Public procurement notice: Periodic Indicative Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2022-03-15
Buyer: Bane NOR SF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 32400000 | 48000000 | 72000000 | 72410000: Provider services | 72600000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The purpose of the market dialogue (RFI) is to receive feedback from suppliers and investigate what service offers for Common Interface (CI) are available in the market. Before holding a contest for a new agreement, Bane NOR would like to get an overview of the current situation, as well as what will be the future needs and possibilities in the market. The goal is to uncover whether there are suppliers that offer CI as a cloud service, and then procure one of them. At the same time, the RFI process shall facilitate for real competition between the service providers, including ensuring principles of non-discrimination, predictability and competition. See 'detailed information' for further information on the RFI process.
This RFI process is not very regulated in the Utilities Regulations. The RFI is not binding for suppliers or Bane NOR SF. Bane NOR SF is placed under the Freedom of Information Act, which has provisions that ensure high protection of suppliers´ ideas, information on the system, proposals for solutions and business secrets, or information that is of vital business critical importance. Any expenses incurred by the RFI process are to be covered by the suppliers.
The available documentation for downloading from Doffin/TED is the document 'TTR-PoC-RFI-012 -Bane NORCommon_Interface_RFI executive summary'. See point VI.3 of the notice for access to further documentation and for registration to the market dialogue (RFI).
Bane NOR SF invites suppliers to a market dialogue (RFI) - the Procurement of a Common Interface (CI) contract. Enquiries about registration for the RFI process and access to further RFI documentation are to sent by email to torben.flo@banenor.no by 11.03.2022 EOB. Mark the subject field ‘RFI - CI avtale - Bane NOR, ref. 20213257'. Bane NOR reserves the right to reject participation and access to further RFI documentation without giving a reason for suppliers/interested parties that are deemed to be unsuitable for the market dialogue. Before access to further documentation is given, suppliers will be sent a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), which must be signed and returned by the supplier. Bane NOR will hold a joint meeting on TEAMS on 15.03.2022 for suppliers that fulfil the terms for participation and access to further RFI documentation. The link will be sent to suppliers before the meeting. Questions and inputs to the RFI documentation are requested to be sent in by 18.03.2022. The deadline for invited suppliers to respond to the RFI documentation is 25.03.2022 at 09:00 am (CEST). Based on the response, 1:1 meetings may be held with selected suppliers.
Doffin/TED. See the attached RFI documentation for further information on the process. Otherwise the following applies: Questions and answers will be managed anonymously, and any trade secrets and sensitive information will be excluded. Note that the RFI document and questionnaire will only be in English. Final decisions and choices have been made. Potential tenderers should be aware that information provided in this competition and in the RFI documentation is in no way binding for the contracting authority. Furthermore, emphasis is put on the fact that it is not necessary to participate in the RFI process in order to participate in a
later future procurement of a CI contract (the RFP process) - all the necessary information for participation and preparation of tenders will be given in a later notice and in the contest documentation. This also applies to suppliers that are rejected for registration for the RFI and access to RFI documentation. Bane NOR is considering to hold the RFP process with a tentative notice and outsourcing by Q1 with a tentative signing of a contract in Q3/Q4 2022. The RFI process will be the basis for further financial calculations and/or inputs for the requirements and content we must prepare for a possible future contract for CI. There will not be any reimbursement for responding to this enquiry and participation otherwise in the RFI process.