Veterinary on-call services for pets (small animal clinic), Bergen south district 2026 Tender

Original: BNKI EØS 10-2026 Veterinærvakttjenester til hobby- og kjæledyr (smådyrklinikk) i vaktdistrikt Bergen sør.

Bergen Kommune

About this tender

Bergen Kommune is procuring veterinary emergency (vakt) services for companion and small animals (smådyrklinikk) in the Bergen sør duty district, covering Bergen, Askøy, Øygarden and Bjørnefjorden municipalities in Vestland county, Norway. The procurement is an open procedure under Directive 2014/24/EU, classified under CPV as veterinary services for animals (Dyrlege / Institusjon for husdyr / Tjenester i forbindelse med dyr), and is not EU-funded. It is published as a single lot (LOT-0001). The estimated value is NOK 8,000,000 excluding VAT. The base contract term is 2 years, with the contracting authority having the option to extend by up to 1+1 years, for a maximum total of 4 years (the notice also lists an estimated duration of 48 months). Extensions require at least six months' written notice before the end of a contract period, and may be exercised in one-year increments. Submission is electronic and mandatory via the Artifik e-tendering platform (app.artifik.no/procurements/10641). Tenders may be submitted in Norwegian, and electronic catalogues are not permitted. The contract is to be invoiced electronically (eFaktura). The notice does not reserve participation for sheltered-employment programmes, and no framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system is used. The notice is dated 02.11.2026 and the reference is 2026-117002. USD conversion note: the notice gives the value in NOK, which is not among the standard conversion rates provided. The USD figure below uses an approximate rate of 0.095 USD per NOK (about 10.5 NOK per USD) and should be treated as indicative only. The contact phone number in the source is truncated ("+47 05556") and has been left null.

Bidder eligibility

Mandatory minimum requirement: the supplier must be a lawfully registered business. Suppliers registered in the Norwegian Enhetsregisteret need not provide documentation, as the contracting authority will verify registration using the organisation number in the supplier's Artifik profile. Suppliers registered elsewhere must provide a trade register certificate (equivalent to a Firmaattest) issued no more than six months before the tender deadline, as required under FOR-2016-08-12-974 § 16-2(1) and Annex XI of Directive 2014/24/EU. The notice also contains the standard mandatory and discretionary exclusion grounds under the EU Directive and Norwegian law. These include corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist offences, child labour and trafficking, participation in a criminal organisation, bankruptcy or insolvency, unpaid tax or social security contributions, grave professional misconduct, breaches of environmental, social or labour law, conflicts of interest, and lack of reliability on national security grounds. Norway also has purely national exclusion grounds, which are to be described in the tender documents. No specific technical, professional, or financial thresholds, prior-contract references, or turnover requirements are disclosed in the notice.

How bids are scored

The award criteria are described as quality-based, with the criterion labelled 'Kapasitet' (capacity). No price/quality split or numerical weightings are disclosed in the notice. Full scoring methodology and sub-criteria would be set out in the tender documents available through the Artifik platform.

Key requirements

• ✓Licensed veterinary clinic providing on-call emergency services for pets and companion animals
• ✓Coverage across the Bergen south emergency district (Bergen, Askøy, Øygarden, Bjørnefjorden)
• ✓Procured under EØS open tender rules with an estimated value of NOK 8.0M

Procurement contact

The notice names a procurement contact for clarification questions.

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