Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-04-19
Buyer: Utenriksdepartementet
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60112000 | 60161000 | 60400000: Air transport services
Estimated value: 165000000 NOK
Award criteria: price

Technical requirements: The procurement will be made in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 17 June 2016 (the Procurement Act) and the Public Procurement Regulations (procurement regulations) FOR 2016-08-12-974, part I and part III after the procurement procedure competition with negotiations after a prior notice, in accordance with the procurement regulations §13-2 letter c.

The tender contest is initiated with a qualification phase. All interested suppliers can submit a request for participation in the competition. The contracting authority will select the tenderers who fulfil the qualification requirements to submit tenders for each sub-contract, but a maximum of five tenderers will be invited per sub-contract.

After the tender has been submitted, negotiations can be held. The contracting authority reserves the right, however, to award the contract without negotiations, cf. the procurement regulations § 23-7 (5).
The contracting authority needs to procure framework agreements for moving, transport, forwarding and storage services so that the foreign service ́s personnel who shall move to and from Norway or between third countries can cover their need for packing, transporting and storing their furniture, household goods and uncompact, as well as packing and freighting FOREIGN goods (e.g. ICT equipment, office furniture, security products, furniture for representation areas and art).

A total of four framework agreements shall be signed, one for each of the geographical areas: Africa, Asia/Oceania, America and Europe. The framework agreements shall have a duration of four years. A contract will be signed with one tenderer per geographical area.
The contract will be awarded to the tenderer who has the lowest total price. Tenderers are to complete the correct price table in Annex 2 of the Tender Documentation.
The contracting authority needs to procure framework agreements for moving, transport, forwarding and storage services so that the foreign service ́s personnel who shall move to and from Norway or between third countries can cover their need for packing, transporting and storing their furniture, household goods and uncompact, as well as packing and freighting FOREIGN goods (e.g. ICT equipment, office furniture, security products, furniture for representation areas and art). Approx. 110 relocations were made for 2022 and 2023 (empty October) for the geographical area of Africa.

There is a need for services related to packing, stores, moving, transport and forwarding services. The moving goods must, in most cases, be pre-stored and temporary storage. In addition personal goods that are not brought to the stations must be stored long term. The storage period is on average approx. 3 years. The moves will mainly take place in the period June - September, and most of the moving assignments are reported continuously from around Easter. For foreign ministry goods, this is partially collected from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partly it is sent directly to the forwarder from Norwegian manufacturers. There is a need for services connected to both transport services and packing the goods to the foreign stations.

The framework agreement for Africa shall be valid for four years. See annex 1 of the contract for further details on the delivery.
The contracting authority needs to procure framework agreements for moving, transport, forwarding and storage services so that the foreign service ́s personnel who shall move to and from Norway or between third countries can cover their need for packing, transporting and storing their furniture, household goods and uncompact, as well as packing and freighting FOREIGN goods (e.g. ICT equipment, office furniture, security products, furniture for representation areas and art). In 2022 and 2023 (as of October 2023), approx. 85 relocations were made for the geographical area of America.

There is a need for services related to packing, stores, moving, transport and forwarding services. The moving goods must, in most cases, be pre-stored and temporary storage. In addition personal goods that are not brought to the stations must be stored long term. The storage period is on average approx. 3 years. The moves will mainly take place in the period June - September, and most of the moving assignments are reported continuously from around Easter. For foreign ministry goods, this is partially collected from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partly it is sent directly to the forwarder from Norwegian manufacturers. There is a need for services connected to both transport services and packing the goods to the foreign stations.

The framework agreement for America shall be for four years. See annex 1 of the contract for further details on the delivery.


Winner: Alfa Mobility Norway AS
Number of bids: 3