Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-26
Buyer: Regionalt Innkjøp i Kongsvingerregionen
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 09310000 | 71314200: Energy management services
Submission deadline: 2020-11-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The procurement concerns a framework agreement for the purchase of electric power to the municipalities and companies in the Kongsvinger region.
The contracting authority wants tender offers for a framework agreement for the purchase of electric power to the client's buildings and facilities. As part of the assignment, the service provider will prepare proposals for a purchasing and hedging strategy for the individual client with the aim of optimising purchasing of electricity to the portfolio with a goal of reducing costs and at the same time creating economic predictability. The strategy that forms the basis for the purchase of electricity will be determined by the client. It is emphasised that it is the service provider who is the client's counterpart against hedging, the clients or the contracting authority will not be a clearing client on Nasdaq OMX.
Based on the 2019 consumption, the client's total consumption was approx. 57 GWh/year. The total value of the procurement over four years is estimated to be approx. NOK 115 million-NOK 120 million excluding VAT. The value includes calculated purchase of power and the service provider's mark-up for administration, but not grid hire.
Requirement: tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
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.
Requirement: tenderers must have a valid actor contract as a trade and clearing representative with Nasdaq OMX/Nord Pool for activities covered by this procurement.
Requirement: the tenderer must have a distribution license from NVE for ‘End-user power distribution and/or wholesale power distribution’.
Documentation: creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
Requirement: tenderers must have sufficient ability and the capacity to comply with the contract obligations.
Documentation requirement: the contracting authority will consider the tenderer’s experience with deliveries of the services included in the contract in relation to an overview of the most important services the tenderer has provided in the last 3 years, together with information on the contract value, date of delivery and execution, and the name of the recipient.
Information about education and professional qualifications (CV) for offered staffing for this project.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirements: 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. Requirement: tenderers must have a valid actor contract as a trade and clearing representative with Nasdaq OMX/Nord Pool for activities covered by this procurement. Documentation requirement: copy of an actor contract or confirmation from Nasdaq OMX/Nord Pool. Requirement: the tenderer must have a distribution license from NVE for ‘End-user power distribution and/or wholesale power distribution’. Documentation requirement: documentation of distribution license.