Requirement: Tenderers must have orderly conditions with regard to payment of tax, employer's national insurance contributions and VAT.
Documentation: Tax Certificate, not older than six months from the application deadline. A tax certificate is defined as:
For Norwegian tenderers: A tax and VAT certificate issued by the Tax Collector's Office via Altinn.
Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have an arrangement for the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue such certificates, the tenderer should submit a declaration stating that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement must be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance.
Requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient financial strength to fulfil the contract.
Documentation: The tenderer's Annual Financial Statements including notes with the boards and auditor's reports for 2020 and 2021. If the Annual Financial Statements for the last year are not finished before the tender deadline for this contest expires, the last year's preliminary annual accounts should also be attached.
If there are reasons as to why the provision annual accounts cannot be attached, the tenderer can document finances in another way.
The contracting authority reserves the right to carry out a credit assessment from Experian.
Financial strength is evaluated in relation to turnover, operating profit margin, solidity and liquidity.
The contracting authority will obtain the revised annual accounts from the Brønnøysund Register Centre for Norwegian tenderers. Norwegian tenderers do not, therefore, need to submit their revised annual accounts.