Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-23
Buyer: Forsvarsmateriell (the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency)
Country: NO
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34930000 | 35700000: Military electronic systems | 43135000
Estimated value:  NOK
Submission deadline: 2021-08-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The BoMoMaPS shall provide forward propulsion for the operator during maritime operations that require swimming or diving over some distance. The system will also be used during other maritime operations where assisted propulsion is necessary or beneficial. BoMoMaPS must be mounted on the operator’s body rather than handheld, in order to allow the operator to use his hands freely for other purposes. Body-mounted maritime propulsion system must be designed as a complete system, including power source.
Requirement: the candidate shall ensure that it properly fulfils its obligations regarding the payment of tax and VAT.
Documentation requirement: Tax certificate which is not older than 6 months calculated from the application deadline.
Tax certificate means: for Norwegian contractors: certificate issued by a tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Administration regarding:
• payroll tax for foreign contractors: foreign contractors must submit corresponding certificates from their countries, documenting proper fulfilment of their obligations regarding the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue such certificates, the candidate must submit a declaration which confirms that all taxes and duties are paid. The declaration must be approved and signed by the contractor's CFO/financial manager.
Requirement: the candidate must be registered in the Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities or the Chamber of Commerce in the state where the candidate is established.
— certificate of registration foreign contractors: confirmation that the candidate is registered in the Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities or a Chamber of Commerce in the state where the candidate is established.
Documentation requirement: the candidate shall give an overview of the history of the company, the organisation and the owner structure, legal standing with respect to any parent company, and a description of the business today. The candidate shall provide a signed declaration on ethical standard, c.f. Annex C: Ethical statement for suppliers to the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence with underlying agencies. If any of the situations listed in the Annex' article 3 letters a) - g) applies to the candidate, please state this in the application.
Requirement: the candidate must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the delivery, including satisfactory operating margin, liquidity ratio and equity share.
Documentation requirement: the candidate's financial statements (including notes with director's report and auditor's statement) from the past 3 years. If the financial statements for the previous year are not completed upon expiry of this tender, the preliminary financial statements for the previous year shall also be enclosed.
Requirement: the candidate must have good experience from similar deliveries of technical underwater systems.
Documentation requirement: overview of the candidate's 3 most relevant assignments during the past 5 years. In order to secure sufficient competition, documentation for deliveries performed by the candidate more than 5 years ago may also be taken into consideration.
The overview must include a specification of: the value of the assignment time brief description of the delivery it is the candidate's responsibility to document relevance through the description.
Documentation requirement: a description of technical personnel, tools, material and technical equipment at the candidate's disposal to execute the contract.
Documentation requirement: description of education and experience of the personnel available to the candidate to execute the contract.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: the candidate must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to complete the delivery, including satisfactory operating margin, liquidity ratio and equity share. Documentation requirement: the candidate's financial statements (including notes with director's report and auditor's statement) from the past 3 years. If the financial statements for the previous year are not completed upon expiry of this tender, the preliminary financial statements for the previous year shall also be enclosed.
Requirement: the candidate must have good experience from similar deliveries of technical underwater systems. Documentation requirement: overview of the candidate's 3 most relevant assignments during the past 5 years. In order to secure sufficient competition, documentation for deliveries performed by the candidate more than 5 years ago may also be taken into consideration. The overview must include a specification of: the value of the assignment time brief description of the delivery it is the candidate's responsibility to document relevance through the description. Requirement the candidate shall have the sufficient capacity to execute the contract. Documentation requirement: a description of technical personnel, tools, material and technical equipment at the candidate's disposal to execute the contract. Requirement: the candidate shall have the sufficient competence to execute the contract. Documentation requirement: description of education and experience of the personnel available to the candidate to execute the contract. Requirement: the candidate shall have adequate capabilities and structures. Documentation requirement: the candidate shall describe his capability to perform integrated logistic support. The candidate shall describe his capability to perform candidate's logistic support during the systems expected lifetime, e.g. corrective and preventive maintenance, delivery of spare parts and technical support. Requirement: the candidate must have a good and efficient quality assurance system. Documentation requirement: description of the candidate's quality assurance methods. If the candidate is certified pursuant to ISO 9001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to submit a copy of a valid certificate. Requirement: the candidate must have a good environmental management system. Documentation requirement: description of environmental management measures that are implemented in the business. If the candidate is certified pursuant to ISO 14001 or equivalent standards, it is sufficient to submit a copy of a valid certificate.