Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-02-14
Buyer: Bærum kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48730000: Security software package | 72212730 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222000: Information systems strategic planning services | 72227000: Software integration consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2023-03-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract includes the establishment, operation and maintenance of services for security monitoring of the contracting authority's systems, as well as assistance with detecting and managing security threats against the contracting authority's systems.
The value of the procurement is estimated to be: NOK 60,000,000 excluding VAT a year. The maximum value for the entire contract period, including any options and expected price increase is NOK 350,000,000 excluding VAT. The need is uncertain. The value can be both higher and lower, and will depend on, among other things, the contracting authority's needs, activities, budgetary situation and other framework factors.
A draft of the tender documentation is attached to this qualification documentation. The contracting authority reserves the right to make smaller, unsubstantial alterations of the documentation prior to inviting the tenderers to submit tenders.
37 municipalities in Viken County are participating, see the qualification documentation, point 1.1.1.
The contracting authority will use the Government's Standard Contracts, SSA-R and SSA-L for this procurement. The completed tender reply with annexes makes up the appendices in SSA-L, whilst the appendices of SSA-R are already filled in.
The procurement will be regulated by the attached framework agreement SSA-R with the accompanying SSA-L, with appendices that regulate call-offs under the framework agreement.
The contracting authority expects that the tenderer is familiar with the contract provisions and makes the necessary internal clarifications in such a way that a contract can be signed if awarded.
Tenders cannot be submitted for parts of the assignment, and alternative tenders are not allowed. The contracting authority considered dividing the assignment but has decided that it is not suitable for this type of procurement.
Documentation requirement: Requirement for certificate of paid VAT, tax and social security contribution. A certificate issued by the competent authority in the tenderer's country, confirming that the tenderer has met the obligations in regard to payment of VAT, tax and social security contributions in the country where the tenderer/contractor has its headquarters the (Norwegian certificate for Tax and VAT is combined and ordered from altinn.no, RF-1507, previously RF-1244) in accordance with the legislation in the country where the tenderer is registered. The certificate must not be more than six months old.
The contracting authority is not allowed to request the certificate if he has already received it, in accordance with the PPR § 17-1(4). If you have submitted a tax certificate and it is still valid at the tender submission deadline for this contest, you are not obliged to submit a certificate now. If this is the case, state when and to whom the certificate was previously submitted. You can, however, attach the certificate voluntarily if you want.
Requirements regarding the tenderer´s economic and financial standing: The financial capacity to fulfil the contract is required (ESPD: Part IV B.58-3).
Documentation: The contracting authority will assess finances through the company and accounting information system Proff Forvalt (www.forvalt.no). The contracting authority reserves the right to obtain supplementary information about the tenderer's finances.
Any need for support from other companies in order to fulfil this qualification requirement: If the tenderer is dependent on other companies to fulfil this qualification requirement, an account thereof shall be given below. In such cases the contracting authority will assess the finances of the supporting company in the same way. The contracting authority retains the right to collect supplementary information, bank guarantees or similar.