Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-09-19
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72223000: Information technology requirements review services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72225000: Systems quality assurance services | 72227000: Software integration consultancy services
Estimated value: 160000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-10-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Parallel framework agreements will be signed with 3-4 tenderers that can cover, or acquire competence through the use of sub-suppliers for all of the listed disciplines. The procurement will ensure that the contracting authority has competence and capacity within the following disciplines:
Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.
Tenderers are required to be economically and financially solvent, which gives the contracting authority the security that the tenderer will be financially viable throughout the entire contract period.
Documentation requirement: Expanded credit rating/report, not older than 3 months issued by a publicly certified credit rating agency with score A (credit worthy) or equivalent or better score. The report must be based on the last known fiscal figures. The date must be clearly stated.
Companies without adequate credit rating, newly started companies with a credit score of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to document that the requirement is met. In such instances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included in the tender.
If a tenderer has valid reasons for being unable to present the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can prove the economic and financial position with any other documents that the contracting authority deems suitable.
Experience from equivalent assignments in the private and public sectors is required, cf. point 1.4..
Documentation requirement: The tenderer's 5 most important deliveries in the previous 3 years, including:
-  Name and point of contact of the reference so that the Contracting Authority can confirm references if needed.
- A short description of the contract/project. The tenderer's contribution and which subject areas must be clearly stated (ref. point 1.4.) that was used for this assignment.
Quality assurance system: A good and well-functioning quality assurance system is required for the services that will be provided.
The concept of a quality management system is that i.a, the tenderer is aware of quality objectives, planning, security, handling of deviations, quality improvement and data security.
Documentation Requirement: Statement of the tenderer's quality assurance system or copy of a certificate for the quality control system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 or an equivalent certificate.

Eligibility requirements: Registered in a trade register or company register. Tenderers must be registered in a company register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Documentation Requirement: Norwegian tenderers: Company Registration Certificate Foreign tenderers: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the tenderer is established.

Award value: 160000000