Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-04-07
Buyer: Bergen kommune - Innkjøp konsern
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72224100: Systems implementation planning services | 72224200: Systems quality assurance planning services
Estimated value: 150000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2023-05-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Bergen municipality would like to enter into a framework agreement for the delivery of consultant and adviser services in the field of ICT.
The aim of the procurement is to put contracts in place that ensure capacity and the necessary additional competences for the digitalisation work in Bergen municipality.
Bergen municipality will enter into framework agreements with 3–5 tenderers. Mini competitions will be carried out between these tenderers for each individual call-off.
The procurement concerns framework agreements for the delivery of consultancy services to Bergen municipality in the service area of digitalisation, business developments and restructuring.
The framework agreement includes assistance with various consultancy services. These services are divided into subject areas:
The contract applies to all of Bergen municipality. The individual call-off will have a description of whether the assignment requires presence at the contracting authority's/project location(s).
The contracting authority has an option to extend the agreement for one year at a time, up to 2 years.
Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will control the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.
Tenderers must have sufficient economic and financial capacity to fulfil the contract. The required financial capacity will be assessed in relation to the contract's value, services, risk and length. All the received and any obtained information will form the basis for an overall assessment of whether the qualification requirement is fulfilled. Documentation for Norwegian tenderers: The contracting authority will check tenderers' financial situation from DIFI's eBevis, Proff Forvalt (https://forvalt.no/) and/or via information given by Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com), and can obtain further information from the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Foreign tenderers: The contracting authority will check the tenderers' financial situation from Creditsafe (https://www.creditsafe.com). If the tenderer is not registered in Creditsafe, they submit the company's two most recent auditor-approved annual accounts upon request. If the information from the sources is not correct, or if supplementary information is required to highlight the company´s economic and financial situation, this can be submitted.
Tenderers are required to have a high standard of professional competence and good ability to implement the assignment in accordance with the needs of the contracting authority. Tenderers must have sufficient capacity to carry out the assignment. The qualification requirements must be fulfilled during the contract period, cf. Framework Agreement, Annex 4 Administrative Provisions, point 6.7.
Tenderers must provide the number of employees that will be available for Bergen municipality from the start of the agreement with their names. Employees are to be grouped by competence level.
It is stated in the attached form Qualification Requirement Technical and Professional Qualifications what the minimum requirements (qualification requirements) are for regarding the number of employees for the applicable subject area.
Tenderers must offer capacity in all subject areas and must have their own capacity within at least 3 of the 4 subject areas. If the Tenderer does not have sufficient capacity or competence of its own in relation to the minimum requirements, the Tenderer can be qualified through the use of a subcontractor(s).
The competence profile for each of the 4 subject areas must demonstrate greater weight (minimum 50%) of consultants at the competence level

Eligibility requirements: Tenderers must be a legally established company. Documentation: Tenderers registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises do not need to enclose documentation. The contracting authority will control the registration by using the organisation number provided in the tenderer's Mercell profile. For tenderers that are not registered in the above-mentioned register, the tenderer must provide certificates or confirmation of registration (equivalent to a company registration certificate) in a trade register or company register as described in the legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. The certificate must not be issued more than 6 months prior to the tender deadline.

Award value: 150000000