Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-06
Buyer: Norges forskningsråd (The Research Council of Norway)
Country: NO
Region: Oslo
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22200000 | 72512000: Document management services
Estimated value: 1400000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-06-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of and subscription management for periodicals for the library at the Research Council of Norway.
The Research Council of Norway, c/o the Division for Administration, Department for Documentation, invites tenderers to an open tender contest for a contract for the procurement of agent activities for periodical subscriptions for ordering, claims and managing subscriptions.
The Research Council of Norway subscribes to approx. 100 periodicals (subject to minor adjustments up/down), both in printed and electronic format, cf. annex 1. The procurement is for agent activities for periodical subscriptions for ordering, claims and managing subscriptions. A contract will be signed with 1 service provider.
The contract's extent is estimated to be approx. 700 000 NOK-1 000 000 NOK per annum in the contract period.
The Research Council of Norway has the option to extend the contract for a further 1 plus 1 year (1 plus 1) on unchanged terms. See the tender documentation.
Foreign companies: Documentation proving that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established.
Documented by: Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 1 year, and which is based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The Research Council of Norway also wishes to obtain own credit assessments where appropriate.
Businesses can order tax and VAT certificates from the 1 place. The tenderer can either apply to the local tax collection office or tax office. The certificates should not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline. See: www.skatteetaten.no
Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
Tenderers must have very good implementational ability and the capacity to provide the requested services and a good and well-functioning quality assurance system.
A brief description of the service provider's implementation ability (for relevant/comparable assignments) and capacity shall be enclosed.

Eligibility requirements: 1) The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documented by: Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate. Foreign companies: Documentation proving that the company is registered in a trade or business register as prescribed by the law of the country where the company is established. 2) The service provider must have a functioning HSE system. Documented by: HSE self-declaration. See: http://www.anskaffelser.no/filearchive/hms-egenerklaering.doc 1) The tenderer must have sufficient financial capacity to comply with the contractual obligations. Documented by: Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 1 year, and which is based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The Research Council of Norway also wishes to obtain own credit assessments where appropriate. 2) Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documented by: Tax certificate; VAT certificate (Certificate for paid VAT). Businesses can order tax and VAT certificates from the 1 place. The tenderer can either apply to the local tax collection office or tax office. The certificates should not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline. See: www.skatteetaten.no Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities. Tenderers must have very good implementational ability and the capacity to provide the requested services and a good and well-functioning quality assurance system. Documented by: A brief description of the service provider's implementation ability (for relevant/comparable assignments) and capacity shall be enclosed. Statement of the company's routines in relation to quality assurance.
1) The tenderer must have sufficient financial capacity to comply with the contractual obligations. Documented by: Credit evaluation/rating, not older than 1 year, and which is based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating shall be carried out by an officially certified credit rating institution. The Research Council of Norway also wishes to obtain own credit assessments where appropriate. 2) Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documented by: Tax certificate; VAT certificate (Certificate for paid VAT). Businesses can order tax and VAT certificates from the 1 place. The tenderer can either apply to the local tax collection office or tax office. The certificates should not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline. See: www.skatteetaten.no Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities to the Norwegian authorities.
Tenderers must have very good implementational ability and the capacity to provide the requested services and a good and well-functioning quality assurance system. Documented by: A brief description of the service provider's implementation ability (for relevant/comparable assignments) and capacity shall be enclosed. Statement of the company's routines in relation to quality assurance.