Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2017-11-18
Buyer: Bergen kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 73200000 | 73210000 | 73220000
Submission deadline: 2038-01-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract is for consultancy services for Bergen municipality. The contract will primarily include consultancy services for the areas organisation development and performance audit. Examples are reviews, training, guidance and process consultancy, strategic consultancy, analyses/control-related services, measures/impact assessments, research based evaluation reports as well as general consultancy services. The consultancy services can include elements of assignments and/or assistance.
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The contract is for consultancy services for Bergen municipality. The contract will primarily include consultancy services for the areas organisation development and performance audit. Examples are reviews, training, guidance and process consultancy, strategic consultancy, analyses/control-related services, measures/impact assessments, research based evaluation reports as well as general consultancy services.
The consultancy services related to building and construction works as well as ICT are not included in the procurement scheme's area of application. The reason for this is that the municipality has separate framework agreements for these areas. Other framework agreements for consultancy services may also be included. Such services are not published in the scheme
In this stage of the process, interested suppliers can apply to be qualified and included in the dynamic purchasing system.
Documentation: Tax certificate, issued via Altinn, the Tax Office or the Tax Collection Office. The certificate shall not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers are to provide certificates from corresponding authorities in the countries where they are registered for tax. If the authorities in the respective countries do not issue such authorisation, the tenderer must present a self-declaration regarding whether there are arrears on taxes and if so, the amount of these. The self declaration must be signed. eCertis can not be used
Documentation: Company Registration Certificate, which has been issued no more than six months before the tender deadline. Confirmation of registration in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the supplier is established (applies to foreign companies).
The tenderer must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the contract. Documentation: Service providers can document their economic/financial capacity in the following way: —Credit rating report from a company that has a licence from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority to operate a credit information company in Norway, possibly from a company with an equivalent licence in a member country in the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information. — Last year's approved Annual Financial Statement including the board's annual report and the auditor's statement. Recently established companies that cannot present approved annual accounts can submit the accounts that have been completed. — Appropriate bank/parent company guarantees and/or relevant liability insurance. The Contracting Authority will regard bank/parent company guarantees or relevant liability insurance as suitable if these documents cover the Contracting Authority's financial risk where the tenderer does not have the financial or economic capacity to fulfil the contract. The Contracting Authority's financial risk means economic loss caused by non fulfilment of the contract. Parent Companies providing guarantees must document that they themselves comply with the requirement for ‘the company's solidity’. The tenderer is free to provide other information that can be seen as relevant for the assessment of whether the company's solidity requirement is fulfilled. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain credit rating reports. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled.
Bergen municipality would like to enter into contracts with service providers who have top professional competence and a good ability to fulfil the assignments that are included in the scheme. Documentation: A general description of the tenderer's general areas of competence, an overview of number of available HR per competence area and information of relevant certifications for the tenderer's HR. eCertis can not be used
The tenderer is required to have good experience from similar contracts. Similar contracts are defined as the execution of consultancy assignments within organisation development and/or performance audit for public or private activities. Documentation: Tenderers must complete the reference form, on the 3 most important relevant contracts in the last 3 years, including their scope, value, time frame and the client or recipient.
The assignment requires tenderers to have quality management systems. Documentation (to be provided in the following ways): Description of the company's procedures regarding quality management, with emphasis on quality assurance, resource management, managements' responsibility, the manufacturing process and continual analysis and improvement. If the tenderer holds an ISO 9001:2008 certificate (or newer version), such a certificate will be accepted as documentation of compliance with the qualification requirement.

Eligibility requirements: Requirements: Tenderers should have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation: Tax certificate, issued via Altinn, the Tax Office or the Tax Collection Office. The certificate shall not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline. Foreign tenderers are to provide certificates from corresponding authorities in the countries where they are registered for tax. If the authorities in the respective countries do not issue such authorisation, the tenderer must present a self-declaration regarding whether there are arrears on taxes and if so, the amount of these. The self declaration must be signed. eCertis can not be used Requirements: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documentation: Company Registration Certificate, which has been issued no more than six months before the tender deadline. Confirmation of registration in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country in which the supplier is established (applies to foreign companies).