Norway – Health and social work services – (2025-9257) Residential and welfare services in rural surroundings (farms), framework agreement

The competition is for a framework agreement for the delivery of residential and welfare offers for users with psychological function failures and/or additional problems in rural surroundings (farms). The aim of the contract is to regulate legal and practical conditions regarding the procurement of places in residential offers on farms or equivalent for persons with mental health failures and/or milder additional problems. The service shall provide a complete tender in the form of a residence with 24 hour care services as well as an option for employment during the day under the auspices of the farm. The resident ́s resources shall, through stays in residential offers on farms or equivalent, be strengthened in a way that reduces the need for more serious intervention at a later date. The objective of the resident is through targeted measures and activities to achieve increased stability related to illness and life conduct. The participants in this framework agreement are the following legal entities (the Customer): - Flesberg municipality - Gran municipality (option) - Jevnaker municipality - Krødsherad municipality (option) Lier municipality. - Lunner municipality (option) - Modum municipality (option) - Nore og Uvdal kommune (Option) - Notodden municipality (option) - Ringerike municipality (option) - Tinn municipality (option) - Øvre Eiker municipality Viken Vest Innkjøpssamarbeid (VVI), c/o Øvre Eiker municipality, announces and administers this framework agreement on behalf of the participants (contract manager). The framework agreement also covers other legal entities such as municipal companies (KF) and other bodies under municipal administration. If participants, during the contract period, separate parts of the operations into separate legal entities or merge entities, these legal subjects and entities can connect with the signed contract on the same terms. The procurement ́s value is estimated to: NOK 11,000,000 excluding VAT per annum. The maximum value for the entire contract period, including any options and expected price rise: NOK 80,000,000 excluding VAT. The need is uncertain. The volume can vary both up and down and the contract period will depend on, among other things, the contracting authority ́s needs, activities, budgetary situations and other framework factors. See the procurement documents for further information. The procedure stated in the "Type of Procedure" section 2.1 of the notice is incorrect. The correct procedure shall be an open tender contest. The contracting authority has assessed the procurement against the apprentice regulations, cf. the Procurement Act § 7, and concluded that there is no requirement for apprentices in this procurement as there is not much need for apprenticeships for the training courses that are relevant for this procurement, cf. the apprentice regulation § 6 (2), and it is considered disproportionately, because there is a need for competence that an apprentice cannot be expected to possess. Cf. the apprentice regulations § 6 (4).