Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-01
Buyer: NIBIO, Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi (The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research)
Country: NO
Region: Akershus
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35125100: Sensors | 38100000 | 38120000 | 38126000 | 38290000
Estimated value: 3500000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-08-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NIBIO has a continuous requirement for purchasing measurement technical equipment, such as loggers with accompanying sensors to Research and Development projects, as well as monitoring projects. Typical monitoring projects are field assignments in connection with development projects in the transport sector where the amount of water — water quality and meteorological parameters shall be registered.
Another different and large part of the contract is the delivery of equipment for monitoring cultural monuments in both saturated and unsaturated zones. NIBIO wishes to enter into a framework agreement with a supplier with long experience from equivalent deliveries, and high competence in the measurement technical equipment area. A description of the delivery is further described in annex A; requirement specification.
The assignments will, to a large degree, vary from project to project. NBIO therefore wishes to engage suppliers that can deliver the equipment in accordance with the varying requirements, and that can provide easily good adapted solutions. The suppliers shall not only deliver the equipment, but also function as consultants for the contracting authority in regards to selecting the right equipment for the job, but also help the contracting authority to see possibilities in a marked in rapid development.
The tenderers must have high professional competence in a wide range of monitoring and registering ground water, sewage water, water quality and meteorological parameters. This coincides with NIBIO tasks. Set-up and integration/solution for software and communication system for transferring data to the contracting authority's IT-web system/database must be included in the tender. See further description in annex A; the requirement specification. The tenderer must document and give a detailed description in accordance with the stated requirements. The equipment shall comply with the current ISO 9001:2008 specifications.
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The tenderer shall have the tax, employer contributions and VAT payments in order. Tax Certificate must not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Documentation Requirement: Tax certificate. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian.
The interested party shall document that the enterprise is legally established. Documentation Requirement: Company registration for Norwegian tenderers, or documentation showing that the company is legally registered in the homeland for the foreign tenderers.
Tenderers shall have sufficient financial strength to comply with the contractual obligations. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Documentation Requirement: Credit assessment/rating, not older than 6 months, based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating should be carried out by a government approved credit rating institution. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove the economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.
The tenderer is required to have an environmental management system which meets the requirements of the Eco-lighthouse programme according to relevant trade requirements or fulfil equivalent requirements. Documentation Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a valid certificate issued by an independent third party. Note that the certificates that are issued by, for example, a parent company, must specifically mention the tenderer. Alternative: Tenderers shall provide a description of their environmental management system, which explains how it fulfils the requirements of Eco-Lighthouse.
The tenderer is required to have experience and capacities that will enable them to carry out the delivery in it's entirety and in a good manner. Documentation Requirement: A list of the company's relevant assignments in the last 3 years, type of main service, including their value, date and recipient (including contact info). The contracting authority reserves the right to contact reference customers to check this point. Tenderers must have informed the reference person in advance that they may be contacted. The references Shall fill in the attached form, under the tab References in Annex A Specifications. The list shall not be presented in other formats, or in other annexes than the original.

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer shall have the tax, employer contributions and VAT payments in order. Tax Certificate must not be older than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders. Documentation Requirement: Tax certificate. Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian. The interested party shall document that the enterprise is legally established. Documentation Requirement: Company registration for Norwegian tenderers, or documentation showing that the company is legally registered in the homeland for the foreign tenderers. Tenderers shall have sufficient financial strength to comply with the contractual obligations. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Documentation Requirement: Credit assessment/rating, not older than 6 months, based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating should be carried out by a government approved credit rating institution. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove the economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept. The tenderer is required to have an environmental management system which meets the requirements of the Eco-lighthouse programme according to relevant trade requirements or fulfil equivalent requirements. Documentation Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a valid certificate issued by an independent third party. Note that the certificates that are issued by, for example, a parent company, must specifically mention the tenderer. Alternative: Tenderers shall provide a description of their environmental management system, which explains how it fulfils the requirements of Eco-Lighthouse. The tenderer is required to have experience and capacities that will enable them to carry out the delivery in it's entirety and in a good manner. Documentation Requirement: A list of the company's relevant assignments in the last 3 years, type of main service, including their value, date and recipient (including contact info). The contracting authority reserves the right to contact reference customers to check this point. Tenderers must have informed the reference person in advance that they may be contacted. The references Shall fill in the attached form, under the tab References in Annex A Specifications. The list shall not be presented in other formats, or in other annexes than the original.
Tenderers shall have sufficient financial strength to comply with the contractual obligations. Creditworthiness with no requirement for guarantees will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Documentation Requirement: Credit assessment/rating, not older than 6 months, based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating should be carried out by a government approved credit rating institution. If for valid reasons the tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer may prove the economic and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.
The tenderer is required to have an environmental management system which meets the requirements of the Eco-lighthouse programme according to relevant trade requirements or fulfil equivalent requirements. Documentation Requirement: Tenderers shall enclose a valid certificate issued by an independent third party. Note that the certificates that are issued by, for example, a parent company, must specifically mention the tenderer. Alternative: Tenderers shall provide a description of their environmental management system, which explains how it fulfils the requirements of Eco-Lighthouse. The tenderer is required to have experience and capacities that will enable them to carry out the delivery in it's entirety and in a good manner. Documentation Requirement: A list of the company's relevant assignments in the last 3 years, type of main service, including their value, date and recipient (including contact info). The contracting authority reserves the right to contact reference customers to check this point. Tenderers must have informed the reference person in advance that they may be contacted. The references Shall fill in the attached form, under the tab References in Annex A Specifications. The list shall not be presented in other formats, or in other annexes than the original.