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Services - 116782-2021

08/03/2021    S46

Norway-Hønefoss: Hydrographic surveying services

2021/S 046-116782

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Statens Kartverk
National registration number: 971040238
Postal address: Kartverksveien 21, 3511
Town: Hønefoss
NUTS code: NO Norge
Postal code: 3507
Country: Norway
Contact person: Cathrine Jacobsen Sunde
E-mail: cathrine.jacobsen.sunde@kartverket.no
Telephone: +47 51858795
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://permalink.mercell.com/150301738.aspx
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.kartverket.no/
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://permalink.mercell.com/150301738.aspx
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://permalink.mercell.com/150301738.aspx
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Bathymetric Charting and Processing for the MAREANO Program 2021

Reference number: 21/07897
II.1.2)Main CPV code
71353100 Hydrographic surveying services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The contracting authority invites to a tender competition for the procurement of bathymetry data acquisition and processing for the MAREANO programme 2021.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
71351500 Ground investigation services
71351913 Geological exploration services
71351923 Bathymetric surveys services
71352130 Seismic data collection services
71354400 Hydrographic services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: NO07 Nord-Norge
Main site or place of performance:

The Norwegian coast.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The contracting authority invites to a tender competition for the procurement of bathymetry data acquisition and processing for the MAREANO programme 2021.

Multibeam bathymetry data shall also be acquired during transit for crowdsourcing purpose. See appendix A.

The offered area included options (see chapter 1.4) shall be completed according to the time schedule. See Appendix F.

The supplier shall collect and deliver quality controlled hydrographic survey data in accordance with the requirements in Appendix B.

The estimated value of the contract is NOK 13 000 000. The estimates are exclusive VAT as the work is performed outside territorial limits (12 nautical miles) of the Norwegian mainland (there is no VAT at Svalbard).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start: 03/05/2021
End: 31/01/2022
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:

Option 1: Parallel data acquisition with high resolution seismic or sediment echo sounder.

Option 2: Extension of the Work.

Option 3: The contracting authority is entitled to have a gravimeter with all its components on board the survey vessel during part or throughout the whole cruise.

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:

The tenderer must be registered in a trade register or company register.

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:

The tenderer must have sufficient financial capacity to carry out the assignment.

The tenderer must have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Confirmation that a standard bank guarantee will be delivered prior to contract signing.

A certificate that obligations have been complied with, not older than 6 months.

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:

Requirement: The supplier shall have experience from similar assignments within multibeam bathymetry data acquisition and processing.

The tenderer must have competence, ability and capacity to carry out assignment.

The tenderer must have a good and well functioning quality management system.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

A list of equivalent assignments.

A description of or CV of technical personnel the tenderer has at their disposal to fulfil the contract.

A copy of a system certificate issued by a certified company.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 07/04/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
English, Norwegian
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 31/05/2021
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 07/04/2021
Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:

Normally announced in December each year.

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: Ringerike tingrett
Postal address: Norderhovsgata 23
Town: Hønefoss
Postal code: 3510
Country: Norway
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
03/03/2021