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Tenderers shall have their tax and VAT payments in order. This also applies for any sub-contractors
Documentation requirement:
- Tax certificate, the tenderer will at StartBANK document that they have paid taxes, duties and social security contributions before the award. This also applies for any sub-contractors.
- Authority for obtaining an extended tax certificate.*
* Cf. the Tender Documentation Chapter B2, point 3.3 Authority for collecting
extended tax certificate:
"As a part of Østfold County's struggle against working life crime, including
black work and social dumping, a cooperation agreement has been signed between
Østfold County and the Norwegian Tax Administration. In this connection, Østfold
county of all its suppliers, a signed authority that gives Østfold
county has extended the right to unlimited number of times to obtain
information about the tax and sub-suppliers' tax and
duty conditions as stated in the authority.
The tenderer shall, when the builder requests a signed authority, be submitted. Normally
is requested by the tenderer(s) who are likely to win the contract.
Signed authority together with a colour copy of a passport, bank card, driver's licence or
national ID card (the latter for citizens within the EU/EEA/EFTA),
be returned to the contracting authority as soon as possible and within 3 business days, cf.
Annex 2 chapter E2. Date of birth can be deleted on a copy of ID documentation, such
that only the date of birth is given.
Attention is relating to the fact that the signed authority requirement also applies for all
the main service provider's sub-suppliers. The main service provider shall establish a contractual
the signing obligation down the supplier chain. Before contract is signed,
only authorisation is signed by the main supplier, unless
sub-suppliers will be used to fulfil a qualification requirement in the competition. In
if this is the case, the signed authority must be submitted from both the main supplier and
subcontractor. However, signed authority from other sub-suppliers must.
be delivered and approved by the contracting authority before they can be used in the contract
/Project.
The contracting authority draws attention to the fact that it may be necessary to reject the
supplier and any sub-suppliers who in the award letter are set as
winner of the competition, if after the award, but prior to signing of
contract, information will be received from the Norwegian Tax Administration regarding non fulfilment of
Tax and duty obligations etc. The award cannot, therefore, be seen as final
there is an assessment of the obtained information that does not change
contracting authority ́s award decision.
Emphasis is put on the fact that if no authorisation is received from the main supplier and
any sub-suppliers that are used in the qualification, this can
be seen as a significant reservation to the contract, which will mean that both
the main supplier and any sub-suppliers will be rejected from the competition."