SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
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II.1.1)
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Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Digital dictionary for the 6th form colleges in M re og Romsdal county.
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II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Supplies.
Purchase.
Main place of delivery: M re og Romsdal county, Norway.
II.1.3)
The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The county shall purchase digital dictionaries.
The county is responsible for sixth from education for young persons between 16 and 19 years old, and has 25 sixth form colleges with approx. 10 000 pupils and approx. 1 400 teachers.
Pupils and teachers in sixth form education in M re og Romsdal use their own laptop PCs for the education. There will be the following approx. numbers of pupils who will need dictionaries in the school year 2010/2011:
Norwegian, "bokm l" and "nynorsk": Approx. 9 500.
English: Approx. 7 000.
French: Approx. 600.
German: Approx. 1 300.
Spanish: Approx. 1 000.
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:
No.
II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted:
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
The county is responsible for sixth from education for young persons between 16 and 19 years old, and has 25 sixth form colleges with approx. 10 000 pupils and approx. 1 400 teachers.
Pupils and teachers in sixth form education in M re og Romsdal use their own laptop PCs for the education. There will be the following approx. numbers of pupils who will need dictionaries in the school year 2010/2011:
Norwegian, "bokm l" and "nynorsk": Approx. 9 500.
English: Approx. 7 000.
French: Approx. 600.
German: Approx. 1 300.
Spanish: Approx. 1 000.
II.2.2)
Options:
Yes.
Description of these options: A framework agreement shall be signed with one supplier for all of the requested products and services for a period of 2 years, with an option for an extension of the contract for 2 new years, 1 year at a time (1+1).
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
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.
Value added tax certificate (National requirement).
Company tax certificate (National requirement).
Self-declaration in compliance with Appendix 2 (HSE) of the Norwegian procurement regulations (National requirement).
Other documentation required (please state below).
It is a requirement that all employees have the prevailing wage terms.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Other documentation required (please state below).
Credit rating, not older than 1 year based on the last known accounting figures. The rating shall be carried out by a publically approved credit rating institution.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The supplier must document the financial ability to fulfil the contract.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
A statement of the quality assurance/quality control system operated by the company.
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 or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 9.4.2010.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
16.4.2010 - 15:00.
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: 15.6.2010.
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
Place: County Hall, Molde, Norway.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
The tenders will be opened by at least two representatives from the awarding authority. Tenderers will not be able to be present at the opening.
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:199760).
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:
3.3.2010.