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330984-2012 published in OJEU S 201, 18.10.2012

deadline for submission of tenders Monday, October 29, 2012

Contract notice (Original) of Service contract in Norway

The contractor belongs to Ministry or any other national or federal authority (European Economic Area (EEA), with participation by GATT countries)

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Klima- og forurensningsdirektoratet

Gunnar Skotte

Postboks 8100 Dep

Oslo

0032

NORWAY

+47 22573400

fax+47 22676706

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.klif.no

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.doffin.no//search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA3628

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

I.3) Main activity

General public services

Environment

I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Eco system monitoring in fresh water.

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category No 27: Other services

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Oslo.

NUTS code

II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The monitoring programme comprises two sub-programmes.

Sub-programme acidification:

The acidification part of the monitoring programme will cover long-term monitoring of acidification effects in freshwater in Norway as a result of atmospheric deposition of long-range transboundary air pollution. The purpose of this monitoring is to provide an overview of acidification effects and geographical distribution of the effects, and changes in the effects over time due to changes in transport and deposition of acidifying substances.

Sub-programme surveillance monitoring:

The purpose of the surveillance monitoring is to evaluate the proposed monitoring design for the surveillance monitoring (c.f. the Water Framework Directive in freshwater in Norway), strengthen data for the determination of reference values for the different quality elements of standard Norwegian lake types and test new methods for status classification of Norwegian lakes in accordance with the Norwegian Guidance of Classification.

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=270571.

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Environmental services (CPV: 90700000), Environmental monitoring other than for construction (CPV: 90711500), Surface water pollution monitoring or control services (CPV: 90733100)

II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8) Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.2) Information about options

Options: yes

Description of these options: Option 1 – Inclusion of additional eutrophicated lakes.

Option 2 - Sampling in Kårvatn catchment.

Option 3 – Increased frequency of sampling in Langtjern catchment.

II.2.3) Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.4) Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements are met: (1) Company registration certificate.

(2) Evidence of enrolment on the professional or trade register, as required by national law, in the country where the company is established.

(3) Value added tax certificate (National requirement).

(4) Company tax certificate (National requirement).

(5) Self-declaration in compliance with Appendix 2 (HSE) of the Norwegian procurement regulations (National requirement).

III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) The company’s most recent annual report including new information of relevance to the company’s accounting figures.

(2) Presentation of the company’s annual accounts, or extracts thereof.

(3) Other documentation required (please state below).

If sub-contractors are to be used, supplier shall submit a binding declaration that they have the necessary rights over the sub-contractors' capacity.

III.2.3) Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

(1) A statement of the company's health, environment and safety policy.

(2) A statement of the quality assurance/quality control system operated by the company.

(3) Other documentation required (please state below).

Supplier shall submit a brief and general description of the business, including an account of the company's mission and core activities related to the delivery, historic data and a description of current activities.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Supplier shall clarify routines for auditing and maintenance of their quality assurance system.

III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons 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

Open

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) Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3) Administrative information

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

7013501

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

29.10.2012 - 15:00

IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

Other: Norwegian.

IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

until: 11.2.2013

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

The publication "Eco system monitoring in fresh water" (tender id SEP183545) was canceled on 12.10.2012 on Doffin by mistake, just five days before the deadline expires.

Based on this an identical publication is reprinted. Deadline for offers is set to 29.10.2012, since an identical publication has been out on Doffin since 3.9.2012.

This publication is made subject to Parliament's budget decisions and the.

Ministry of the Environment's budget allocated to Climate and Pollution Agency in the state budget for 2013-2017. If the budget is reduced and there is not sufficient funds to implement the basic programme described in this tender document, we need to either reduce the scope of the announced programme or not implement this assignment.

(NT Ref:270573).

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

15.10.2012