Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-05-16
Buyer: Vestnes kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO0A2
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel | 85300000
Submission deadline: 2025-06-02
Award criteria: cost, quality

Technical requirements: Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a enforceable verdict has been convicted of corruption by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Corruption as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on Combating Corruption, Involving European Communities or European Union Member States (EUT C 195 of 25.6.1997, s. 1), and in Article 2, point 1, in the Council ́s framework decision 2003/568/RIA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (EUT L 192 of 31.7.2003,  p. 54). This rejection reason also includes corruption as defined in national law for the contracting authority or supplier.
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted of fraud has been convicted of fraud by a verdict handed down not more than five years ago, or a rejection period determined directly in the judgement that still applies? Fraud included in Article 1 of the Convention on protection of the Financial Interests of the European Communities (EFT C 316 of 27.11.1995, p. 48).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of money laundering or financing terrorism by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Money laundering or financing terrorism As defined in Article 1 of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/60/EF of 26 October 2005 on preventive measures against the use of the financial system for money laundering and financing terrorism (EUT L 309 of 25.11.2005, p. 15).
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, at the time a legally convicted verdict of participation in a criminal organisation by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Participation in a criminal organisation as defined in Article 2 of the Council ́s framework decision 2008/841/RIA of 24 October 2008 on control of organised crime (EUT L 300 of 11.11.2008, p. 42)
Is the tenderer himself or a person, who is a member of the tenderer's administration, management or supervisory body, or has the competence to represent or control or make decisions in such bodies, in the event a legal verdict has been convicted of acts of terrorism or criminal acts connected to terrorist activities by a verdict handed down no more than five years ago, or a rejection period set out directly in the judgement that still applies? Acts of terrorism or criminal acts relating to terrorist activity as defined in Article 1 and 3 of the Council ́s framework decision 2002/475/RIA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (EFT L 164, af 22.6.2002, p. 3). This rejection reason also includes incitement to, participation or attempts to commit such actions as included in Article 4 in the mentioned framework decision.

Eligibility requirements: 6.2.2. Requirement for tax certificate

Tenderers shall have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order.

Documentation:
Tax certificates not older than six months calculated from the tender deadline. Tax certificate means:
Norwegian tenderers:
• Tax and VAT certificate issued by the tax office via Altinn.
Foreign tenderers:
• Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have an arrangement for the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the
the country in question does not issue such certificates, the tenderer shall submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. Statement
shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for Finance.
6.2.3. Requirement for the tenderer ́s registration, authorisation etc.

The tenderer shall be a legally established company.

Documentation:
Norwegian tenderers:
•Registration. The contracting authority will obtain a company registration certificate from the Brønnøysund Register Centre for Norwegian tenderers. The Norwegian tenderers shall therefore not enclose a company registration certificate.
Foreign tenderers:
• Documentation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.
6.2.4. Economic and financial position requirements

The tenderer shall have the financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract.

The financial strength will be assessed in relation to turnover, operating degree, solidity and liquidity.

Documentation:
The tenderer's annual accounts including notes with the Board's and the auditor's reports from 2023 and 2024.

If the Annual Financial Statements for 2024 have not been completed before the tender deadline for this competition expires, the last year's preliminary annual accounts should be attached.

If there are reasons that cannot be enclosed with the provisional annual accounts, the tenderer shall substantiate financial strength in another suitable manner.

The contracting authority reserves the right to carry out a credit assessment from Experian.

The contracting authority will obtain revised annual accounts from the Brønnøysund Register Centre for Norwegian tenderers. The Norwegian tenderers shall therefore not deliver revised annual accounts.
6.2.5. Requirements for technical and professional qualifications

Tenderers shall have experience from relevant and comparable deliveries.

Relevant and comparable deliveries means the delivery of an overall residential and welfare offer.
with 24 hour care services for the service recipient.

Documentation:
A description of up to 3 of the tenderer's most relevant and comparable deliveries from the last three years.

Tenderers shall document fulfilment by filling in the attached template for reference descriptions. See annex 3 - Reference Descriptions.
6.2.6. Quality assurance system requirements

Tenderers shall have a documented quality assurance system.

Documentation:
A description of the tenderer's quality assurance methods.

If a tenderer is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or equivalent quality assurance certifications, it is sufficient to enclose a copy of a valid certificate.
Further information on the user (annex 1 - the contracting authority ́s requirement specification) will only be given on request from tenderers, provided that the signed confidentiality statement has been sent to the contracting authority. See annex 3 - Confidentiality Statement.
See part 2 of the competition.
The criteria will be evaluated based on the total price per year stated in annex 3 Annex 1 - Price Form.

Documentation:
Complete annex 3 Annex 1 - Price Form.
All prices shall be stated in NOK excluding VAT.
The criterium will be evaluated on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the tenderer ́s offered system, where, among other things, the following points will be emphasised:
1 Facilitation of tenders for the service recipient
2. Cooperation with the contracting authority, service recipient and service recipient's relatives, as well as other services stated in annex 1 point 4.3.
3. The tender start-up date
4 Quality and placement of the offered residential unit.

Documentation:
Completed Annex 2 - The tenderer ́s solution description.

The response shall be a maximum of 5 A4 pages (with font size 10, normal font). Text beyond the allowed number of pages will not be evaluated.
The criteria will be evaluated based on the delivered CVs for the offered key personnel.

Both formal competence and relevant experience will be emphasised in the evaluation.

Documentation:
Complete annex 2 Annex 1 - CV key personnel.

CVs shall be submitted for seven key resources in accordance with Annex 1 - the Contracting Authority's requirement specification.

CVs beyond the allowed number of CVs will not be evaluated.