Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-07-21
Buyer: Sykehuspartner HF
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72263000: Software implementation services | 72300000 | 72540000

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Voluntary ex ante transparency notice: Project assistance for the upgrading to Windows 10 for the health trusts in South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
A contract for consultancy services regarding the upgrading to Windows 10 for the health trusts in South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.
The contract includes consultancy services regarding the upgrading to Windows 10 for the health trusts in South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. The upgrading must be implemented for the entire client platform of South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority by January 2020.
Windows 7 is still used as an operative system for the clients belonging to the health trusts of South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. Windows 10 contains functionality and qualities that contribute to the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority being able to comply with the security requirements for the health trusts and that reduces the security rick. The upgrading to Windows 10 is therefore time‑critical for the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority In order to be able to implement the upgrading to Windows 10 as soon as possible and within the required time frame, Sykehuspartner HF considers the only proper way to handle this is to ask the company Enterprise Services Norge AS (owned and referred to as DXC) for assistance regarding the upgrading through a direct procurement.
Sykehuspartner HF considers it justifiable to carry out a direct procurement from ES Norge (DXC) in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations § 13-4 Letter a, c.f. Public Procurement Regulations § 13-3 letter k. ES Norge (DXC) shall i.a. use Microsoft as a sub-supplier for the delivery to Sykehuspartner HF. Sykehuspartner HF have had an extensive agreement with ES Norge (DXC) regarding outsourcing services and transformation. This agreement also included the upgrading to Windows 10. Due to conditions not caused by Sykehuspartner HF, or conditions that were impossible for Sykehuspartner HF to predict, the agreement with ES Norge (DXC) had to be terminated. However, due to data safety requirements, Sykehuspartner HF has a pressing need to upgrade the entire client platform for the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority by January 2020, as Microsoft from this date no longer offer “extended support” for Windows 7. If a tender contest with negotiations shall be implemented, Sykehuspartner HF can no longer conduct an upgrading to Windows 10 by the date given by Microsoft. ES Norge (DXC) has unique qualifications for implementing the upgrading by January 2020. Some of the reasons for this is the collaboration that has taken place after the contract was terminated. Sykehuspartner HF considers it justifiable to carry out a direct procurement from ES Norge (DXC), as this is the only possibility to conduct an upgrade to Windows 10 by January 2020.
Project consultancy services for the upgrading to Windows 10 for the health trusts in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
The contracting authority shall wait for minimum 10 days before signing the contract. The waiting period is from the date this notice is published.


Winner: Enterprise Services Norge AS