The scope and purpose of the procurement:
The objective of the procurement is to enter into a contract for a framework agreement for contractor services for Nordkraft Nett AS.
The framework agreement is meant to cover the contracting authority's need for contractor services in the entire contract period. The contracting authority reserves the right, however, to have major procurements as separate procurements, likewise projects that come outside the extent of the contract.
The contractor services mainly consist of electro work on high and low voltage, but also simple mechanical work, joinery work and engineering services.
The contracting authority has entered into procurement contracts that shall be used if the procurements cannot be obtained cheaper or if the contracting authority is obliged to procure through a specific supplier.
The framework agreement's period is intended to be 1.7.2016-1.7.2018, with an option for 1 year (2019), as well as a further option for 1 year (2020), with both parties having the option to end the contract with 3 months notice.
The process for the procurement will be carried out with a view to complying with the Inspection regulations' requirements on outsourcing procurements for network companies from 1.7.2016.
The pre-qualification will be carried out with a notice 18 March this year, with a response deadline of 12 April. The competition is then planned as follows:
The tender documentation will be sent out to the pre-qualified companies at the end of April/beginning of May, with the tender deadline at the beginning of June, with the aim of signing the contract by 1.7.2016.
All communication in the process will take place via the Mercell portal: www.mercell.no
This is because all communication must be logged. Once you have entered the competitive tender process, choose the ‘Kommunikasjon’ (Communication) tab. The click on ‘New Message’. Enter the contracting authority's information and click ‘Send’. The contracting authority will then receive your message. If the question concerns all tenderers, the Contracting Authority will answer it anonymised, by giving the answer as additional information for everyone. Additional information is available under the ‘Communication’ tab and then under the ‘Additional Information’ tab. You will also receive an email with a link to the additional information.
The contracting authority has the right, before the tender deadline, to make corrections, supplements and changes to the tender documentation which are not of a significant character.
Corrections, supplements or changes will be sent to all those who have registered their interest in Mercell.
Information that the contracting authority gives, upon request from a tenderer, will be immediately sent anonymously to all the other tenderers.
Information on corrections, supplements and amendments will be announced electronically via the Mercell portal. If there is a revision of the competition it will be shown as a new version of the competition. Additional information will being the tab. Additional Information in the Mercell portal. Tenderers who have already registered their interest will also receive e-mail notification of additional information in the competition, or if a revision of the competition has occurred. Then follow the link in this message so that you get to the relevant competition.
If an error is found in the tender documentation, notify the contracting authority via the communication module in the Mercell portal.
All tenders must be submitted electronically via the Mercell portal at www.mercell.no within the tender deadline. Late tenders will be rejected. (The system does not allow tenders to be sent in electronically via Mercell subsequent to the deadline for receipt of tenders).
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It is recommended that the tender is delivered well before the deadline expires, for example, at least 1 hour before the tender deadlines expires.
In the event that additional information from the Contracting Authority leads to you wanting to revise your tender before the tender deadline expires, you can go in and open the tender, make changes and resubmit right up until the tender deadline expires. The last submitted tender will be considered the tender of record.
The tender requires an electronic signature upon delivery.
During the submission of the tender you will be asked for an electronic signature to prove that it is the actual tenderer who has sent the tender. You can obtain an electronic signature at www.commfides.com www.buypass.no or www.bankid.no
Please note that it may take several days for the electronic signature to be delivered to you and as such this process should be initiated as soon as possible.
The Contracting Authority uses Mercell Sourcing Service. To express your interest and gain access to any documents, please click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser. (http://permalink.mercell.com/57356771.aspx). Then follow the instructions on the website.