Intention notice: Service for communication and publication of job advertisements.

Bergen municipality intends to enter into a contract with Vend Marketplaces As for publishing job advertisements on finn.no.Bergen municipality deems finn.no to be the sole relevant provider of such a service and will enter into a contract if we did not receive objections by 15.07.2025. Bergen municipality intends to enter …

CPV: 79000000 Бизнес услуги: право, маркетинг, консултиране, набиране на персонал, печат и охрана, 79342000 Маркетингови услуги, 79600000 Услуги по набиране на персонал, 79610000 Посреднически услуги по подбор и насочване на персонал, 79611000 Услуги по търсене на работа
Място на изпълнение:
Intention notice: Service for communication and publication of job advertisements.
Издаващ орган:
Bergen kommune
Номер на наградата:
2025/192729

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Bergen kommune

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Intention notice: Service for communication and publication of job advertisements.
Description : Bergen municipality intends to enter into a contract with Vend Marketplaces As for publishing job advertisements on finn.no.Bergen municipality deems finn.no to be the sole relevant provider of such a service and will enter into a contract if we did not receive objections by 15.07.2025.
Procedure identifier : 692c0748-0b2f-4079-b39c-f0a335c100b0
Internal identifier : 2025/192729
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79611000 Job search services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79342000 Marketing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79600000 Recruitment services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79610000 Placement services of personnel

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
Anskaffelsesforskriften - Public Procurement Regulations

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Intention notice: Service for communication and publication of job advertisements.
Description : Bergen municipality intends to enter into a contract with Vend Marketplaces As for publishing job advertisements on finn.no.Bergen municipality deems finn.no to be the sole relevant provider of such a service and will enter into a contract if we did not receive objections by 15.07.2025.
Internal identifier : 2025/192729

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79611000 Job search services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79342000 Marketing services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79600000 Recruitment services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79610000 Placement services of personnel

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/08/2025
Duration end date : 31/07/2029

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Hordaland tingrett
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Bergen kommune

6. Results

Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice : 24 000 000 Norwegian krone
Approximate value of the framework agreements : 24 000 000 Norwegian krone
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : No suitable tenders, requests to participate, or applications were received in response to a previous notice
Other justification : Based on an assessment of the available open channels and effect against relevant candidates, Bergen municipality has chosen to hold a direct dialogue with Vend Marketplaces AS, which owns the advertising portal Finn.no. The municipality estimates that there are currently no other comparable actors in this market in Norway.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

Framework agreement :
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 28 000 000 Norwegian krone
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement : 24 000 000 Norwegian krone

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Vend Marketplaces As
Tender :
Tender identifier : Vend
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
The tender was ranked : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : Vend

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Bergen kommune
Registration number : 964338531
Postal address : Postboks 7700
Town : BERGEN
Postcode : 5020
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Asnake T. Erko
Telephone : +47 05556
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Hordaland tingrett
Registration number : 935 364 906
Town : Bergen
Postcode : 5020
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Vend Marketplaces As
Size of the economic operator : Large
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0178
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : ba4fa81a-30fb-4782-9421-17d3c1863633 - 01
Form type : Direct award preannouncement
Notice type : Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice
Notice dispatch date : 07/07/2025 06:25 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 07/07/2025 06:38 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00442916-2025
OJ S issue number : 128/2025
Publication date : 08/07/2025