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General Information
Country:   Norway
City/Locality:   OSLO
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:51547-2009
Publication Date:   Feb 20, 2009
Deadline:   Mar 19, 2009
Buyer:   MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   MINISTRY OF FINANCE
OSLO
Norway
Web Site:   www.etikkradet.no

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 3320 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Economic Area (EEA), with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 35/2009, #51547-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Ministry of Finance, Postboks
8008 Dep, Contact: Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension
Fund -Global, Attn: Charlotte Hafstad Næsheim, N-0030 Oslo. Tel. +47
22244574. E-mail: charlotte.naesheim@etikkradet.no. Fax +47 22244752.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.etikkradet.no.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.doffin.no/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0114.
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:
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their
regional or local sub-divisions.
Economic and financial affairs.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Framework agreement concerning research of companies in the Government
Pension Fund -Global.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Oslo, Norway.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): On behalf of
the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund -Global,
the Norwegian Ministry of Finance calls for tenders on a framework
agreement concerning research of companies in the Fund's portfolio. The
requested service implies that the Council may ask the service provider to
execute desk studies pertaining to specific matters of interest regarding
companies in the Fund which may have activities in conflict with the
Fund's ethical guidelines. The specific matters of interest may include,
but are not limited to, research on company and joint venture structures,
and information gathering related to incidents involving human rights
violations, environmental damage or corruption in different countries,
business sectors and industries. A desk study does not include on-site or
field research and information gathering. However there will be an option
for the service provider to conduct in-depth studies related to the above
mentioned topics, upon special request by the Client. This can include,
inter alia, on-site information gathering, surveys and field research
using locally-based experts. The service provider has no exclusivity on
this category of assignments.
The Fund's ethical guidelines are described in detail on our homepage:
www.etikkradet.no.
An overview of the companies in the portfolio are to be found on Norges
Bank's homepage: http://www.norges-bank.no/templates/
reportroot____65330.aspx.
The service provider must have excellent language skills in English,
Spanish and Mandarin. Knowledge of additional languages is concidered a
competitive advantage. The service provider shall have knowledge of
emerging markets and business sectors/industries represented in the Fund
such as basic materials, industrials, oil and gas, consumer
goods/services. Furthermore the service provider must have knowledge in
the five specialized fields covered by the Funds' ethical guidelines. The
desk study shall result in a written report in English or Norwegian,
including sources of information used in the study. Normally the research
will amount to about one week of work.
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=156697.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: 2 year contract with option for 1+1 year
extention, estimated total value: 1 500 000 NOK.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: 1+1 year.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 24 (from
the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals: 2.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment in arrears.
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: (1) Company
registration certificate.
(2) Value added tax certificate (National requierment).
(3) Company tax certificate (National requierment).
(4) Self-declaration regarding health, environment and safety in
compliance with Appendix 2 ("Vedlegg 2") of the Norwegian procurement
regulations ("Forskrift om offentlige anskaffelser" -- National
requierments).
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Other documentation
required (Please detail below):
A credit rating report from a credit rating agency, which shows the
service providers economical solidity.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: The economic and
financial capacity to fulfil the contract's terms.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (1) Statement of the company's total
manpower.
(2) A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services
provided, by the company, in the past three years, with the values, dates
and recipients.
(3) A statement of the quality assurance/quality control system operated
by the company.
(4) Other documentation required (Please detail below):
(1) Name and CV of person(s) who will conduct the quality assurance of the
work done for the Client, and who will be the Client’s contact person(s)
at the service provider.
(2) A list of 3 equivalent assignments carried out by the company within
the past two years, including values, dates and clients.
(3) The service provider must document excellent language skills in
English, Mandarin, Spanish and possibly other languages.
(4) The service provider must document working experience in emerging
markets, and good knowledge of corporate structures and important
industries such as the FTSE's sectors, basic materials, oil and gas and
comsumer goods.(5) The service provider must document good knowledge of
the specialized fields covered by the Fund's 5 ethical guidelines.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Relevant experience from
equivalent assignments.
Competence in the relevant languages, industries and business sectors, and
in the specialized fields covered by the Fund's ethical guidelines.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
1.Relevant experience from equivalent assignments the last two years.
2.Knowledge of relevant languages and markets, business sectors and
industries.
3.Knowledge in the specialized fields covered by the 5 ethical guidelines.
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.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
19.3.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 31.3.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
Other: Norwegian.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The competition documents will be made
available for the selected service providers on our homepage
www.etikkradet.no.
(NT Ref:156697).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Ministry of Finance,
Postboks 8008 Dep, N-0030 Oslo. E-mail: postmottak@fin.dep.no. Tel. +47
22249090.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: 15 days after the contract has been awarded to the
service provider.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Ministry of Finance, Postboks 8008 Dep, N-0030 Oslo. E-mail:
postmottak@fin.dep.no. Tel. +47 22249090.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 19.2.2009.
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