Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-04
Buyer: Skatteetaten [The Norwegian Tax Administration]
Country: NO
Region: NORGE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48730000: Security software package | 48731000: File-security software package | 48732000: Data-security software package | 48783000 | 50312310
Submission deadline: 2016-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority shall enter into a framework agreement with fixed provisions for the delivery of further defined services and goods, including hardware and software licences, to the Contracting Authority's central network security solutions. The framework agreement shall cover the Contracting Authority's need regarding management and expansion of the existing central network security solutions. The Contracting Authority shall also enter into a continuous maintenance agreement which shall include further defined maintenance services, related to the existing network infrastructure, as well as the expansions from call-off contracts that will be established in the framework agreement.
The term ‘Central network security solutions’ shall be defined as hardware and software that naturally falls within the following 3 categories:
There is major uncertainty regarding the nature and scope of the deliveries that will apply to the existing Central Network security solutions in the subsequent four years after the establishment of the contract provisions covered in the competition. The procurement's combined value, including the value of contracts founded under the framework agreement as well as the value of the ongoing maintenance contract, is difficult to determine, but is estimated, without any obligation, to be between 40 000 000 NOK  and 70 000 000 NOK. Within this interval, the Contracting Authority estimates without obligation that the combined value of the goods and service deliveries in each of the three relevant categories will amount as follows:
Requirement: The interested party shall have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order.
Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit a certificate, either from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Authority, which states the extent of any tax, employer contribution and VAT payment arrears.
Foreign tenderers shall submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities.
The certificate must not be more than six months old calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. Any arrears and other notes must be explained.
Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established.
Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than one year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures.
If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement.
Requirement: In the last three years tenderers must have delivered good that naturally fall within the categories 1, 2 and 3 such as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation.. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least  40 000 000 NOK.
Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on
— the nature, scope and value of the individual agreement provisions, including an indication of which of the three relevant categories the contract terms apply to.
If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: The interested party shall have their tax, employer contribution and VAT payments in order. Documentation requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit a certificate, either from the tax collector or the Norwegian Tax Authority, which states the extent of any tax, employer contribution and VAT payment arrears. Foreign tenderers shall submit an equivalent certificate from authorities equivalent to the Norwegian authorities. The certificate must not be more than six months old calculated from the deadline for receipt of the request for participation. Any arrears and other notes must be explained. Requirement: The interested party must be a legally established company. Documentation Requirement: Norwegian tenderers shall submit a Company Registration Certificate. Foreign companies must submit documentation that demonstrates the tenderer is registered in a trade index or professional register or business register as prescribed in legislation in the country where the tenderer is established. Requirement: Tenderers shall have adequate solidity. Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than one year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures. If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement. Requirement: In the last three years tenderers must have delivered good that naturally fall within the categories 1, 2 and 3 such as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation.. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least  40 000 000 NOK. Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on — the nature, scope and value of the individual agreement provisions, including an indication of which of the three relevant categories the contract terms apply to. o the date each individual contract terms were established, as well as — the name of public or private co-contractor(s). If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.
Requirement: Tenderers shall have adequate solidity. Documentation requirement: Credit rating, not older than one year calculated from the deadline for receipt of request for participation. The rating shall be based on the latest known accounting figures. If an interested party will use another company to fulfil the this qualification requirement, a credit rating must also be presented for such companies. The above mentioned credit rating shall fulfil the requirements in the above bullet point. Furthermore, interested parties must document to the contracting authority that they can use the relevant and necessary resources at the company, for example, by enclosing a binding statement.
Requirement: In the last three years tenderers must have delivered good that naturally fall within the categories 1, 2 and 3 such as these categories are defined under point 1.2 in the qualification documentation.. The sum value of these goods deliveries in this period must combined be at least  40 000 000 NOK. Documentation requirement: A detailed account that proves that the interested party fulfils all elements in the qualification requirement. The account shall, at a minimum, include a description of the contractual relationship that the tenderer is or has been a party to, which proves fulfilment of the qualification requirement, including information on — the nature, scope and value of the individual agreement provisions, including an indication of which of the three relevant categories the contract terms apply to. o the date each individual contract terms were established, as well as — the name of public or private co-contractor(s). If the interested party shall rely on sub-contractors for the fulfilment of the current qualification requirement, the interested party must otherwise demonstrate to the Contracting Authority that the interested party can use the sub-contractor's relevant and necessary resources for the current procurement, for example, by submitting a commitment statement.