Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-27
Buyer: Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon (FLO) (The Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation NDLO)
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 79980000
Estimated value: 5000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2016-03-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of this procurement is to ensure that the Norwegian Armed Forces have access to knowledge from research, analyses and trends regarding all aspects of the ICT market, nationally and internationally, through the possibility of procuring subscriptions to strategic analysis and consultancy services within ICT.
In particular the subscriptions shall support governance, long term architecture work, exercising specialist authority tasks and planning projects.
The knowledge shall be made available for the subscriber through consultancy, publications and seminars/conferences that are available through the chosen subscription. Tenderers must be worldwide, recognised and independent of products/suppliers.
Furthermore, the contract shall ensure that the Norwegian Armed forces have options to prepare analyses and reports etc. according to their own specifications.
Tenderers shall fulfil the registration requirements in the company register or equivalent register, as prescribed in the country where the tenderer is established.
Foreign tenderers are required to present proof that the tenderer is registered in a professional register, trade register or company register as prescribed in the country where the tenderer is established.
‘Supplier/product independent’ means that the tenderer and the tenderer's services (consultancy, analyses and courses/conferences etc.) are completely independent as regards service providers, rightful owners, manufacturers of equipment and other potential tenderers or future ICT procurements in the Norwegian Defence. Tenderers shall enclose a self-declaration.
It is important for the Norwegian Defence that the tenderer is a recognised actor in a global market and has long experience within the entire ICT field, also including ICT within the defence sector. Tenderers must therefore have a minimum of 200 consultants and experts available, of which 100 of these shall have more than 7 years experience within the ICT branch and more than ten shall have experience within the defence sector.
Tenderers shall explicitly confirm this in a separate text in the tender, which shall be enclosed under chapter 3.
Tenderers shall have provided services that are relevant for this procurement, for a minimum of 5 references, which each have more than 10 000 employees.
b) another of the references shall be within the defence sector in a NATO country. The contracting authority stresses that it shall not be the same reference that is used to fulfil the requirement for public administration in Norway (letter a).

Eligibility requirements: The tenderer must be a legally established company. Tenderers shall fulfil the registration requirements in the company register or equivalent register, as prescribed in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian tenderers — Business Registration Certificate. Foreign tenderers are required to present proof that the tenderer is registered in a professional register, trade register or company register as prescribed in the country where the tenderer is established. Tenderers must confirm that they are supplier/product independent. ‘Supplier/product independent’ means that the tenderer and the tenderer's services (consultancy, analyses and courses/conferences etc.) are completely independent as regards service providers, rightful owners, manufacturers of equipment and other potential tenderers or future ICT procurements in the Norwegian Defence. Tenderers shall enclose a self-declaration. It is important for the Norwegian Defence that the tenderer is a recognised actor in a global market and has long experience within the entire ICT field, also including ICT within the defence sector. Tenderers must therefore have a minimum of 200 consultants and experts available, of which 100 of these shall have more than 7 years experience within the ICT branch and more than ten shall have experience within the defence sector. Tenderers shall explicitly confirm this in a separate text in the tender, which shall be enclosed under chapter 3. Tenderers shall have provided services that are relevant for this procurement, for a minimum of 5 references, which each have more than 10 000 employees. Of these five references: a) 1 of the references shall be within public administration in Norway, and b) another of the references shall be within the defence sector in a NATO country. The contracting authority stresses that it shall not be the same reference that is used to fulfil the requirement for public administration in Norway (letter a). Tenderers shall submit replies from 5 references. The reference shall fill in document ‘Part I Annex C reference form’. Tenderers shall present 1 form for each reference, a total of 5. See above.
It is important for the Norwegian Defence that the tenderer is a recognised actor in a global market and has long experience within the entire ICT field, also including ICT within the defence sector. Tenderers must therefore have a minimum of 200 consultants and experts available, of which 100 of these shall have more than 7 years experience within the ICT branch and more than ten shall have experience within the defence sector. Tenderers shall explicitly confirm this in a separate text in the tender, which shall be enclosed under chapter 3. Tenderers shall have provided services that are relevant for this procurement, for a minimum of 5 references, which each have more than 10 000 employees. Of these five references: a) 1 of the references shall be within public administration in Norway, and b) another of the references shall be within the defence sector in a NATO country. The contracting authority stresses that it shall not be the same reference that is used to fulfil the requirement for public administration in Norway (letter a). Tenderers shall submit replies from 5 references. The reference shall fill in document ‘Part I Annex C reference form’. Tenderers shall present 1 form for each reference, a total of 5. See above.
It is important for the Norwegian Defence that the tenderer is a recognised actor in a global market and has long experience within the entire ICT field, also including ICT within the defence sector. Tenderers must therefore have a minimum of 200 consultants and experts available, of which 100 of these shall have more than 7 years experience within the ICT branch and more than ten shall have experience within the defence sector. Tenderers shall explicitly confirm this in a separate text in the tender, which shall be enclosed under chapter 3. Tenderers shall have provided services that are relevant for this procurement, for a minimum of 5 references, which each have more than 10 000 employees. Of these five references: a) 1 of the references shall be within public administration in Norway, and b) another of the references shall be within the defence sector in a NATO country. The contracting authority stresses that it shall not be the same reference that is used to fulfil the requirement for public administration in Norway (letter a). Tenderers shall submit replies from 5 references. The reference shall fill in document ‘Part I Annex C reference form’. Tenderers shall present 1 form for each reference, a total of 5.
See above.