SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Kommuner i Buskerud, Rogaland, Aust Agder, Vest Agder, og Hordaland
Postboks 154, Storgaten 15
Attn: Waco Forsikringsmegling AS
4349 Bryne
NORWAY
Tel. +47 51779580
E-mail: hanne@waco.no
Fax +47 51487770
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority www.waco.no
Address of the buyer profile http://www.doffin.no/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA5511
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES
Regional or local agency/office
Other Insurance services
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority
Life and non-life insurance services for 26 municipalities.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category: No 6
Main place of performance Buskerud, Rogaland, Aust Agder, Vest Agder and Hordaland counties, Norway.
II.1.3)The notice involves
The establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged 7
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Purchase of non-life and life insurance services for 26 municipalities: Birkenes, Bjerkreim, Drammen, Eigersund, Finnøy, Forsand, Gjesdal, Hjelmeland, Hå, Kristiansand, Kvam, Lillesand, Lund, Rennesøy, Sauda, Sokndal, Sola, Songdalen, Strand, Suldal, Sveio, Søgne, Time, Tysnes, Utsira, Vennesla with subdivisions and associated companies as well as private institutions. Compare the tender documents. The contract includes all life insurance services such as occupational injury, group life, accident insurance employees, accident insurance children and travel insurance. Non-life insurance services such as properties, motor vehicles and liability insurance.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Doffin web site at http://www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=211711.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Yes
II.1.8)Division into lots
Yes
tenders should be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Variants will be accepted
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope
II.2.2)Options
Yes
description of these options: Insurance services requirements from 1.1.2011 until and including 31.12.2011 with option for 1+1+1 year(s) prolongation.
Drammen and Kvam municipalities will have deviating absence. Compare the tender documents.
II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO: 1 TITLE Lot
1)SHORT DESCRIPTION
In accordance with the tender documents.
2)COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV)
3)QUANTITY OR SCOPE
In accordance with the tender documents.
4)INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION
5)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required
See the tender documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
See the tender documents.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
The execution is reserved insurance companies with licences in accordance with Act and regulations on insurance activity in the country the company is registered.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject
No
III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Company registration certificate.
Evidence of enrolment on the professional or trade register, as required by national law, in the country where the company is established.
Company tax certificate (National requirement).
Self-declaration in compliance with Appendix 2 (HSE) of the Norwegian procurement regulations (National requirement).
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Reserved contracts
III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used
No
IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 7.10.2010
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
15.10.2010 - 14:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Other: Norwegian.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Until 3.1.2011
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 15.10.2010 - 15:00
Place
Storgaten 15, Bryne, NORWAY.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS
VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(NT Ref:213046)
VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
31.8.2010