Framework agreement for language vetting and translation services.

The aim of this procurement is to cover the Norwegian School of Economics ́s continual need for services connected to the translation and language vetting of texts, through a framework agreement with one tenderer. The framework agreement will mainly apply to language vetting and translation services of administrative and academic …

CPV: 79530000 Prevajalske storitve, 79000000 Poslovne storitve: pravo, trženje, svetovanje, zaposlovanje, tiskanje in varnost, 79500000 Pomožne pisarniške storitve, 79821100 Storitve opravljanja korekture
Kraj izvršitve:
Framework agreement for language vetting and translation services.
Organ za podeljevanje:
Norges Handelshøyskole
Številka dodelitve:
25/02164

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Norges Handelshøyskole
Legal type of the buyer : Public undertaking
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Framework agreement for language vetting and translation services.
Description : The aim of this procurement is to cover the Norwegian School of Economics ́s continual need for services connected to the translation and language vetting of texts, through a framework agreement with one tenderer. The framework agreement will mainly apply to language vetting and translation services of administrative and academic texts in Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) and English (British and American).
Procedure identifier : 33b0c134-02f0-4521-b6aa-918752a3406c
Previous notice : f5a9b5ba-f4cc-4fa3-a4b5-0998d611033e-01
Internal identifier : 25/02164
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79530000 Translation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79500000 Office-support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79821100 Proofreading services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Framework agreement for language vetting and translation services.
Description : The aim of this procurement is to cover the Norwegian School of Economics ́s continual need for services connected to the translation and language vetting of texts, through a framework agreement with one tenderer. The framework agreement will mainly apply to language vetting and translation services of administrative and academic texts in Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) and English (British and American).
Internal identifier : 25/02164

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79530000 Translation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79500000 Office-support services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79821100 Proofreading services
Options :
Description of the options : The framework agreement period is 2 years. The contracting authority shall have the option to extend the framework agreement for a further 1+1 years, a total of 4 years.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/07/2025
Duration end date : 30/06/2027

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2
Other information about renewals : The framework agreement period is 2 years. The contracting authority shall have the option to extend the framework agreement for a further 1+1 years, a total of 4 years.

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone

5.1.6 General information

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

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price
Description : The price will be evaluated based on the sum of the prices stated in the price form.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 40
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Quality and assignment comprehension
Description : Under the award criteria, the tenderer ́s plan for carrying out the assignment will be evaluated in practice. Tenderers ought, in the tender, as a minimum, to describe: •Organization • System for receiving and sending documents, including a description of a system for encrypted electronic sending of texts that are required to be handled confidentially. • Management of progress after deadlines • Routines for quality assurance • Routines to prevent confidential texts from being processed in generative KI systems. • Possibility of annual purchasing history The contracting authority will conduct an overall evaluation of how well the tenderer ́s system demonstrates an understanding of and ability to fulfil the requirements described in Annex 1 - the Contracting Authority's requirement specifications.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 40
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Competence
Description : Under the award criteria, the assignment relevant competence will be evaluated: • The tenderer ́s total professional and real competence. • Routines to ensure that personnel with relevant competence carry out the work for this assignment.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 20

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
Information about review deadlines : The contract will not be signed until the contract is signed by both parties. In accordance with the Procurement Regulations, there shall be a waiting period from the time the contracting authority gives notification of the contract award until the contract is signed. The waiting period expires 28 June 2025. After this date, the contracting authority plans to enter into a contract. You have the right to appeal the decision. Any appeals will be sent to the contracting authority via the message function in Mercell Tendsign.
Organisation signing the contract : Norges Handelshøyskole

6. Results

Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone
Approximate value of the framework agreements : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.
Framework agreement :
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone
Re-estimated value of the framework agreement : 6 600 000 Norwegian krone

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Totaltekst AS
Tender :
Tender identifier : Rammeavtale for språkvask og oversettelsestjenester
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 25/02164
Title : Framework agreement for language vetting and translation services - Totaltekst AS
Date on which the winner was chosen : 18/06/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 05/08/2025
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Organisation signing the contract : Norges Handelshøyskole

6.1.3 Non-winning tenderers :

Tenderer :
Official name : Semantix Translations Norway AS
Tenderer :
Official name : SALITA Tolke- og translatørtjeneste AS
Tenderer :
Official name : Noricom Nord AS
Tenderer :
Official name : Diction AS
Tenderer :
Official name : Ganesa Tekst AS

6.1.4 Statistical information

Summary of the review requests the buyer received :
Number of complainants : 0
Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 6

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Norges Handelshøyskole
Registration number : 974789523
Department : Økonomiavdelingen
Postal address : Helleveien 30
Town : Bergen
Postcode : 5045
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Irmelin Hjørnevik
Telephone : +47 55 95 90 00
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Hordaland tingrett
Registration number : 926 723 367
Postal address : Postboks 7412
Town : Bergen
Postcode : 5020
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestland ( NO0A2 )
Country : Norway
Telephone : 55 69 97 00
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Semantix Translations Norway AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 956153557
Department : Salg
Postal address : Smeltedigelen 1
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0195
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Madelene Lind
Telephone : 02314
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : SALITA Tolke- og translatørtjeneste AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 918586296
Department : Salg
Postal address : Pilestredet 17
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0164
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Marte Sigmundstad
Telephone : 04523
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

8.1 ORG-0005

Official name : Noricom Nord AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 986947523
Department : Administrasjon
Postal address : Postboks 201
Town : Bodø
Postcode : 8001
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Signe Marie Liseth
Telephone : +47 75542200
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

8.1 ORG-0006

Official name : Totaltekst AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 916885903
Department : Salg
Postal address : Hieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0160
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Roy Arve Garvik
Telephone : 21396930
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0007

Official name : Diction AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 919257121
Department : Diction Norge
Postal address : Bogstadveien 27 B
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0355
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Martin Boberg
Telephone : +4522272868
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

8.1 ORG-0008

Official name : Ganesa Tekst AS
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 988320919
Department : Salg
Postal address : Pb 473
Town : KOLBOTN
Postcode : 1411
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : Kim Børresen
Telephone : 66808470
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 02772b19-5e98-410c-a93f-de0afeab590d - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 05/08/2025 11:19 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 05/08/2025 11:32 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00516091-2025
OJ S issue number : 149/2025
Publication date : 06/08/2025