Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-11-21
Buyer: Forsvaret v/Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 72000000 | 72212780 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222000: Information systems strategic planning services
Estimated value: 20000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-12-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract includes consultancy assistance for the completion of "the Norwegian Defence supply logistics project". See SSA-B Annex 1 Description of assistance for a further description of the scope.
The preliminary project and main project in "the Norwegian Defence supply logistics project" has previously been announced as a re-opening of the competition under the Norwegian Defence's framework agreement for consultancy services. The project has not been completed. The main project (implementation period) is divided into two new phases. This procurement includes assistance completing work in phase 1 of the main project, as well as start-up and completion of phase 2. See SSA-B Annex 1 Description of assistance for a further description of the scope.
The estimated total value of the procurement is NOK 12,000,000 excluding VAT and including options. The maximum value of the procurement is NOK 20,000,000 excluding VAT and including options.
The contracting authority would like for phase 1 and phase 2 to be completed by the end of 2023, but the scope of the work combined with operational and preparedness challenges related to the current security policy situation makes it necessary to have an option for extension until the work is completed.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement for Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. Documentation requirement for foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers must have the required economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. It is sufficient to fulfil the requirement if the tenderer has achieved credit rating ‘credit worthy’ or equivalent. Documentation requirement: Credit rating from a certified credit rating agency, based on the last accounting data The rating must not be older than 3 months.
Qualification requirement: Tenderers must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance system. Documentation Requirement: A description of the tenderer's quality assurance methods. The description must as a minimum contain an account of the Tenderer's procedures for ensuring that all laws and regulations covering the part of the company that will work with this contract are upheld. If a tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate.
Tenderers must have good experience from comparable assignments. Good experience means that the Tenderer has completed several similar assignments. Similar assignments means deliveries of consultancy services within the service deliveries that are provided in Annex 1 Description of the assistance. It is sufficient that the tenderer's deliveries combined document good experience from comparable deliveries. Documentation requirement: Tenderers must fill in Annex 6 Reference Form with the tenderer's up to 3 most relevant assignments in the last 3 years. In order to ensure sufficient competition, documentation of deliveries that the tenderer carried out more than 3 years ago can also be taken into consideration. All columns in Appendix 6 must be answered, including: *Name of the contracting authority/description of business *Name of project/assignment and brief description (year/duration, objective and other relevant factors) *The assignment value in NOK *Role (which assignment the tenderer's personnel had in the delivery) *Contract information for the recipient (name, telephone and email). It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the references. The delivery recipients listed in Appendix 6 must pre-orientate about such possible contracts.

Eligibility requirements: Qualification requirement: Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation requirement for Norwegian tenderers: Company registration certificate. Documentation requirement for foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 20000000