Procurement - Books for the library (2) 2026

Eignungskriterien

• • •Tenderers are registered in a professional register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU
  • •suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.
• • •The tenderer is registered in a company register or a trade register in the member state in which the tenderer is established. As described in annex XI of directive 2014/24/EU
  • •suppliers from certain member states may have to fulfil other requirements in the mentioned annex.

• Is it necessary to have specific authorisation from a particular organisation in order to provide the service in the tenderer ́s home country?

• Is it necessary to have a particular membership in a particular organisation in order to provide the service in the tenderer ́s home country?

• For goods or services that are complicated or that in exceptional cases shall be used for a particular purpose: Will the tenderer allow checks of the tenderer's production capacity or technical capacity and, where necessary, of the survey and research facilities that the tenderer has at its disposal and of quality control measures? The inspections shall be undertaken by the contracting authority or the contracting authority can leave it to a competent public body in the country where the tenderer is established.

• Procurement of goods: The tenderer presents supplies that shall be delivered, requested samples, descriptions or photographs, which do not need to be accompanied by certificates that they are genuine.

Zuschlagskriterien

• Price

  • •Tenderers shall fill in the attached price form in their cost calculations and submit it as an annex to the tender in Excel format. All fields in the attached price form marked with yellow shall be completed. Missing the price fields can cause difficulties in assessing the tender and the tender can then be rejected.
  • •All prices are in NOK, excluding VAT, including all direct or indirect expenses and duties that could be incurred in connection with the delivery. Order fees and invoice fees are to be seen as expenses. The prices shall include all costs for the customer who is included in this competition, including the procurement commission. Costs that the tenderer knows will be incurred, but that are not specifically stated in the tender, will be seen as included in the stated costs.
  • •State whether a tenderer is open for a higher discount when ordering a higher number of copies per title. The volumes that give the discount, as well as the product groups for which this can be granted, must be stated.
  • •The price indication is the discount % on indicative prices.
  • •Deliveries of Arts Fund books are seen as a distribution assignment that is carried out on behalf of the Cultural Council of Norway. Tenderers shall be able to offer shelf ready marking ("Fix done") as well as ready plastering for such deliveries. This delivery shall follow the current regular rates.
  • •The tenderer's product and price list shall be presented upon request from the customer.
  • •Plastering and RFID marking shall be included in the price.
  • •Freight to the customer shall be included in the offered prices.
  • •Additional service:
  • •Customers receive books from the Cultural Fund. These shall be RFID marked and plastered. Tenderers shall state the price in the price form for this, including freight out to the customer.
  • •Evaluation:
  • •The total sum stated in the price form will form the basis for the evaluation. When assessing the price, a hybrid model with break point 1 is used.

• Service and delivery

  • •Service:
  • •suppliers are asked to describe whether publishing meetings and author visits are offered. Any terms for this, the number per annum and where this will be held.
  • •tenderers are asked to describe whether bibliographical data is offered and any terms thereof.
  • •Delivery:
  • •Tenderers are asked to give a brief description of the process from when the order is received, until the ordering is initiated by the Customer, including:
  • •handling orders that are difficult to procure (sold out from the publisher etc.)
  • •routines for handling and feedback to the Customer in cases where they are unable to obtain the ordered goods, delays, wrong orders and returns.
  • •The response shall be maximum 3A4 pages. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages after page 3 will not be evaluated. Any links etc. in the reply will not be evaluated.
  • •The response shall be enclosed in a separate pdf form.
  • •Evaluation:
  • •This award criteria will be assessed based on the tenderer ́s description of the award criteria. A total procurement assessment of the described system will be carried out during the evaluation.
  • •Best solution will be awarded the highest score (10). Other solutions will be awarded a point score relative to the best solution.
  • •The tenderer ́s total points for this award criteria is weighted with the award criteria ́s weighting percentage.