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: Operational assistance in Telemark (DAiT) is a cooperation between the municipality in gamle Telemark fylke [old Telemark county] (before the merger with Vestfold county 1 January 2020). DAiT offers i.a. operating instructions, competence dissemination, accredited sampling at sewage treatment plants, preparation and maintenance of internal control as well as assistance in procurement of individual services for the municipalities related to water and sewage treatment plants. A competition for analysis services is being organised on behalf of 9 DAiT member municipalities.
The analysis services includes analysis of samples from the intake and discharge from the sewage system, from minor installations belonging to chapter 13 of the Pollution Regulations as well as larger sewage plants with requirements for accredited sampling belonging to Chapter 14 of the Pollution Regulations. Analysis of various samples from water treatment plants both from raw water, water in process and clean water from different locations on the network. Analysis of both food substances and heavy metals in sludge from sewage treatment plants.
To determine if tenderers have sufficient qualifications, the following criteria, requirements and documentation will be used. In addition to the documentation that tenderers have delivered, the contracting authority retains the right to obtain credit information about the participants and places emphasis on this. The company must be legally registered and be able to present a company registration certificate as documentation.
The company must have a credit rating equivalent to good creditworthy, 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.
Laboratories will be requirement to be accredited for the offered analyses and they must be able to document that they can organise collection of samples and safeguard proper transport of samples between collection locations and the performing laboratory.
All parts of the competition must be fulfilled and tenders must be submitted within the deadline. If one or more of the qualification requirements are not submitted in accordance with the expectations set in the tender documentation, this provides a basis for not including the offer further in the competition.

Eligibility requirements: To determine if tenderers have sufficient qualifications, the following criteria, requirements and documentation will be used. In addition to the documentation that tenderers have delivered, the contracting authority retains the right to obtain credit information about the participants and places emphasis on this. The company must be legally registered and be able to present a company registration certificate as documentation.

Award value: 4400000