Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-04
Buyer: Forsvarsbygg
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311300
Submission deadline: 2021-01-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Forsvarsbygg (the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency) invites tenderers to submit tenders for hiring of consultants for early phase EBA adaptation for new vessel structure. The consultants will be central contributors in the preliminary project phase. The allocated time consumption for consultants in this project will be 915 hours.
Sjøforsvaret (the Royal Norwegian Navy) will invest in new vessels that will operate from both Haakonsvern and Ramsund. The vessels will replace the existing vessels. This restructuring will create a need for continuation of the existing buildings including quays. The project will include both rehabilitation or reconstruction, in addition there will be a need for new construction, possibly additions.
— quays (adaptation of the existing quays: expansion/new quays; (check out infrastructure, ref. electricity supply and HVAC and sanitation installations);
The consultant will contribute to the development of documents and be able to facilitate process included in the preliminary project phase. Deliveries will be discipline descriptions; calculations; progress plan; participation in process for uncertainty analysis; contribute to operating cost analysis.
The contract contains an option to renew the assignment (cf. Part III, Assignment point 2.3 Options). The duration is estimated to be two months, with an estimated hourly consumption of 750 hours.
Documentation: Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below.
Documentation: Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be more than 6 months from the tender deadline. (only for Norwegian tenderers)
Documentation: credit assessment of the tenderer, not older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of applications. The credit rating must contain an assessment of the tenderer’s payment history/reliability. The result of the credit rating must be given as a graded value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale.
If the tenderer, in order to comply with the requirement, presents guarantees from other companies (e.g. the controlling company), equivalent credit assessment for this company must be submitted. Furthermore, a legally binding confirmation must be enclosed from this company stating that they have joint and several liability under the contract.
Documentation: presentation of the fiscal figures from the last available Annual Financial Statements, showing the tenderer's turnover. (Not required if the accounts' key figures are shown in the credit rating).
Requirement: the tenderer (as a company) must have very good competence within assignments of an equivalent nature, scope and complexity, further specified in the tender documentation part III.
Documentation: a description of the primary deliveries or services provided (limited to the last five years). The description must provide the following information:
Description of the tenderer's role including in which phase they participated in the reference project, as well as the value, date and duration of the delivery.
Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of the personnel that he can use for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while the personnel carried out services for another service provider.
Documentation: a description of the total number of personnel the tenderer has at their disposal for fulfilment of the contract, divided into relevant disciplines. Use the template in appendix 5.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below. Requirement: tenderers shall have their tax and duty payments in order Documentation: Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be more than 6 months from the tender deadline. (only for Norwegian tenderers)