Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-04-08
Buyer: ARBEIDS- OG VELFERDSETATEN
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Innovation partnership
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 73000000 | 85000000
Submission deadline: 2022-05-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NAV Vestland, hereafter called the contracting authority, invites tenderers to a contest for the procurement of the innovation partnership NAV Human. NAV Vestland is an entity in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
The procurement is implemented in accordance with the Public Procurement Act (LOA) and the Public Procurement Regulations (FOA), parts I and III. The contest follows the contest for an innovation partnership procedure.
The maximum cost of the procurement of the solution is set to NOK 80 million excluding VAT. The contracting authority is not obliged to procure the solution, but will have an option to procure it. The option can be taken up by NAV Vestland and by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
Young outsiderness is currently a big social challenge, and will be in coming years. Young outsiderness has major consequences for the individuals who are not a part of society, and for society as a whole. The authorities have had a national focus on efforts to reduce young outsiderness.
NAV wants to contribute to youth being included in society and working life. In order to receive this goal, the NAV offices use different methods to follow-up youths. The follow-up can be group based or individual. In addition to NAV undertaking follow-up itself, NAV also procures follow-up services from initiative companies.
Group follow-up of youths is carried out nationwide, in different ways. Many offices have found solutions that function well. However, there is no uniform methodology that forms the basis for the development of group initiatives in NAV. The pandemic has uncovered an increased need to meet groups of persons digitally, where the participants can be involved and contribute in the group process.
NAV therefore sees a need to develop a methodology that is scaleable, and that, to a much greater degree, facilitates the use of digital tools and possibilities for digital communication as a supplement in group follow-up. A need has been uncovered for a digital tool that, to a greater degree, promotes digital and real time communication, as well as an adapted process methodology. NAV needs a method that puts weight on relational competence, security, and network building.
The selection of tenderers will be based on the following criteria: Degree of fulfilment of the qualification requirement regarding technical and professional qualifications, as stated in the Mercell portal: Tenderers must have qualifications within research and development including the development and implementation of innovative solutions.
The contracting authority has an option to procure the developed solution. The option can be taken up by NAV Vestland and by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
Requirement: Tenderers are required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Foreign tenderers: Certificate for registration in a business register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established. For Norwegian tenderers: a company registration certificate from Brønnøysundregisteret [the Brønnøysund Register] will be collected through the eBevis service.
Requirement: Tenderers must have sufficient financial capacity to fulfil the contract. Documented requirement: A credit rating from a publicly certified credit rating agency. The contracting authority will obtain credit ratings carried out by Experian; see www.Experian.no If a tenderer has valid reasons for not being able to provide the documentation requested by the contracting authority, the tenderer can document his economic and financial capacity by presenting other documents considered suitable by the contracting authority. If a tenderer has such valid reasons, he must contact the contracting authority via the communication module in Mercell for clarification of what other documentation is acceptable.
Requirement: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than 6 months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest.
Requirement: Tenderers must have qualifications within research and development, including the development and implementation of innovative solutions. Documentation requirement: Description of the tenderer´s up to 3 most relevant contracts over the course of the last 5 years. It is the tenderer's responsibility to confirm relevance through the description. The description must include:

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: Tenderers are required to be a legally established company. Documentation requirement: Foreign tenderers: Certificate for registration in a business register as prescribed in the legislation of the country in which the tenderer is established. For Norwegian tenderers: a company registration certificate from Brønnøysundregisteret [the Brønnøysund Register] will be collected through the eBevis service.