Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-10-28
Buyer: Forsvarsbygg
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72200000 | 72212200: Networking software programming services | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 72222300: Information technology services | 72265000: Software configuration services
Estimated value: 6000000 NOK
Submission deadline: 2022-11-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Forsvarsbygg [the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency] wants to enter into a framework agreement with 1 tenderer who can provide further development, adaptation, and troubleshooting / maintenance / optimisation (operation) of the SharePoint server 2013/2019 systems and hybrid systems.
Forsvarsbygg [the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency] manages the operation of the underlying infrastructure, and the tenderer shall provide support for the management and operation of the SharePoint platforms.
The framework agreement includes support related to different consultancy services as well as operational support. These services are further described in section II, Annex 1, the requirement specification. The tenderer shall assist Forsvarsbygg [the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency] with support for the administration and operation of the SharePoint platforms.
The services subject to call-offs in each assignment shall include one or several of the points given in point 3.5 in section II, Annex 1; the requirement specification. The contracting authority reserves the right to order only limited parts of the listed services if there is a need in an actual assignment.
The scope of the delivery will be further determined for each call-off based on the actual need. The contracting authority will make call-offs of both major and minor scope and duration.
The contracting authority can extend the contract for up to 1 (one) + 1 (one) year. The maximum contract period is 4 (four) years from the actual start-up date.
1) Foreign tenderers must present documentation verifying that the company is legally registered in their home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below.
2) Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline (Norwegian tenderers, only).
A credit rating, carried out by a company that can legally carry out credit ratings, of the tenderer that is not older than 6 months calculated from the application deadline.
The credit rating must contain an assessment of the tenderer’s payment history/reliability. The result of the credit rating must be given as a graded value (letters or numbers) on a defined scale.
If the tenderer, in order to comply with the requirement, presents guarantees from other companies (e.g. the controlling company), equivalent credit assessment for this company must be submitted. Furthermore, a legally binding confirmation must be enclosed from this company stating that they have joint and several liability under the contract.
A list that describes the tenderer´s 3 major or most significant assignments, of relevance for this agreement, executed during the last three years. The list shall include information on the tenderer's role in the reference project, the value, date, and name of the recipient of the service and point of contact.
References can be contacted for quality assurance of the presented documentation. Note that the tenderer is responsible for providing the correct information.
Suppliers, including any sub-suppliers, shall document experience from carrying out similar tasks, cf. the Task description in Appendix 1.

Eligibility requirements: Requirement: 1) The tenderer must be a legally registered company. 2) The tenderer must have its tax and duty payments in order. Documentation requirement: 1) Foreign tenderers must present documentation verifying that the company is legally registered in their home country. Norwegian tenderers do not need to document fulfilment of this requirement beyond the presentation of tax and VAT certificates, cf. the information below. 2) Tax and VAT certificate (RF-1316). The certificate can be ordered via www.altinn.no. The certificate must not be older than 6 months from the tender deadline (Norwegian tenderers, only).

Award value: 6000000