The scope and purpose of the procurement
The aim of the procurement is to enter into a framework agreement with a tenderer 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 period will be 3.4.2017 — 3.4.2019, with an option for one year (2020), as well as a further option for 1 year (2021), with both parties having the option to end the contract with three 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 prequalification will be held with a notice announced in the Mercell portal, with a reply deadline by the reply deadline given in the Mercell portal. The competition is then planned as follows:
The tender documentation will be sent out to the prequalified companies in December, with the tender deadline at the end of January, with the aim of signing the contract by 3.4.2017.
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.
Submission of a qualification request (application).
All requests for prequalification must be submitted electronically via the Mercell portal, www.mercell.no by the deadline. Late applications will be rejected. (The system does not allow applications to be sent in electronically via Mercell subsequent to the deadline).
If you are not a Mercell user, or you have any questions related to functionality of the tool, please contact Mercell Support on tel: 21 01 88 60 or e-mail to: support@mercell.com.
Applications are recommended to be submitted well before the deadline expires, for example, at least 1 hour before the application deadline. In the event that additional information from the Contracting Authority leads to you wanting to revise your application before the deadline expires, you can go in and open the application, make changes and resubmit right up until the deadline expires. The final received application will be seen as the final application.
The application requires an electronic signature upon submission.
During the submission, you will be asked for an electronic signature to confirm that it is the actual tenderer who has sent the application. 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/62813510.aspx]]. Then follow the instructions on the website.