Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-02
Buyer: Helse Vest Innkjøp HF [The Regional Health Authority West, Procurements]
Country: NO
Region: Rogaland
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000
Estimated value: 7000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-10-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority requests tenders for Lenses, special lances, viscoelastica and eye surgery irrigation systems.
The contracting authority wishes to enter into framework agreements for 1 year and with a right to trigger the option for extension of the agreement with up to 1+1+1 year.
— Documentation requirement: Certificate for tax and for VAT. Issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration.
— The certificates shall be issued on the Tax Directorate's form RF-1316 or another form that provides the same information.
— The certificates shall not show significant arrears. The certificate must be no older than 6 months from the submission date of the offer.
— The tenderer can document this by submitting a copy of their Company Registration Certificate. Foreign companies shall submit proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the Tenderer is established.
— Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 6 months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially approved credit rating institution.
— We reserve the right to collect a credit rating on our own initiative from a reputable rating company.
— Companies without a satisfactory credit rating, newly established companies with a credit rating of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to submit a credit rating as documentation that the qualification requirement is satisfied. In such circumstances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory guarantee from a bank and/or guarantee from a parent company with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for the implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
— Tenderers shall enclose a list of the most important relevant deliveries and services performed during the past three years, including information on the value, date, and recipients. Certificates issued or verified by the Contracting Authority can be attached.
— If the routines that are described in the tenderer's quality assurance or control system are in accordance with the ISO standard or equivalent 3rd party verification system, it is sufficient to enclose a valid certificate with information on where this is described. Alternatively, an existing system and routines that substantiate that the requirement is fulfilled can be described.

Eligibility requirements: — Documentation requirement: Certificate for tax and for VAT. Issued by the Norwegian Tax Administration. — The certificates shall be issued on the Tax Directorate's form RF-1316 or another form that provides the same information. — The certificates shall not show significant arrears. The certificate must be no older than 6 months from the submission date of the offer. — The tenderer can document this by submitting a copy of their Company Registration Certificate. Foreign companies shall submit proof that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the Tenderer is established. — Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 6 months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially approved credit rating institution. — We reserve the right to collect a credit rating on our own initiative from a reputable rating company. — Companies without a satisfactory credit rating, newly established companies with a credit rating of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to submit a credit rating as documentation that the qualification requirement is satisfied. In such circumstances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory guarantee from a bank and/or guarantee from a parent company with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for the implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender. — Tenderers shall enclose a list of the most important relevant deliveries and services performed during the past three years, including information on the value, date, and recipients. Certificates issued or verified by the Contracting Authority can be attached. — If the routines that are described in the tenderer's quality assurance or control system are in accordance with the ISO standard or equivalent 3rd party verification system, it is sufficient to enclose a valid certificate with information on where this is described. Alternatively, an existing system and routines that substantiate that the requirement is fulfilled can be described.
— Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 6 months, and which is based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially approved credit rating institution. — We reserve the right to collect a credit rating on our own initiative from a reputable rating company. — Companies without a satisfactory credit rating, newly established companies with a credit rating of AN, individual foreign companies or companies without reporting obligation to the Brønnøysund Register Centre will not always be able to submit a credit rating as documentation that the qualification requirement is satisfied. In such circumstances, they will be able to compensate with a satisfactory guarantee from a bank and/or guarantee from a parent company with a satisfactory credit rating which provides an equivalent security for the implementation ability. These alternative documents must be included with the tender.
— Tenderers shall enclose a list of the most important relevant deliveries and services performed during the past three years, including information on the value, date, and recipients. Certificates issued or verified by the Contracting Authority can be attached. — If the routines that are described in the tenderer's quality assurance or control system are in accordance with the ISO standard or equivalent 3rd party verification system, it is sufficient to enclose a valid certificate with information on where this is described. Alternatively, an existing system and routines that substantiate that the requirement is fulfilled can be described.