Norway-Oslo: Accounting services

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Title Norway-Oslo: Accounting services
OJEU (High Value) 325040-2020
Type Invitation to tender
Date Published 2020-07-10
Deadline 2020-08-07 12:00:00
Nature Of Contract Service contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure Restricted procedure

Description :
CONTRACT NOTICE


Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
Official name: Office for Contemporary Art Norway
National registration number: National registration number: 984259344
Postal address: Nedre gate 7
Town: Oslo
Postal code: 0551
Country: NO
Contact person: Thuva Askheim
Telephone: +47 41124124
E-mail: thuva.askheim@inventura.no
NUTS code: NO
Main address: https://permalink.mercell.com/133523921.aspx
Address of the buyer profile (URL): https://www.oca.no/

Communication
I.3) Procurement documents
(URL):https://permalink.mercell.com/133523921.aspx

Additional Information
I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from:
I.3.6)Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via:
https://permalink.mercell.com/133523921.aspx
I.4) Type of the contracting authority: BODY PUBLIC

Main Activity
I.5.1) Main Activity: RECREATION CULTURE AND RELIGION

Section II: Object of Contract


Title:
Accounts for the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)


II.1.4) Short description
The foundation Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA or Contracting Authority was established on 1 January 2002 by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The aim of the foundation is to increase and professionalise Norwegian participation in international cooperation on visual art.

In 2019 the foundation had an income of NOK 21.5 million, of which NOK 21.4 was grants from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The remainder was grants from private persons and the foundation's own income.

The foundation is not obliged to pay tax and is not registered in the VAT register.

See the assignment specification, Part II Annex 1, point 1.3 for further information.

Click here https://permalink.mercell.com/133523921.aspx


Information about lots
II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: no

Description: Item/Lot 1
NUTS code: NO011
II.1.4) Short description
The aim of this procurement is to procure an accountant who will be operationally responsible and who will carry out assignments on behalf of OCA. We would like to have an experience accountant at senior level.

II.2.5) Award criteria:

II.2.6) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.7) Start: 2021-01-01
II.2.7) End: 2025-01-01
II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes
II.2.7.6) Description of renewals:
The assignment will complete responsibility will commence with the accounts from 1 January 2021 and will last for 5 years, with an option for the Contracting Authority to extend the contract one or several times for a total period of up to 5 years. The total duration for the contract is therefore up to 10 years.

II.2.9.2) Minimum number of candidates: 3
II.2.9.3) Maximum number of candidates: 5
II.2.9,4) Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The Contracting Authority will select a limited number of tenderers from those who fulfil the qualification requirements who will be invited to submit a tender. If there are a sufficient number of qualified tenderers who fulfil the qualification requirements, the number of tenderers who will be invited to submit a tender will be limited to a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5.

If there are more than five (5) tenderers who fulfil the minimum qualification requirements, the Contracting Authority will select which qualified tenderers will be invited to submit a tender on the basis of which composition of tenderers will be most suitable for promoting competition for the contract.

II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Options
II.2.11.2) Description of options
The Contracting Authority has access to extend the contract one or several times for a total period of up to 5 years.

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1.1) List and brief description of conditions
Requirement: tenderers must have their affairs in order with respect to the payment of tax, employer contribution and value added tax (VAT).

The tax certificate must not be older than six months calculated from the deadline for submitting a request for participation.

For Norwegian tenderers: a tax and VAT certificate issued by the Tax Collection Office via Altinn. Foreign tenderers must submit equivalent certificates from their own country that show that they have an arrangement for the payment of taxes and duties. If the authorities in the relevant country do not issue these certificates, the tenderer should submit a statement which states that all taxes and duties have been paid. The statement shall be approved and signed by the tenderer's Financial Director/ person responsible for finance.

Requirement: tenderers must be a legally established company.

Documentation requirements: Norwegian tenderers — company registration certificate.

Foreign tenderers: confirmation that the tenderer is registered in a trade register or company register in accordance with the law in the country where the tenderer is established.

III.1.2.3) List and brief description of selection criteria
Requirement: tenderers must have sufficient financial strength to be able to fulfil the contract.

Documentation requirement: the three annual accounts from the last 3 years, with notes, the balance, and the auditor's report. Credit evaluation/rating, not older than one year, and which is based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating must be carried out by a publicly certified credit rating institution. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to obtain a credit rating. Financial strength is evaluated in relation to turnover, operating profit margin, solidity and liquidity.

If for valid reasons a tenderer is unable to submit the documentation as requested by the Contracting Authority, the tenderer can prove their economical and financial standing with any other document that the Contracting Authority is able to accept.

III.1.3.2) List and brief description of selection criteria
Requirement: tenderers must have good experience from similar deliveries.

Documentation requirement: tenderers must give a brief description of three equivalent assignments, the execution dates, the assignments' content and the contracting authority, as well as a reference person at the three assignments who can be contacted by the Contracting Authority when a tender is received. It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. Tenderers are asked to complete the attached template for the reference descriptions (Part 1 Annex 5).

Requirement: tenderers must have the required implementation ability and capacity.

Documentation requirement: an account of the tenderer's average workforce in the last 3 years, including routines for back-up during illness, staff holidays and absences.

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
See the attached contract.

III.2.3) Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted procedure

IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.2) Date 2020-08-07
IV.2.2) Local time 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
2020-08-24



Section V: Complementary information


VI.2.1) Electonic ordering will be used
VI.2.2) Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.2.3) Electronic payment will be used

Review body:
Official name: Oslo tingrett
Postal address: Pb. 2106 Vika
Town: Oslo
Postal code: 0125
Country: NO
E-mail: oslo.tingrett@domstol.no

Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: KOFA
Postal address: 511 Sentrum
Town: Bergen
Postal code: 5805
Country: NO

VI.04.04) Service from which information about the review
Official name: Inventura AS
Postal address: Solheimsgaten 15
Town: Bergen
Postal code: 5058
Country: NO
Telephone: +47 41124124
E-mail: thuva.askheim@inventura.no

Section VI

Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-07-06

CPV Codes
79211000; 79200000; 79210000; Accounting services; Accounting, auditing and fiscal services; Accounting and auditing services;

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