Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2019-10-23
Buyer: Oslo kommune v/Utviklings- og kompetanseetaten, Kemnerkontoret, Helseetaten og Bydel Stovner
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 8000000 NOK

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The agency for improvement and development (UKE) is the service provider for the different entities in Oslo municipality. In order to be a competent contributor in the municipality's digital transformation, UKE depends on building and developing digital competence that follows market developments. The organisation's roles and structure must also be adapted as UKE, in line with the digitalisation of the municipality, gets new and changed assignments and some types of roles disappear and new arise with the digital changes.
UKE would like to join up with an independent collaboration partner within research, analysis and consultancy services in order to ensure strategic well-thought out choices and design good systems. The tenderer shall provide consultancy services and quality assurance on deliveries.
In this procurement, emphasis will be place on continuing the current subscription that UKE has with Gartner, and to provide Helseetaten (HEL), Bydel Stovner (BSR) and Kemnerkontoret (KEM) [The Health Agency (HEL), Stovner neighbourhood (BSR) and the Tax Collection Office)KEM)] access to equivalent services.
UKE, HEL, BSR and KEM need a supplier independent collaborating partner who can contribute with research, analyses and consultancy services related to ICT.
UKE wants the service delivered as a subscription where UKE at any given time is supplied with relevant knowledge in order to safeguard their role as an internal supplier of common services (shared services) to the municipality.
In order to ensure good and efficient execution of the above and for continued work with the development of the organisation and competence, UKE needs a supplier who can be an active sparring partner, as well as have access to analyses, methods, templates and tools within several disciplines, such as:
It is a condition that the need is kept together in order to ensure consistent use of analyses, methodology and best practice, and that the tenderer can provide strategic selection guidance by using the same material.
From the start of the new contract, UKE will have subscriptions for the following service compositions:
KEM has a separate contract with Gartner that expires 31.12.2019. The subscription will be continued in a new contract.
In the contract, it is also possible to increase the scope of subscriptions, and to purchase other assistance within the area.
It is planned to enter into a contract on 31.10.2019. The contract will be valid for 2 years. The value is estimated to be between 6 000 000 NOK and 8 000 000 NOK.
In Part I: contracting authority/entity: In Oslo municipality, the following entities are contracting authorities: Utviklings- og kompetanseetaten, Kemnerkontoret, Helseetaten og Bydel Stovner [the Agency for Improvement and Development, the Health Agency and Stovner Neighbourhood].
The exception for direct procurements is in the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 (b). The provision states that the contracting authority can hold a procurement without a negotiation if the procurement is for services that only a specific supplier can provide as 'competition is impossible due to technical reasons'.
Technical reasons mean that there is only one tenderer who can carry out the service or produce the product.


Winner: Gartner Norge AS
Award value: 8000000