341032-2023 - Competition

Tenderers must be registered in a company register or trade register in the member state where the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU; tenderers from certain member countries can be required to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.

Minimum requirements for the qualification requirements:

Description of the requirement/documentation: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will control the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.

Other economic and financial requirements:

In regards to any other economic and financial requirements stated in the tender notice or in the procurement documents, the tenderer must verify:

Minimum requirements for the qualification requirements:

Description of requirements/documentation: Minimum qualification requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. The contracting authority will obtain a credit rating for each tenderer. The assessment will be based on the so-called credit rating assessment, i.e. a credit rating from a credit institution, a part judgement and historical rating of the respective tenderer. For this contract, creditworthiness with a requirement for a guarantee will be sufficient to fulfil the requirement. The tenderer's credit rating must not be worse than B (low risk) or equivalent if another rating system is used (numerical assessment). Tenderers with a rating lower than "B” or equivalent will be rejected. Recently established Providers shall not have a score lower than AN (worthy of credit, recently established companies) or equivalent if a different form of score is used (assessment of figures). Recently established service providers can present a bank guarantee as proof of credit worthiness. Documentation for Norwegian tenderers: The contracting authority will obtain a credit assessment for the individual tenderer from DIFI's eBevis, Proff Forvalt (https://forvalt.no/) and/or via information provided by Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com). The contracting authority can also obtain further information from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Note that the tender documentation includes guidelines on how tenderers can supplement available information if wanted. Documentation for foreign tenderers: Tenderers must, upon request, submit a 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 the equivalent certification in a member country of the EU/EEA. The credit rating report must be based on updated accounting information.