Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2023-02-06
Buyer: EKSPORTFINANSIERING NORGE
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000
Estimated value: 2880000 NOK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
In December 2020 Eksfin entered into a contract with Vitec for the use of the WIMS system for credit insurance and reinsurance. The system currently functions as a core system for a small portfolio of insurance cases.
The system has been assessed to have sufficient functionality to cover simplified products other than the insurance portfolio, and has been tested with loan guarantees within the Loan Guarantee for high electricity prices, with success.
IT system in the government ought to be reused optimally as regards good economy and having a good functional look. The financial leeway in 2023 is significantly weakened, and there are restrictions on financial limits for procurements. Predictable leeway has therefore been given a lot of weight in this assessment. WIMS is capable of being reused for larger parts of Eksfin's product spectrum, including within new products that NFD/the government have instructed Eksfin to manage.
Time and resources have been used to implement WIMS, both technical implementation in the system landscape, security, and training users. WIMS will, regardless, be used as a core system, and other systems must be able to integrate with WIMS in an appropriate way, i.e., unnecessary complexities will not have to be implemented. Furthermore, WIMS will be used as the system for follow-up of customer ledgers. Integration work will be required with WIMS and Eksfin's web portal, archive system, bank systems, and finance system. It must be possible to install an additional system on-prem in Eksfin's architecture. The contract value must be estimated on the basis of the desired frequency, we envisage getting between 5 and 15 automated bank products established in WIMS in the coming four years. The licence costs will depend on the admissions we have, and we expect that the most probable scenario will follow the development rate with up to 5 new products a year in the next four years. The licence costs will be approx. NOK 2,880,000 for the same period.
Eksfin would like to expand the functionality to include products other than reinsurance and credit insurance. WIMS is well-integrated technically, and, according to our assessments, it is probable that implementing a new system that must be integrated at the same time as the financial limits are relatively small will give an increased risk, be unnecessarily complex, and give little utility value.
WIMS is part of Eksfin's vital infrastructure. New systems must be very flexible and, at the same time, uncomplicated in their adaptation. The established contract functions well and has been delivered on time, and at the correct price and quality since the contract was signed. There are resources that can very quickly assist and provide input on the development of the same platform. Development environments have been established with staging systems in order to secure continual operation. A system must be set up to carry out automatic case processing, pricing, data collection, integrations with the bank, and integrations with existing systems in Eksfin. Manual case processing must be done in WIMS, as we do not want to implement new functional screenshots for our employees. Vitec WIMS meets our requirements in a satisfactory way.
Eksfin would like to continue to develop WIMS, and intends to expand the existing contract with Vitec to include the set-up and operation of other services than credit insurance.
The change contract/supplementary contract is scheduled to be signed with Vitec WIMS AS pursuant to the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4, letter b, point 3, cf. § 21-5.
Any objections to this contract being signed must be sent to the contracting authority by 13 February at 12:00. The correct point of contact is given in the voluntary ex-ante transparency notice section I.1.


Winner: Vitec WIMS AS
Award value: 2880000