Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-04
Buyer: Forsvarsbygg
Country: NO
Region: NO081
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71250000 | 71251000 | 71300000
Submission deadline: 2025-08-04

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: The tenderer shall be a legally registered company.

Foreign tenderers must present documentation that confirms that the company is legally registered in its home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below.
The tenderer shall have the tax and duty payments in order. 
(only for Norwegian tenderers)

'Tax and VAT certificate' (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate shall not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.
The tenderer shall have the necessary economic and financial capacity to carry out the contract. 
It is sufficient to fulfil the requirement that the tenderer has achieved the credit rating of "credit worthy" or equivalent.   

Credit rating, undertaken by a company that can legally carry out  
credit rating, by the tenderer, not older than 6  
months calculated from the expiry of the application deadline.  
 
The credit rating shall include an assessment of  
the tenderer's payment history/reliability. Result  
of the credit rating must be stated as a graded  
value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale.  
 
If the tenderer, in order to meet the requirement, refer to  
guarantees from other companies (e.g. the parent company),  
equivalent credit appraisal from this shall be submitted.  
Company. Furthermore, a legally binding  
confirmation from this company that they have joint and several  
for any liability under the contract. 

If the tenderer has a justifiable reason for not submitting the requested documentation, for example, if the tenderer is a newly established company, the tenderer can document his economic and financial capacity by presenting any other document that the Contracting Authority deems suitable.
Tenderers shall have sufficient experience with surveying assignments from major building and construction projects, e.g. connected to roads, airport infrastructure, or defence facilities. 

Newly established companies can refer to experience that personnel have built up from previous employers. 

The requirement shall be documented by the tenderer completing the annex "Reference List". The list can include assignments carried out during the last 5 years.
See the procurement documents.
No deadline.
Regarding the achievement: The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency needs support for various assignments within surveying services as well as the processing of geographical information connected to the construction projects at the defence bases in Norway.Amongst the construction projects are infrastructure, hangars, quarters and other buildings. The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency will need continuous imports into The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency's digital systems in the contract period. The assignments will be to receive ground from the contractors, the control volume for submitting to the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency ́s map database, implementation of the necessary surveying on behalf of the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency, etc. Surveying using drone flying is likely to be relevant as well. From the start of the framework agreement there will already be a need for the presence of surveyors over time at the air stations at Evenes, Ørland and Værnes.Locations with particular priority when sufficient capacity is requested from tenderers are Bardufoss, Andenes, Evenes, Ørlandet/Værnes, and Rygge.During the execution of the contract, the consultant can have access to screening information or objects in accordance with the Security Act. Persons who shall have access to the security cleared information must be security cleared before they can be qualified for screened, secret information. The framework agreement shall be signed with 1 (one) tenderer. The framework agreement shall cover the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency ́s need for land surveying services nationwide. The framework agreement will be valid for 2 years, with an option for an extension for up to 1 (one) year at a time, up to 5 (five) times, maximum duration of 7 (seven) years. Based on previous procurements and current needs, the framework agreement ́s estimated value, including all options, is NOK 100,000,000 excluding VAT. Due to considerable uncertainty connected to defence political processes during the framework agreement period, the maximum value of the framework agreement, including all options, is NOK 200,000,000 excluding VAT. The framework agreement will not be exclusive. The contracting authority reserves the right to enter into contracts with other tenderers, where the Contracting Authority deems this appropriate. Tender management: The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency invites tenderers to submit an application for prequalification for a competition with negotiations (two stage procedures). The competition will be held in two stages. Tenderers who would like to participate in the competition must first submit a request to participate in the competition by the deadline stated in Mercell. Tenderers shall submit the requested information and documentation in accordance with point 11 in the document "Qualification Documentation (FOSA over EEA)". As this is a two stage procedure, a complete tender shall not be submitted for this stage in the competition. The tender documentation is attached. All qualification applications must be submitted electronically via the Mercell portal, www.mercell.no by the deadline for submission. It is recommended that the qualification application is delivered well before the deadline expires. If a tenderer would like to change the submitted qualification application, this can be done by opening the qualification application, making any changes and re-submitting it until the deadline expires. The last submitted qualification application is regarded as the final qualification application. Tenderers shall fill in the electronic self-declaration form (ESPD), which is incorporated as a part of the process when submission in Mercell. The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency draws attention to the fact that ESPD shall be delivered in certain cases from cooperating suppliers and from sub-suppliers. If it is stated in the tender documentation that the qualification requirements shall be documented (e.g. reference projects), the documentation must be uploaded in Mercell in a separate annex.
The framework agreement will be valid for 2 (two) years, with an option for an extension for up to 1 (one) year at a time, up to 5 (five) times, maximum duration of 7 (seven) years.