Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-20
Buyer: Entur AS
Country: NO
Region: NO020
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Estimated value: 330000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-08-28
Award criteria: price, quality

Technical requirements: § 20-2.Rejection due to conditions at the tenderer.

(2) The contracting authority can reject a tenderer when he is aware that the tenderer has been legally convicted or has accepted a writy for the following punishable conditions:
a. participation in a criminal organisation.
b. corruption
c. fraud
d. acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity
e. money laundering or financing terrorism.
f. child labour and other forms of human trafficking.
In accordance with the Utilities Regulations §20-2.
The procurement will be made in accordance with applicable law 17 June 2016 no. 73 on public procurements (the Procurement Act) and the regulations 12 August 2016 no. 975 on procurement rules in the supply sectors (the Supply Regulations) parts I and II.

The procurement will be carried out as an open tender contest, cf. the Utilities Regulations § 9-1 (1). This procedure gives all interested tenderers the possibility to submit tender offers. 

Negotiations are not allowed in this competition. Tenders cannot, therefore, be changed after the tender deadline has expired. Furthermore, attention is agreed that tenders that include significant deviations from the procurement documents shall be rejected in accordance with the utilities regulations § 20-8 (1) b. 

The contracting authority can reject tenders that include deviations from the procurement documents, unclear points or the like that must not be seen as immaterial, cf. the utilities regulations § 20-8 (2) a.
Entur AS invites tenderers to an open tender contest for 4-6 framework agreements per sub-area, for consultants within the three sub areas project management/team management and/or IT design and/or IT architecture. 

Tenderers can submit sub-tenders for one or several of the sub areas. 
1-3.
Mainly work is being done from the main office in Oslo, but there is also some need at the locations in Lillehammer, Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand.

Eligibility requirements: 7.1 Tax requirements:
Requirement: The tenderer, and any supporting companies, shall have their tax and duty payments in order in the country where they are established.
• Tax and VAT certificate.

The certificate can be obtained from the Altinn.no.
The certificate shall not be older than six months, from expiry of the tender deadline. 

• Norwegian tenderers who are not VAT obliged must provide confirmation of this from the Norwegian tax authorities.
• Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
7.2 The tenderer's economic and financial capacity
Demand:
The tenderer, and any supporting companies, shall together have sufficient economic and financial capacity to provide the services throughout the entire contract period.
Documentation requirement: 
• Extended credit appraisal/report, not older than three months, from a publicly certified credit rating company, with score A (credit worthy) or an equivalent or better rating. The report shall be based on the last known accounting figures. The date must be clearly stated.
Recently established companies with an credit rating, some foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is fulfilled. In such cases, the tenderer can prove his economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.

Demand:
The tenderer, and any supporting companies, shall have a combined minimum turnover from the last general available financial year of NOK 60,000,000 excluding VAT.
Documentation requirement:
 • To document minimum turnover, the tenderer delivers extracts from the last available accounts that show the turnover in question, possibly through an extended credit rating/report. 

If a tenderer uses different currencies than Norwegian kroner, the currency differences will be based on Norges Bank's mid-course on the day of the tender deadline. 

If a tenderer has a justifiable reason for not presenting the documentation required by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove his economic and financial position with any other document that the Contracting Authority deems appropriate.
7.3 Quality management system
Demand: 
A good quality management system is required. 

The concept of a quality management system is that i.a. the tenderer has a awareness of quality objectives, planning, securing, handling of deviations, quality improvement and data security.

Documentation requirement: 
• Presentation of the quality management system. 

or 

• A copy of a quality management certificate in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 or an equivalent certificate.
Is it necessary to have a particular membership in a particular organisation in order to provide the service in the tenderer ́s home country?
For goods or services that are complicated, or that in exceptional cases shall be used for a particular purpose: Will the tenderer allow checks of the tenderer's production capacity or technical capacity and, where necessary, of the survey and research facilities that the tenderer has at its disposal and of quality control measures? The inspections shall be undertaken by the contracting authority or the contracting authority can leave it to a competent public body in the country where the tenderer is established.
Procurement of goods: The tenderer presents supplies that shall be delivered, requested samples, descriptions or photographs, which do not need to be accompanied by certificates that they are genuine.
When procurement of goods: If requested, the tenderer further declares that they will deliver the requested certificates that they are genuine.
Can tenderers submit the requested certificates issued by official bodies for quality control, and who can confirm that the goods, which are clearly identified by reference to technical specifications or standards, as determined in the notice or in the procurement documents, are in accordance with these?
Can tenderers submit certificates issued by independent bodies that document that the tenderer fulfils the stated quality assurance standards, including universal design requirements?
Is the tenderer able to submit certificates issued by independent bodies as documentation that the tenderer fulfils the stated environmental management systems or standards?