Framework Agreement for New Furniture and Fixtures for NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

The aim of the procurement is to enter into a parallel framework agreement with two tenderers for the delivery of furniture and fixtures. The tenderer that is ranked as no. 1 will get all call-offs below NOK 100 000. There can be mini-tendres for call-offs for more than NOK 100 000.

The contract must ensure efficient and simple access to furniture and fixtures for al the contracting authority's locations. The contract is for mobile fixtures. The contract includes procurements to cover the contracting authority's needs for office furniture for individual employees' workplaces, meeting room furniture, seating groups / furniture for social zones, furniture for storage and other types of furniture and fixtures that naturally belong to a workplace.

Further details on the delivery and scope are in Annex 1 Requirements Specification and Annex 3A Price Sheet.

Bergen.

NORCE needs furniture and fixtures for the following locations:

— Bergen (Nygårdsgaten 112-114, Fantoftvegen 38, Jahnebakken 5),

— Haugesund (Sørhauggata 128),

— Oslo (Tullins gate 2),

— Stavanger (Prof. Olav Hanssensvei 15),

— Tananger (Energiveien 16),

— Randaberg (Mekjarvik 12 and 14),

— Tromsø (Sykehusveien 23),

— Bardu (Fogd Holmboes gate 38),

— Alta (Markedsgata 3),

— Kristiansand (Universitetsveien 19),

— Grimstad (Jon Lilletuns vei 9 H, 3rd floor).

The contracting authority draws attention to the fact that there can be changes to the geographical locations and the number of locations in the contract period.

Parallel framework agreements will be signed with two tenderers.

The following categories of furniture and fixtures are requested:

— Workplaces

— Meeting room

— Social zones

— Cloakrooms

— Storage room/archive

— Interior details.

The delivery includes delivery, assembly, follow-up, and adaptations.

The contracting authority will have an ongoing need for procurements when replacing old furniture, as well as new procurements for, for example, new employment positions. The contracting authority intends to increase internal reuse of furniture that the contracting authority already owns, in addition to establishing separate framework agreements for the procurement of second-hand furniture. These can be used as alternatives to the framework agreement for the procurement of new furniture.

The scope of the procurement of new furniture and fixtures is estimated to be a total of NOK 8 million over a 4 year period. The contracting authority emphasises that the estimated total value is only an estimate, and that the actual volume can vary. The estimated total value is not binding for contracting authority. This amount does not carry any obligations for the contracting authority or rights for the tenderer. The main volume under this framework agreement will be the estimated number of the specified products listed in Annex 3A Price Sheet. The estimated number is based on historical figures/previous orders, as well as estimated future needs. The scope of the contract is not limited to the products listed in Annex 3A Price Sheet. The contract scope will include the entire product range of the selected tenderer within the mentioned product areas.

See Annex 1, Requirements Specification and Annex 3A Price Sheet for further information on the procurement´s scope and content.

The contracting authority has a unilateral option to extend the contract for 1+1 year.

The contracting authority has a unilateral option to extend the contract for 1+1 year.

Norwegian tenderers must have their affairs in order with regard to the payment of tax, payroll tax and value added tax (VAT). Tax Certificate not more than six months old.

Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the state where the tenderer is established. Norwegian companies: Company registration certificate

Foreign companies: Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.

Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract.

Credit rating based on the most recent accounting figures. The rating must be carried out by a credit rating company with a license to conduct this service.

The contracting authority can obtain further credit ratings or other financial information such as, but not limited to, the annual accounts including notes, the board's annual reports and the auditor's reports.

Tenderers must have experience from comparable assignments and they must be suitable for carrying out the assignment in a satisfactory way.

Description of the tenderer's three most relevant contracts during the last three years. The list must include a statement of the deliveries´ value, dates and recipients (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. Tenderers can document experience by referring to the competence of the personnel that he can use for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while the personnel carried out services for another service provider.