Procurement - KI Rota 2026

This requirement only applies to Norwegian tenderers.

Requirement:

Tenderers must have their tax, payroll tax and VAT payments in order in accordance with the legal provisions and the tenderer must not have significant arrears.

Any arrears or other irregularities must be justified.

Documentation requirement:

Tenderers shall document the requirement through the certificate "Information on tax and duties". The certificate shall be of the type "RF-1507" and not "RF-1316".

Tenderers can order such a certificate from the Norwegian Tax Administration on behalf of their activities.

Tenderers are asked to enclose the certificate in the tender or submit it on request. The tax certificate must not be older than six months calculated from the deadline for receipt of tenders.

Read about the certificate here: https://www.skatteetaten.no/skjema/opplysninger-om-skatt-og-avgift/

Requirement:

Tenderers must have the financial capacity to execute the contract.

The tenderer is required to be credit worthy, minimum A, in accordance with Dun & Bradstreet ́s service riskguardian suite (https://riskguardian.bisnode.no), or have the financial capacity to execute the contract based on the contracting authority ́s discretion.

Documentation requirement:

The Contracting Authority will carry out their own assessment of the supplier's finances through RiskGuardian Suite. Tenderers can enclose other necessary information if they believe that RiskGuardian Suite does not provide a correct picture of the financial situation.

The RiskGuardian Suite service includes all Nordic countries. As a general rule, the Contracting Authority will not accept credit ratings from other company and accounting information systems than RiskGuardian Suite due to equal treatment of the tenderers. Foreign tenderers outside the Nordic countries will, however, use and accept credit appraisal through Dun & Bradstreet ́s service Credit (https://credit.dnb.com/).

Tenderers that the contracting authority cannot find a RiskGuardian Suite (or Credit for suppliers outside the Nordic countries), e.g. newly established tenderers who have not built up a basis for a credit rating, must enclose a declaration/guarantee from a parent company/owner/bank or similar financing institutions, regarding the company's financial and economic position.

Requirement:

Tenderers are required to have experience from at least 1 delivery of KI Rota tool to a comparable public or private company of comparable size in the last two (2) years.

Documentation requirement:

Complete the annex "The Tenderer's experience" or other document with equivalent information.

If another document is used, the response shall be maximum 1 A4 page. The response shall not include a cover page or table of contents. Any pages after page 1 will not be considered. Any links etc. in the reply will not be considered.

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.

When procurement of goods: If requested, the tenderer further declares that they will deliver the requested certificates that they are genuine.

Can tenderers submit the requested certificates issued by official bodies for quality control, and who can confirm that the goods, which are clearly identified by reference to technical specifications or standards, as determined in the notice or in the procurement documents, are in accordance with these?

Can tenderers submit certificates issued by independent bodies that document that the tenderer fulfils the stated quality assurance standards, including universal design requirements?

Is the tenderer able to submit certificates issued by independent bodies as documentation that the tenderer fulfils the stated environmental management systems or standards?