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:
School books as well as books and media for libraries.
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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: Troms municipality, 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: 2.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4.
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: 2 years with an option for an extension of up to 2 years.
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Troms municipality shall enter into a two year framework agreement for the delivery of books and professional literature for the municipality's units. The tender comprises of the following product groups:
1. School books for primary and secondary schools and equivalent levels, including teacher guidelines and photocopying originals for these books.
2. Books and media for the public library.
3. School books for use in confirmand teaching as well as teacher guidelines and photocopying originals.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
22111000,
22112000,
22113000.
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:
Approx. 38.000.000 over 4 years.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 38 000 000 NOK.
II.2.2)
Options:
Yes.
Description of these options: Option contract for RFID chips already stuck in books and on CDs (music) and DVDs (film) for libraries and the town archive.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 48 (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:
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.
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).
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Presentation of the company € s annual accounts, or extracts thereof.
The company's annual accounts with the auditor's report for the last 2 years.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Manpower proposed for this contract (organisation chart) with names and CV's of the key personnel who will be responsible for its execution (for service and works contracts).
A list of the principal deliveries effected, or main services provided, by the company, in the past three years, with the values, dates and recipients (for supply and service contracts).
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:
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
12.4.2010 - 15:30.
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:
Duration in month(s): 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
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:199817).
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:
4.3.2010.