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 entity:
Printing products € Stamp service.
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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: 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
Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged:5.
Duration of the framework agreement Duration in year(s): 3
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 10 000 000 and 20 000 000 NOK.
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The procurement includes printing products for the Stamp service. The Stamp service is a business unit in Posten Norge (Norway Post) which is carrying out production of stamps and stamp products. The Stamp service € s customers constitute approx. 40 000 active philatelists.
The Stamp service will require purchase of various finished printed materials of high to very high quality. Most of this material will be further processed by the Stamp service, mainly by gluing the stamps. The end-product will be named € collector € s products € and shall be sold in the market.
The Stamp service € s customers are people that collect stamps and collector € s products. This is a market which will have high requirements for quality and this will be reflected in the requirements for the products to be procured.
Examples of collector € s products are yearbook stamps, book jackets for annual sets, book jackets for collector € s sets, catalogues, folders, various postcards, and other collector € s products. In addition to the collectors € products, the future suppliers shall also carry out printing of materials for use in connection with marketing, i.e. catalogues, brochures and posters.
Further specifications, as well as estimated uncommitted volumes will be given in the tender documents. The specification documents will be distributed to qualified tenderers.
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=199602.
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:
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: The Awarding Authority can prolong the agreement with 1 year with the same prices and identical conditions.
provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: (from the award of the contract).
Number of possible renewals:1
in the case of renewable contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent calls for competition: in months: 12 (from the award of the contract).
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required:
Bank guarantee or parent company guarantee are conditions for award of contract.
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 grouping 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.
Evidence of enrolment on the professional or trade register, as required by national law, in the country where the company is established.
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:
Documentation requirements will be given in the qualification documents.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
The company € s most recent annual report including new information of relevance to the company € s accounting figures.
Presentation of the company € s annual accounts, or extracts thereof.
Statement of the company € s turnover, of relevance to this contract, for previous years.
Other documentation required:
Documentation requirements will be given in the qualification documents.
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.
Other documentation required:
Documentation requirements will be given in the qualification documents.
III.2.4)
Reserved contracts:
III.3)
CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession:
III.3.2)
Legal persons 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:
Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected: no.
IV.2)
AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1)
Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate.
IV.2.2)
An electronic auction will be used:
IV.3)
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
IV.3.2)
Previous publication 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: 11.3.2010.
IV.3.4)
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.3.2010 - 12:00.
IV.3.5)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
Danish. English. Swedish.
Other: Norwegian.
IV.3.6)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.7)
Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 1.3.2013.
VI.2)
CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Separate qualification documents have been worked out. The qualification documents contain i.a. specific documentation requirements as well as description on how the participants in the tender contest will be selected.
(NT Ref:199744).
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Posten Norge AS, Konserninnkj p, 0001 Oslo, NORWAY. E-mail:
tormod.sabo@posten.no. Tel.
+47 23149000. Fax
+47 23149001.
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: See the tender documents.
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Posten Norge AS, Konserninnkj p, 0001 Oslo, NORWAY. E-mail:
tormod.sabo@posten.no. Tel.
+47 23149000. Fax
+47 23149001.
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
3.3.2010.