Translation and Interpreting Services

Kort beskrivning

Translation and Interpreting Services (and similar) for the Vattenfall Group for different languages (at least Swedish, English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, French) for all Vattenfall companies, provided with maximum quality standards.

Beskrivning av upphandlingen

Translation services (and similar) for the Vattenfall Group for different languages. The translation services shall be provided for all Vattenfall companies, with maximum quality standards and in an efficient way.

Objektiva kriterier för att välja ut ett begränsat antal kandidater

See Document L1_03.00 Information about the Application process (Information Memorandum). Evaluation Points will be assigned based on the technical criteria in Document L1_03.07.01.

Förteckning och kortfattad beskrivning av villkoren

Suitability to pursue the professional activity
1.1 General
To proof the suitability to pursue the professional activity the applicant shall submit the following information and explanations as well as the required documents:
1.2 Covering letter and company information
The presentation of the applicant company or the member of the applicant consortium must include information on the locations, the customer and service portfolio as well as the size and an organization chart and - if applicable - information on the group structure must be submitted.
The company presentation is to be attached to Form Appendix 2 (L1_03.02).
1.3 Trade register
The applicant must submit proof of registration in the trade (commercial) register of the state in which the applicant is established. The extract from the Trade Register must not be older than six months at the time of expiry of the participation period.
If the applicant, the member of an applicant group or a third party (in the case of a suitability loan, is not listed in the Trade Register, proof of the permitted exercise of the profession in another way is sufficient.
For the member states of the European Union, the respective professional or trade registers and the certificates or declarations of professional practice are listed in Annex XI of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public ¬repealing Directive 2014/18/EC, OJ L 94 of 28 March 2014, p. 65.
The Form Appendix 5 (L1_03.05) is to be used for the verification.
1.4 Evidence Tax authority
A clearance certificate from the competent tax office or an equivalent certificate from the country of origin or the country from which the goods originate - confirming compliance with tax obligations - must be submitted.
The evidence to be submitted must not be older than six months at the time the participation period expires.
The clearance certificate is to be attached to Form Appendix 5 (L1_03.05).
1.5 Evidence Social insurance
Proof of payment of health insurance and pension insurance contributions from the social security institutions or equivalent certificates from the country of origin or the country from which the employee comes must be provided.
The evidence to be submitted must not be older than six months at the time the participation period expires.
The proof of payment is to be attached to Form Appendix 5 (L1_03.05).
1.6 Trade association
A clearance certificate (certificate of good standing) from the professional¬ association¬or an equivalent certificate from the country of origin or country of provenance must also be presented.
The evidence to be submitted must not be older than six months at the time the participation period expires.
The clearance certificate is to be attached to Form Appendix 5 (L1_03.05).
1.7 Bidding consortium
Application as a bidding consortium is permitted. A bidding consortium is treated like an individual applicant (Section 50 (2) sentence 1 SektVO). The bidding consortium must not violate Art. 101 TFEU and Section 1 GWB.
Documents to hand in:
1. Each member of the bidding consortium must fill in and submit all the details of the applicant (Form Appendix 2 L1_03.02).
2. The members of the bidding consortium have to name an authorized representative (joint completion of Form Appendix 3 L1_03.03). The authorized representative is available to the client in this award procedure as a contact person for the bidding consortium.
3. Conditions for proof of suitability
3a) Each member of a bidding consortium must individually prove their ability and permission to practice their profession (optionally with the form Appendix 5 L1_03.05).
3b) With regard to the requirements for economic and financial capacity, the bank declaration, the annual financial statements and the business report must be submitted individually by each member of the bidding consortium (using the Form Appendix 6 L1_03.06) and the requirements made in this respect must be proven by each member of the bidding consortium have to. In relation to the proof and the fulfillment of the requirements for the liability insurance as well as the total turnover and the specific turnover, however, it depends on the applicant community as a whole.
3c) The eligibility criteria for technical and professional ability basically depend on thebidding consortium as a whole. In this respect, each member of the bidding consortium only submits this to the extent that it applies to him (Forms Appendix 7 L1_03.07 and Excel Spredsheet Technical Criteria L1_03.07.01).
Evidence for required measures for certificates (DIN / ISO etc.) must be provided by each member of the bidding consortium as described.
3d) Each member of the bidding consortium must confirm that there are no reasons for exclusion in accordance with Sections 123 and 124 (Form Appendix 8 L1_03.08 must be completed and submitted).
3e) Each member of the bidding consortium has to complete und submit the "Declaration of confidentiality" (Form Appendix 9 L1_03.09).
1.8 Aptitude loan (borrowed capacity)
An applicant, also as bidding consortium, may make use of the capabilities of third parties (hereinafter: Suitability Lenders) to prove ist economic and financial as well as technical and professional performance capability.
Conditions for proof of suitability
A) Each Suitability Lender must complete Form Appendix 4 (L1_03.04) and submit it with the Applicants Request to Participate. In addition, the Suitability lender must prove its economic and financial capacity as well as its technical and professional capacity in accordance with the requirements of the EU Contract Notice using the forms provided by the contracting authority to the extent that the applicant or the ¬joint¬ venture invokes them.
B) Irrespective of this, the Suitability Lender must also individually and completely prove its qualification and permission to exercise the profession as well as the non-existence of the grounds mandatory and facultative exclusion criteria using the forms provided (Appendix 5 L1_03.05 and Appendix 8 L1_03.08.)
C) Furthermore, the Suitability Lender has to to complete und submit the "Declaration of confidentiality" (Form Appendix 9 L1_03.09).
Insofar as the economic and financial capacity is borrowed from the Suitability¬ Lender, the Suitability Lender shall be jointly liable with the applicant or the group of applicants for the execution of¬ the contract in accordance with the scope of the suitability loan.

Förteckning och kortfattad beskrivning av urvalskriterierna

Economic and financial ability
2.1 Bank statement
Information must be provided from all of the applicant's commercial banks on the applicant's financial circumstances (e.g. duration of business relationship), creditworthiness and solvency.
The evidence to be submitted must not be older than six months at the time of the expiry of the participation period.
2.2 Financial Statement
Financial statements, including notes, auditor's reports, management reports and commentaries, if their publication is required by law in the country where the applicant is licensed, must be submitted for the last three completed financial years before the deadline for participation (2018, 2019, 2020).
If the publication of annual financial statements is not required by law, applicants must submit their annual reports for the last three completed financial years before the deadline for participation (2018, 2019, 2020).
The documents to be submitted must in any case show information of the profit and loss account (in particular EBIT), the balance sheet (in particular equity) and the cash flow.
If an economic operator exists later than 2018, the relevant information must be provided for the financial years since its establishment. In this case, it must be declared that the economic operator in question was only established after 2018, stating the date of establishment.
The required annual financial statements are to be attached to Form Appendix 6 (L1_03.06).
2.3 Liability insurance
Proof of liability insurance ¬for liability risks arising from the commercial activity of the applicant for property damage, personal injury, environmental damage and financial loss (including for data protection reasons) must be provided by means of a valid insurance certificate.
The applicant must indicate the corresponding coverage amounts.
As an alternative to submitting proof of insurance with the minimum requirements stated below, a declaration by the insurer can be submitted stating that it is prepared to take out corresponding insurance¬event of a contract. In this case, the bidder must undertake to take out a¬ ¬corresponding liability¬¬ insurance policy with the specified requirements immediately after receipt of the contract award, to maintain it for the duration of the contract term ¬and to ¬submit the corresponding certificate to the contracting authority without being requested to do so.
2.4 Specific turnover
A statement of total turnover and turnover in the field of activity of the contract to be awarded for the last three completed fiscal years prior to the deadline for participation (2018, 2019, 2020) must be submitted.
The form Appendix 6 (L1_03.06) is to be used for the declaration.

Förteckning och kortfattad beskrivning av urvalskriterierna

Technical and professional capacity
3.1 General
In order to prove technical and professional capability (Section III.1.3) of the EU Contract Notice), the candidate must make the declarations specified below or provide the corresponding information.
For this purpose, the candidate must complete the forms Appendix 7 (L1_03.07) and the document L1_03.07.01 and, if necessary, add its own attachments to this Annex.

Förteckning och kortfattad beskrivning av regler och kriterier

Formal queries
4.1 Declaration facultative exclusion criteria
Economic operators interested in the contract must fill in the Declaration of mandatory and facultative exclusion criteria within the meaning of Sections 123 and 124 of the Act against Restraints on Competition (GWB), Section 21 of the Act on Posting of Workers (AEntG) and Section 19 of the Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG). If there is a reason for exclusion in accordance with Section 123 GWB and / or Section 124 GWB (in conjunction with Section 142 GWB), the economic operator is able to provide evidence that self-cleaning measures have been carried out.
To provide evidence of the reasons for exclusion and self-cleaning, the Form Appendix 8 (L1_03.08) must be used, filled in at the relevant points and, if necessary, supplemented with your own annexes.
4.2 Nondisclosure statement
The applicant - in the case of bidding consortiums, each individual member - is obliged to sign a nondisclosure statement.
To do this, the applicant must use the Form Appendix 9 (L1_03.09).