Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-04-01
Buyer: Follo Ren IKS
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30200000 | 72000000 | 72300000 | 72315200: Data network management services | 72510000: Computer-related management services
Submission deadline: 2022-04-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Follo Ren IKS hereby invites interested tenderers to submit a request for participation in a negotiated procedure for a contract for the operation of an IT system as a cloud service and the development of digital systems.
The purpose of the procurement is to ensure Follo Ren a complete and uniform provision of services for:
The IT system must be experienced as well-adapted, seamless, and quick for each user at the contracting authority.
The contract will be valid for 4 (four) years from when it is signed. The contract will then be renewed automatically for 1+1+1+1 (one) year at a time, unless 6 (six) months notice is given by the contracting authority, or 12 (twelve) months notice by the tenderer, before the renewal date. The total duration of the contract, including possible extensions, is 8 (eight) years.
The contracting authority will invite minimum 4 and maximum 7 tenderers that fulfil the qualification requirements to submit tenders.
If there are a surplus of qualified tenderers, the contracting authority will make a graded assessment of how well the tenderers fulfil the experience requirement. The tenderers that best fulfil the experience requirement, beyond the minimum requirement that must be fulfilled in order to avoid rejection, will be selected for further participation in the contest. Emphasis will be put on whether a tenderer can refer to reference assignments' degree of comparability, as well as reference statements. This is based on the description and obtaining reference statements.
•	Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than six months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest.
Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established.
• Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.
• Credit assessment/rating, not more than three months old - and based on the last known fiscal figures. The rating must be carried out by an officially approved credit rating institution.
Tenderers are required to have experience with similar assignments during the last three years. Similar assignments here means
Reference list as documentation for 3 (three) similar assignments in the last three years, with the values, dates and recipients. A contact person must be named with an email address and telephone number.
A tenderer can document experience by referring to the competence of personnel at disposal for this assignment, including experience that has been acquired while personnel performed services for another service provider.
• A general description of the company's procedures concerning quality management, with emphasis on quality assurance, resource management, management responsibility and continuous analysis and improvement

Eligibility requirements: Norwegian tenderers must have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order. Documentation: Norwegian companies: •	Norwegian tenderers: A Tax and VAT certificate from the tax authorities. The certificate shall not be older than six months from the deadline for requests to participate in the tender contest. Tenderers must be registered in a company register, professional register or a trade register in the country where the tenderer is established. Norwegian companies: • Company Registration Certificate Foreign companies: • Verification showing that the tenderer is registered in a company register, professional register or a commerce register in the country where the tenderer is established.