Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-04
Buyer: Trondheim kommune
Country: NO
Region: NO060
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 31158000: Battery chargers | 31158100: Fast chargers | 31681500 | 31682000 | 45231400
Estimated value: 60000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2025-07-04
Award criteria: price, 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: Tenderers are registered in a company register or a trade register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
Minimum qualification requirements
Requirement: The tenderer shall be a legally established company. Documented by a Company Registration Certificate or equivalent.
Regarding any other economic and financial requirements that have been stated in the notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer declares that:
Minimum qualification requirements
Requirement: The tenderer shall have sufficient economic and financial capacity to carry out the assignment - the tenderer shall be credit worthy. Credit worthy with security is not accepted. Documentation requirement: Credit rating of the tenderer, not older than six months calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders. The assessment shall be based on the last known fiscal figures with an indication of how the credit rating has evolved during the past three years. The result of the credit rating must be given as a graded value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale. Newly established tenderers must document the financial capacity to fulfil the assignment by other documentation, such as accounting figures and a bank guarantee.
Only for public goods deliveries: In the reference period, the tenderer has carried out the following important deliveries of the requested type, or the following important services of the requested type. The contracting authority can require up to three years experience and allow experience from the previous three years to be taken into consideration.
Minimum qualification requirements
Requirement: Tenderers shall have experience from similar contracts. Newly established tenderers are sufficient to have experience from similar assignments for the offered key personnel. Documentation requirement: An overview of the most important goods deliveries or services that the tenderer has carried out in the last three years, together with information on the contract ́s value, date of delivery or execution and the name of the recipient.
The tenderer utilises the following technical facilities and quality assurance measures and the tenderer ́s survey and research facility is as follows:
Minimum qualification requirements
Tenderers shall have a management system for information security connected to the offered system based on ISO/IEC 27001 or equivalently recognised standard for information security. Documentation: Valid certificate of certification. Alternatively: A description of the control system with an indication of how the system is similar to ISO 27001 and how it differs from ISO 27001.
Tenderers can employ the following environmental management measures in connection with the execution of the contract:
Minimum qualification requirements
Requirement: Tenderers shall have a system and routines for reducing the most important environmental impact from their activities and shall use environmental management measures throughout the contract period. Therefore it is a requirement that the company has an environmental management system, such as Miljøfyrtårn, EMAS, ISO 14001 or equivalent.

If the entire company is environmentally labelled with a type 1 environmental label, such as the Swan Ecolabel or equivalent, this is also approved. 

Documentation: Tenderers shall complete the attached Environmental Self-Declaration, as well as enclose a certificate of environmental management system.
Tenderers shall state prices in annex 3 - Price form, sheet 2 - Priscase SSA-R and sheet 3 - Priscase SSA-L. See the price settlements in annex 5 in SSA-R, annex 6 in SSA-K and Annex 7 in SSA-L. The prices shall be stated in NOK excluding VAT.

The tender price in sheet 1 Tender Price to Mercell is entered in this criteria in Mercellportalen and it will be used for evaluation in the price criteria.
Tenderers shall, in annex 3 - Price Form, sheet 1 - Tender price to Mercell, state the mark-up on the procurement price for products with mark-up (products the Contracting Authority chooses to purchase, cf. annex 7 in SSA-R).
Tenderers shall, in annex 3 - Price form, sheet 1 - Price case, state mark-up on the procurement price for spare parts and components, cf. annex 6 in SSA-L.
1. Fulfilment of evaluation requirements: Tenderers shall fill in Annex 2 - The tenderer ́s response to the requirement specifications. Weighted 40 %
2. User friendliness back system: Tenderers shall set up a test environment/ trial access to the back system. The test environment shall be representative of the offered system. Tenderers shall state in what way the test environment may be different from the offered system. The contracting authority will assess the perceived user friendliness in the system and for any functions in accordance with the requirements in the requirement specifications, which are useful for the Contracting Authority. Weighted 20 %
3. Plan for implementation of a back system (SSA-L): Tenderers shall make a provisional plan for implementation. The milestone plan in annex 13 shall be used. The plan is a starting point and deviation from this can be agreed to. Growth rate 10 %
4. Service level contract (SSA-L): Tenderers shall state a Service level contract for the contract ́s systems and services. The service level agreement shall as a minimum contain information on: 
- the offered running time (if the offered running time is more than the minimum requirement).
- contact information and running time for the service desk.
- escalation based on consequence.
- standardised compensations.
Weighted 20 %
5. Development: Tenderers shall state how the Tenderer will work to develop the system, both to contribute to innovation and new functionality and new systems for both the charging poles and the back system. Tenderers shall enclose their road map for which concrete developments are planned for the next 2 years.  Weighted 10 %

Evaluation requirement:
A score will be given on each evaluation requirement on the following scale:

0 - Not answered or does not meet the need/function
1 - Very low need satisfaction
2 - Low demand satisfaction
3 - Moderately good needs satisfaction
4 - In accordance with the desired quality/ functionality
5 - Very good needs satisfaction

In cases where the contracting authority assesses that the response is between 2 levels, the score between them can be used.

The score of each evaluation requirement will be multiplied by an internal weighting on any subpoints and summed to a total sum.

Evaluation of other elements:
The contracting authority will make a judgemental overall assessment of the response and give the response a score of the response based on the scale stated on the oughts requirements.

Score on the criterion
The contracting authority will multiply the score for each of the other elements with the weighting of the factor and sum up these to a total score for the criteria.
Tenderers shall submit the following:
- Plan for the project for the establishment of charging stations (SSA-R/SSA-K). The plan shall be filled in for an intended establishment project for the establishment of 1 Lynlader 150kW two call-offs. The plan shall be a template for a later establishment project.
- Name of a gender neutral preferred at customers who previously had similar establishment projects delivered. If this is stated in the reply to the qualification requirement of experience, this is sufficient. The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain references from previous establishment projects. 

The contracting authority will make a judgemental assessment of the responses. Tenderers who show the best understanding of the assignment will get a maximum score.

Winner: Trondhjems Hospital