Framework agreement for software licences for eight municipalities in Telemark.

Tenderers must submit an immaculate vat certificate and tax certificate. Documentation requirements: • Tax certificates can be obtained via an e-Certificate via Artifik. If a tenderer does not agree to the use of e-Certificates, the tenderer must enclose a tax certificate with the tender. The tax certificate shall not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline.

• Foreign tenderers must provide certificates from equivalent authorities in the country where the business is established.

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

• A company registration certificate must be obtained via e Proof, if the tenderer does not consent to the use of e-Certificates, the tenderer must enclose a company registration certificate with the tender.

• 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 is required to have sufficient economic and financial solidity, which gives the Contracting Authority the security that the tenderer will be able to fulfil the contract throughout the entire contract period. Documentation requirements: The contracting authority will assess the tenderer ́s financial situation itself based on available credit information, including through the credit rating tool Creditsafe. The contracting authority reserves the right to request supplementary documentation if necessary to assess the tenderer's economic and financial capacity.

Tenderers who do not alone fulfil the requirement for economic and financial capacity and who will use other companies ́ (e.g. the parent company) financial capacity to fulfil the qualification requirement, shall submit a completed and signed Annex 6 - Commitment Statement. Tenderers who, according to the contracting authority ́s overall and factual assessment, show significant weaknesses in the economy can be rejected. Conditions that may cause doubt about the tenderer's financial carrying capacity are negative equity, residual deficits, payment remarks, weak liquidity, ongoing insolvency or debt negotiations, low credit worthiness or other conditions that collectively suggest increased economic risk.

Tenderers shall have sufficient technical and professional competence, as well as relevant experience, to carry out the delivery in a satisfactory manner throughout the entire contract period. Documentation requirements: Tenderers shall give a short account of their organisation, including relevant competence, resources and implementation ability connected to the delivery. The tenderer describes his experience with similar assignments. The account shall be brief and relevant. Maximum scope: one A4 page.

If the tenderer is recently established, or for other reasons cannot refer to the reference deliveries as stated above, the relevant experience and implementation ability can be documented in another way. This can, for example, be through a description of the key personnel ́s competence and experience from equivalent deliveries, or other documentation that provides the Contracting Authority with sufficient basis to assess the tenderer's ability to fulfil the contract.

The contracting authority will undertake an overall assessment of the submitted documentation, and as determined by the procurement professional judgement, the tenderer will have sufficient technical and professional competence to carry out the delivery in a satisfactory manner.

A well-functioning quality assurance system is required for the services that shall be provided. Documentation requirements: Tenderers shall give a short account of their quality assurance system. The description must be sufficient, however, for the Contracting Authority to undertake an independent assessment of whether the tenderer's quality assurance system can be considered well-functioning for this contract. It can be the tenderer's own quality assurance system or f.eks. ISO certification. The tenderer describes their system on a maximum of 1 A4 page. The contracting authority reserves the right to request further information on this from the tenderer after the tender deadline (e.g. receive a copy of their own quality assurance system or get a copy of a valid certificate).