Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-03
Buyer: Departementenes sikkerhets- og serviceorganisasjon
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72100000 | 72110000 | 72120000 | 72130000
Estimated value: 240000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2018-06-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The department for performance management and procurements (VA) is making this procurement on behalf of the department for digital services (DT). DT operates central ICT systems for 11 ministries and DSS, which are on a joint ICT platform, in addition to local systems internally in DSS. The ICT systems include, amongst other things, network, telephony, databases and applications.
DT shall enter into a Framework Agreement with one tenderer for consultant communicator services within the following ICT disciplines:
The aim of the procurement is to establish a framework agreement that covers DSS and the joint ministries´need for consulting services within the stated ICT disciplines.
DSS, c/o the department for digital services, shall enter into a Framework Agreement with one tenderer for consulting services within the following ICT disciplines:
The Framework Agreement will be based on the Government´s Standard Contract for Framework Agreements (SSA-R).
The service that the consultant communicator shall provide for DSS under the Framework Agreement is split into 2. The tenderer shall provide a communication service and consultancy services within the stated ICT disciplines.
The consultant communicator's assignment will be to communicate offers of consultants to DSS within the stated ICT disciplines. Based on the requirement specifications that DSS has prepared for each call-off, the consultant communicator shall find the best qualified consultants who are available in the market for the call-off in question and offer them to DSS. The consultant communicator shall, thus, assist DSS with the procurement of consultants in the market.
The consultant services will be both assistance and assignments. The Assistance Contract, based on SSA-B will be used for assistance. The Assignment Contract, based on SSA-O will be used for assignments.
The consultant services that shall be procured under the Framework Agreement can involve consultancy, project management, design, development, testing, deployment, error recovery, problem solving and the operation of various ICT systems. The consultancy services that shall be communicated under the Framework Agreement shall, thus, be provided for all phases of the life cycle of an ICT system. The consultants who are procured for DSS must be able to act in different roles, including architect, technical architect, system architect, security architect, developer, implementation manager, project manager, technical operator, tester and security specialist.
The consultant communicator will be the responsible contract party for the DSS for all call-offs made under the Framework Agreement. The consultant communicator shall administer all conditions for each call-off on behalf of DSS and shall be the responsible contract party for the offered consultant(s) for the call-off. This means that the consultant communicator will be fully responsible for the execution of the assistance / assignment, as if the consultant communicator undertook the work himself. Consultants who are procured under the Framework Agreement for the execution of assistance / assignments will, therefore, act as subsuppliers for the consultant communicator.
The scope of the Framework Agreement is difficult to estimate. The need for consultancy services within the stated ICT disciplines will vary greatly from year to year. This depends on the extent of reorganisations, the ministries' structure, DSS' role within ICT, sourcing strategies in DSS, grants and which ministry joins the contract.
As mentioned in Point II.1.4, DSS operates central ICT systems and the ICT platform for 11 ministries. These ministries will, therefore, probably not have a great need to join the Framework Agreement beside DSS. It has been decided that all the ministries shall use the Ministry of Defence's ICT platform. The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation has, therefore, started a project that, amongst other things, shall get all the ministries on a joint ICT platform. This Framework Agreement can be used for this project.
The total annual amount is estimated to be between 45 000 000-60 000 000 GBP excluding VAT. The estimate is based on consumption in existing contracts and is, thus, not binding for DSS.
The Framework Agreement for consultant communicator services is non-exclusive. For special needs, the DSS and the joint ministries can establish separate contracts within areas covered by this contract.

Eligibility requirements: — must be an established legal entity, — for Norwegian tenderers; the tenderer must comply with Norwegian laws and regulations for tax and VAT payments.

Award value: 240000000