Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-12-02
Buyer: Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 73110000 | 73200000 | 73210000 | 73220000 | 79311100
Estimated value: 1500000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-01-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The goal is to evaluate whether the dental health service's competence centres have functioned in accordance with the intentions of them being a competence centre for the dental health services, both public and private in their region. This involves assessing the assignments that the centres receive a subsidy for:
• give professional support to public and private dental health services, and advice to other service areas and the population
In addition the evaluation ought to cover the extent to which the centres contribute to strengthening specialist competence within the dental health field in the counties, and to persons with rights in accordance with the Dental Health Service Act, and others who receive county services based on the Norwegian Parliament's budget decision receiving specialist dental health services. This is so that a better contribution can be made to ensuring that patients have access to good specialised dental health treatment nationwide.
The goal is to evaluate whether the dental health service's competence centres have functioned in accordance with the intentions of them being a competence centre for the dental health services, both public and private in their region. This involves assessing the assignments that the centres receive a subsidy for:
• give professional support to public and private dental health services, and advice to other service areas and the population
In addition the evaluation ought to cover the extent to which the centres contribute to strengthening specialist competence within the dental health field in the counties, and to persons with rights in accordance with the Dental Health Service Act, and others who receive county services based on the Norwegian Parliament's budget decision receiving specialist dental health services. This is so that a better contribution can be made to ensuring that patients have access to good specialised dental health treatment nationwide.
The evaluation ought to go along several dimensions and it can be based on a service, user, and knowledge perspective. The dental health service will also be a user in this connection, i.e., user of the competence centres' services.
The estimated contract value is NOK 1,500,000 excluding VAT. The estimated value is not binding for the contracting authority.
Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate or a printout from the Unit Register for sole proprietorships not required to register.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. The verification can be submitted in writing or by referring to BRIS.
A certificate, not older than 6 months, which verifies that the tenderer has fulfilled the obligations of payment of taxes, social security contributions and VAT. The certificate can be ordered and obtained from Altinn by using a separate link on skatteetaten.no. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
Requirement: Tenderers must be able to show adequate economic and financial capacity for the delivery.
A credit rating with key figures from a recognised credit assessment company, or other form of documentation to verify that the requirement has been met.
A description of the tenderer´s three most relevant assignments in the last three years, together with information about the contracts values, dates of deliveries or executions and names of recipients. Relevant assignments means previously completed evaluations or review and analysis assignments within the health and welfare services. Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that the description is of such a nature that it verifies that the requirement has been met.

Eligibility requirements: Requirements: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate or a printout from the Unit Register for sole proprietorships not required to register. Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established. The verification can be submitted in writing or by referring to BRIS.

Award value: 1500000