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Contract Award

General Information
Country:   Norway
City/Locality:   OSLO
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:198660-2009
Publication Date:   Jul 18, 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: 3380 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Economic Area (EEA), with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 136/2009, #198660-2009
Referenced Document Number: 51547-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Livingstone & Company Ltd., 1st Floor, 100 Pall Mall, UK-London
SW1Y 5NQ.

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CONTRACT AWARD 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.
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 conclusion of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) 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.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79000000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 1 500 000 NOK.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Quality. Weighting: 70 %.
2. Price. Weighting: 30 %.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 35-051547 of 20.2.2009.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
TITLE: Framework agreement concerning research of companies in the
Norwegian Government pension Fund Global.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 5.6.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 24.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Livingstone & Company Ltd., 1st Floor, 100 Pall Mall, UK-London
SW1Y 5NQ.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (NT Ref:175986).
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Ministry of Finance,
Postboks 8008 Dep, N-0030 Oslo. E-mail: postmottak@fin.dep.no. Tel. +47
22249090.
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: 15 days after the contract has been awarded to the
service provider.
VI.3.3) 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.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 16.7.2009.
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