Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-16
Buyer: Baltic Connector Oy
Country: FI
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71300000 | 71500000 | 71520000: Construction supervision services | 71540000: Construction management services | 79600000
Submission deadline: 2017-11-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: CEF

Technical requirements: Finnish Act (1398/2016) on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors is applied to this procurement.
Contracting Authorities invite economic operators to participate in the procurement for offshore and other project related resourcing, staffing and recruitment services. It is the intention of the Contracting Authorities to establish a framework agreement together with 3-4 economic operators (service providers) which will be responsible for searching, recruiting, hiring/contracting and mobilizing experienced project management, project administration and engineering professionals for the Balticconnector Offshore project. The service providers will be engaged in providing skilled personnel for the Balticconnector project. While performing services for the project the professionals shall be employed or contracted by the Service provider.
The geographical locations for assignments may vary. Some of the professionals will be located in the offices of Baltic Connector Oy in Helsinki, Finland. For details see Invitation to Participate.
This procurement is for establishing the framework agreement governing the contractual relationship between the Contracting Authorities and the service providers. The Framework agreement will also cover the detailed rules for awarding the individual call-off contracts for assigning professionals for available assignments. It is for the Service Provider to hire the professionals and assign them to support or supplement the Contracting Authorities' workforce.
Contracting Authorities are planning to utilize the framework agreement for assigning skilled professionals to available assignments according to its resourcing plan. No minimum volume nor value for the contract will be guaranteed in any circumstances.
The contract term will be for a maximum of 4 years. However, the peak for resourcing will be during the preparation and execution of offshore construction campaign starting in May 2018 and extending the end of 2019. However, resources will already be needed in January 2018. Contracting Authorities may terminate the contract already before the end date.
Full direct access to Invitation to Participate and Selection Questionnaire, as well as other procurement documents, is offered free of charge to economic operators in the following e-procurement system:
Please notice that the deadline for any clarifications is 20.11.2017 at 16:00  (16:00 EET, local time in Finland).

Eligibility requirements: Candidate shall be enrolled: — in professional registers kept in the state of its establishment if relevant, — in trade registers kept in the state of its establishment. — in the register of employers and prepayment register if relevant, and — register for payers for value-added tax; under the conditions laid down by that state.