the water treatment plants, of both raw water, water being processed, and clean water from different parts of the network. Analyses of both nutrients and heavy metals in sludge from sewage plants.
The following criteria, requirements and documentation will form the basis for deciding whether a tenderer has sufficient qualifications. In addition to the documentation that tenderers have submitted, the contracting authority can obtain credit information of participants and emphasise this. Companies must be legally registered and able to present documentation with a company registration certificate. Certificates of registration in professional registers as determined by legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The documentation must, at a minimum, state:
The company must have a credit rating that at least is equivalent to good creditworthiness, and otherwise have sufficient finances to carry out the assignment.
In cases where the company does not have the necessary qualifications, but relies on other suppliers to be qualified, equivalent documentation must be enclosed for them.
The laboratory must be accredited for the offered analyses, and it must be able to document that they can organise the collection of samples and ensure secure transport of samples between the collection site and the laboratory. The company must also show that they have a reporting system for analyses that complies with the requirements in the tender documentation, and that they have a backup system for carrying out analyses and archive security. Tenderers must also be an apprentice company.
All parts of the contest must be completed and tenders must be submitted by the deadline. If one or more of the qualification requirements are not fulfilled in accordance with the expectations set in the tender documentation, this will be grounds for not going any further with the tender in question.

Eligibility requirements: The following criteria, requirements and documentation will form the basis for deciding whether a tenderer has sufficient qualifications. In addition to the documentation that tenderers have submitted, the contracting authority can obtain credit information of participants and emphasise this. Companies must be legally registered and able to present documentation with a company registration certificate. Certificates of registration in professional registers as determined by legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The documentation must, at a minimum, state: The company's name and registration number The company's business address Who can act on the company's behalf.

Award value: 4400000