Framework agreement for white goods, brown goods and electrical articles.

Eignungskriterien

• The tenderer ́s registration, authorisations, etc.

  • •Tenderers shall be registered in a company register, professional register or registered in a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
  • •Documentation requirements:
  • •* Norwegian companies: Company Registration Certificate
  • •* Foreign companies: Verification that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.

• The tenderer's economic and financial capacity

  • •Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to be able to fulfil the contract. Creditworthiness with no requirement for collateral will be sufficient to meet the requirement.
  • •Documentation requirements:
  • •* A credit rating based on the most recent financial figures. The rating shall be carried out by a credit rating company with licence to conduct this service.
  • •* The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain further credit ratings or other financial information that, but not limited to annual financial statements including notes, the board's annual reports and auditor's reports.

• Requirements regarding the tenderer ́s technical and professional qualifications.

  • •Tenderers shall have experience from comparable contracts.
  • •Documentation requirements:
  • •Description of up to 2 of the tenderer's most relevant contracts in the course of the last 3 years. The description must include a statement of the contract ́s value, date and recipient (name, telephone number and e-mail address). It is the tenderer ́s responsibility to document relevance through the description.

Zuschlagskriterien

• Price

• The contracting authority has assessed that it gives a better climate and environmental effect to set the minimum requirements for the following environmental considerations, rather than using it as the award criteria

  • •• Manufacturer responsibility for handling packaging
  • •• Manufacturer responsibility for a recycling scheme for EE waste.
  • •• Minimum level for energy classes at product level.
  • •• Statistics of energy classes for the actual purchased products.
  • •• Guarantee and repair scheme
  • •The contracting authority would like the framework agreement to contribute to a predictable and targeted environmental effect. By setting clear, concrete requirements for environmental considerations in the requirement specifications, the contracting authority can ensure that all suppliers who participate in the procurement provide products and services that fulfil minimum levels for environmental considerations.
  • •The suppliers in the market initially have little influence on production and sustainable design of the goods encompassed by the framework agreement. The suppliers in the market mainly offer the same products, from the same manufacturers. In order to ensure that tenderers do not offset the environmental effect of the tender, with lower prices, it is considered that it would be better to set minimum requirements regarding environmental considerations.