Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-24
Buyer: The Norwegian Armed Forces c/o the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 50241000 | 50241100 | 50640000
Estimated value:  NOK
Submission deadline: 2019-11-21

Technical requirements: The contracting authority will enter into framework agreements for the delivery of technical shipping maintenance services, repairs, upgrading, modifications and engineering support.
A credit assessment from a certified credit appraisal agency based on the most recent known accounting figures. The rating must not be older than 3 months.
The tenderer must have good experience from similar deliveries (maintenance and change assignments on vessels). The deliveries must be of equivalent complexity and scope, for example, experience from work with ships in the class.
Overview of the tenderer's 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. The list must include a statement of:
The tenderer must have a well functioning organisation and management as well as the capacity to fulfil the framework agreement.
A brief description of the company's history and the current activity of the company, an overview of the company's organisation (with an organisation chart), and the ownership structure.
A general description of the company's workforce and of the equipment/material that the tenderer can use (both their own and external) for the implementation of this framework agreement.
If the tenderer intends to utilise sub-contractors to fulfil parts of the framework agreement, the tenderer is asked to describe
Other information relevant to highlight how the tenderer coordinates their own work and the work of sub-contractors.
A description shall be given of the tenderer's technical personnel or technical entities the tenderer has at their disposal to fulfil the contract.
The tenderer must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance system in accordance with the requirements in Annex 7.
Tenderers must document that they have a system in use for quality management, on an equivalent level to the ISO 9001 series, the AQAP series or equivalent standards.
The tenderer must confirm that the contracting authority’s quality assurance authority will be granted access to the tenderer’s, and major subcontractors’, facilities and systems through pre-qualification, tender and production phase, to implement verification activities.
The tenderer must confirm willingness to adapt to further quality requirements based on relevant AQAP standards. Cf. Annex 7, PQR 3.
If the tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 14001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers must have the required economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. A credit rating of 'credit worthy' or equivalent will be sufficient to fulfil the requirement. Documentation requirement: A credit assessment from a certified credit appraisal agency based on the most recent known accounting figures. The rating must not be older than 3 months. The contracting authority may request more comprehensive information/documentation if needed.
Requirement: The tenderer must have good experience from similar deliveries (maintenance and change assignments on vessels). The deliveries must be of equivalent complexity and scope, for example, experience from work with ships in the class. Documentation requirement: Documentation: tenderers must complete attachment Annex 6, Reference Form. Overview of the tenderer's 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. The list must include a statement of: The value of the assignment Date Recipients (name, telephone number and email) A brief description of the assignment It is the tenderer's responsibility to document relevance through the description. Requirement: The tenderer must have a well functioning organisation and management as well as the capacity to fulfil the framework agreement. Documentation requirement: An account of the business, including Description of the company's core competence connected to this framework agreement. A brief description of the company's history and the current activity of the company, an overview of the company's organisation (with an organisation chart), and the ownership structure. A general description of the company's workforce and of the equipment/material that the tenderer can use (both their own and external) for the implementation of this framework agreement. If the tenderer intends to utilise sub-contractors to fulfil parts of the framework agreement, the tenderer is asked to describe The portion of the work that will be carried out by sub-contractors, How the relationship between the supplier and sub-contractors is organised, How the work is coordinated, How the contract provisions will be transferred to the sub-contractors, and Other information relevant to highlight how the tenderer coordinates their own work and the work of sub-contractors. Requirement: The tenderer shall have sufficient capacity to complete the delivery. Documentation requirement: A description shall be given of the tenderer's technical personnel or technical entities the tenderer has at their disposal to fulfil the contract. The overview must include i.a. an indication of: Employees per discipline Suitable workshops Requirement: The tenderer must have a good and well-functioning quality assurance system in accordance with the requirements in Annex 7. Documentation requirement: Description of the tenderer's management system for quality in relation to Annex 7. Tenderers must document that they have a system in use for quality management, on an equivalent level to the ISO 9001 series, the AQAP series or equivalent standards. The tenderer must describe and substantiate how the requirements in Annex 7 will be safeguarded. The tenderer must confirm that the contracting authority’s quality assurance authority will be granted access to the tenderer’s, and major subcontractors’, facilities and systems through pre-qualification, tender and production phase, to implement verification activities. The tenderer must confirm willingness to adapt to further quality requirements based on relevant AQAP standards. Cf. Annex 7, PQR 3. Requirement: The tenderer shall have a good environmental management system. Documentation requirement: A description of environmental measures that have been implemented in the business. If the tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 14001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to present a copy of a valid certificate.