Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-24
Buyer: NTNU
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 72246000 | 72250000: System and support services | 72253200: Computer systems support services
Submission deadline: 2019-10-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contest is for a parallel framework agreement for the delivery of ICT consultancy services in the following categories:
Point II.1.6): Tenders can be submitted for one or all service categories. It must be clear what categories the tender is for. It will not be possible to submit tenders for only one service category.
Per 2019, the contracting authority is located in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund. It is anticipated that the majority of call-offs will be in Trondheim. Tenderers must reckon on working in the contracting authority's premises.
In the framework period, the portfolio of projects is anticipated to be higher than what NTNU has capacity for. The majority of call-offs are anticipated to come from NTNU IT, but other IT units in NTNU will be able to make call-offs on the framework agreement.
The coming annual amount is expected to be lower than the average for the last 3 years. The annual amount will vary from year to year.
The contracting authority reserves the right to award specific assignments/lots to other actors outside of the framework agreement when in special circumstances there are other service providers who have a special competence not offered in the framework agreement.
The contracting authority will use the Government's Standard Contracts, the Framework Agreement (SSA-R) for this procurement. Mini-contests will be held for calls-offs/procurements on the framework agreements, see point 1.1.6 as well as Annex 2.
The contracting authority will choose the most suitable SSA contract for each call-off on this contract. The contracting authority believes that SSA-B and SSA-O, latest version will be the most relevant.
Documentation requirement: requirement for certificate of paid VAT, tax and social security contribution. A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's country, confirming that the tenderer has met their obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has their headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no, previously RF-1244) in accordance with the legislation in the country. The certificate must not be more than 6 months from the deadline for receipt of tenders.
The contracting authority is not allowed to request the certificate if he has already received it, in accordance with the Regulations § 17-1(4). If you have submitted a tax certificate to the contracting authority and it is still valid at the time of the tender submission for this contract the tender submission deadline, for this contest, you are not obliged to submit a certificate now. If this is the case, state when and to whom the certificate was previously submitted. You can, however, enclose the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer´s economic and financial standing: the financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: The contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.